Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jun 21 2018 14:45:22

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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Don't download it! Fake Fortnite app ends in malware!

Epic Games is on the verge of releasing Fortnite for Android - so
the crooks are jumping in to offer you "early access"... to
malware!

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Why you may want to update your browser in the next 9 days

Want to keep shopping online? If you're using an old browser you may
find yourself locked out of PCI-compliant (e-commerce) websites.

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So long! "The internet's most inept criminal" goes to jail

The FBI took six months to track him down - what they found was a
disturbed hacker with "no skills".

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Offline Android apps get new security check

How do Android users know whether an app is genuine?

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Elderly victims conned out of millions by tech support scammer

The FTC has been battling tech support scams for years, especially
ones targeting older citizens who are seen by fraudsters everywhere
as susceptible to these cons.

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Apple to share location data during emergency calls in iOS 12

iOS 12 users will automatically share highly-detailed location
information when calling 911.

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