Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Mar 27 2018 12:31:39

Here is the latest news from the Naked Security Blog at Sophos, providing
news on viruses, hoaxes, scams, etc. You can request a daily summary of
this information, with links to your personal mailbox by going to:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com

Links to older material are available at the URL noted above.

Note that some of the content in the links provided may be what some may
contain things that some may find vulgar, sexually explicit, profane, or
otherwise offensive. This is to ALERT YOU to messages that may appear on
your system, if it becomes infected; and your computer can become
infected, if you fail to practice "safe hex".

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HOAX ALERT: Can you really verify your Facebook account security with a
comment?

There's a rumor floating around in certain corners of the internet that
you can "prove" your Facebook account is secure by triggering an animation
in the comments section.

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Biggest pirate in the US sentenced to 5 years

Sharebeast, Newjams and Albumjams were sites to pirate prerelease songs
from the likes of Justin Bieber, Pitbull and Beyonce.

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Cobalt/Carbanak bank malware gang's alleged leader arrested

The hackers have made ATMs across Europe spit out cash upon command.

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3 of Facebook's dumbest hoaxes

Lowlights from the world's biggest petri dish for culturing hair-brained
hoaxes

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Of course Facebook logs calls and texts - people gave it permission

Facebook's been upsetting quite a lot of people lately.

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Facebook death hoax: Captain Kirk says, "I've not boldly gone yet!"

Has Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise, also known as
actor William Shatner, really been beamed up for the last time? (No.)

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