Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Mar 11 2019 18:33:23

Here's the latest anti-virus and System Security news from the Naked
Security Blog at Sophos. You can access these for yourself at

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com

You can also sign up to receive a daily digest (Monday through Friday)
of security issues and links, delivered right to your email box.

It's a reminder to PRACTICE SAFE HEX!! You could lose your data via
an attack of malware, ransomware, or be a victim of identity theft,
otherwise.

Note that text in some of the links may content text that some may
find vulgar, profane, offensive, explicitly sexual, etc. -- these are
provided to alert you that your system may have been infected!!

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US Army clarifies its killer robot plans

The US Army has been forced to clarify its intentions for killer robots
after unveiling a new program to build AI-powered targeting systems
last month.

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Booking a restaurant? Let Google's Duplex AI make the call for you

Bon appetit, Dave. Google's table-booking Duplex AI needs to pass the
creepy test.

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FTC says taxpayer voice phishing scams are up nearly 20x

The real Social Security people will never call to threaten your benefits
or tell you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards.

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Monday review - the hot 25 stories of the week

From a serious Chrome zero-day to Comcast's security nightmare, and
everything in between - it's weekly roundup time.

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Five female technoheroes you might never have heard of!

Can you guess whom we chose for our #IWD2019 technoheroes? There are
hints in the image...

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Serious Security: When randomness isn't - and why it matters

The password 'ji32k7au4a83' looks pretty random and feels as though it
should be unique - read this article to find out why it's neither!

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