Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu May 10 2018 08:21:18

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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The WhatsApp text bomb - no, it won't destroy your phone!

"Text bomb, text bomb, WhatsApp text bomb, you can crash my application
when I want to get things done."

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Watch out: photo editor apps hiding malware on Google Play

Innocent-looking apps with ad clicker malware have bypassed Google's
safeguards

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Windows-crashing bug not patch-worthy, says Microsoft

When is a bug not a bug? That's the question raised by researcher Marius
Tivadar's latest Windows-crashing proof of concept.

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Grade hacking may cost high school its valedictorian

The grade tampering came to light while drawing up a list of top students.
Now it's unclear which students legitimately belong on that list.

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Patch now! Microsoft and Adobe release critical security updates

....And the Microsoft vulnerabilities include 0-days. Get the patches now!

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Critical bug in 7-Zip - make sure you're up to date!

Uninitialised variables and no Address Space Layout Randomisation led to
an exploitable vulnerability...

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Uber car software detected woman before fatal crash but failed to stop

Uber has reportedly discovered that the fatal crash was likely caused by
a software bug in its self-driving car technology.

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Google cracks down on election meddling advertisers

Google will now require people or groups purchasing federal election ads
to show that they're US citizens or lawful residents.

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Could this be the end of password re-use?

It's password security's Achilles heel: too many people make life easy
for cybercriminals by re-using the same ones over and over. But what if
there were a way for websites to compare notes on whether a password
(or similar password) has been set by a user elsewhere?

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