Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 27 2018 08:58:55

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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Getting an Amazon Echo app to silently eavesdrop on you

Researchers make an Alexa skill that turns your Echo into a eavesdropper

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Infamous revenge porn site Anon-IB seized by police

The internet just got a little bit better

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Apple's latest updates are out - APFS password leakage bug squashed

Two critical browser patches for iPhones and Macs - plus a quiet patch
for a Mac password disclosure glitch we wrote about recently.

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Know what Instagram knows - here's how you download your data

Thank you GDPR.

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20 years ago today! What we can learn from the CIH virus!

The 20-year-old CIH virus, aka "Chernobyl", isn't just a museum
curiosity. It still has plenty of lessons to teach us today.

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Access denied! World's largest denial of service site busted

The site's down and at least four of its admins have been arrested

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Yahoo fined $35m for staying quiet about mega breach

The smallest thing about the Yahoo mega-breach is the fine

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Gmail users, here's how (and why) you should set up prompt-based 2FA

2FA just got better so don't be like everyone else - actually use it!

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