Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue May 07 2019 15:43:55

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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MegaCortex ransomware distracts victims with Matrix film references

One moment, the defenders' network looked secure but the next, as if
out of nowhere, the ransom note pops up.

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Firefox add-ons with obfuscated code will be banned by Mozilla

The updated Add-on Policy aims to rid Firefox of third-party malicious
code that hides what it's really up to.

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Dark web marketplace Wall Street Market busted by international police

It went down in flames, with a rogue admin blackmailing vendors and
buyers and leaking login credentials and the IP address.

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Blockchain project settles cross-border payment

Singapore's central bank sent a payment to Canada using blockchain
technology last week, in a clear signal that the technology has value.

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Weekly review - the hot 25 stories of last week

From malware-stuffed piracy apps to the Docker breach, get yourself up
to date with everything we wrote last week - it's roundup time.

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