Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu May 23 2019 17:22:07

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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Google stored some passwords in plain text for 14 years

Nobody got at the subset of G Suite passwords, Google said, apologizing
and saying that it's working to ensure this is an isolated incident.

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Tor Browser for Android 8.5 offers mobile users privacy boost

After nine months of alpha testing, a stable release of the Tor browser
for Android can now be downloaded from Google's Play store or direct
from the Project's website.

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Mozilla fixes bugs, improves privacy in latest Firefox release

Mozilla rolled out version 67 of its Firefox browser this week, fixing
some security bugs and introducing a host of privacy features.

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The city of Baltimore is being held hostage by ransomware

The mayor said "no" for now, to paying 13 Bitcoins to (purportedly) unlock
all seized systems. Manual rebuilding could take months.

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