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Friday 19 February 2016

Unable to see this message? Click Here Today's top security news 19 Feb 2016 Sophos says: #nobackdoors! Sophos says, "#Nobackdoors," because weakening security with the aim of advancing security simply does not make sense. DVR snaps stills from CCTV surveillance and sends them to China Researchers were clogging the email address with frame-by-frame stills from Button Moon until they realized how bad the DVR was. Google, WhatsApp, Microsoft back Apple's defiance on encryption order In the hours following Apple's letter about how it can't comply with a court order to decrypt a terrorist's phone, tech companies have lined up in support. Hollywood hospital coughs up 40 bitcoins to ransomware crooks Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center's computers were infected by ransomware. They paid up. Truthfully, it's hard to blame them. More to read More IoT insecurity: The surveillance camera that anyone can log into Wi-Fi password-granting banana shuffles off its mortal coil Do you trust the new breed of talking (and listening) toys? Apple says NO to iPhone backdoor in terror case Instagram bug could have allowed others to read your direct messages Our mailing address is: Sophos The Pentagon Abingdon Science Park Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3YP United Kingdom Add us to your address book Forward to a friend You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website at https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com © 2016 Sophos All rights reserved Privacy Policy 3 Van de Graaff Drive, Burlington, MA 01803 Unsubscribe from this list