Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Apr 22 2021 22:00:05

Here is the latest information from the Naked Security Blog from Sophos.
You can go to nakedsecurity.sophos.com to read these. You can also sign
up to have these delivered to your email during the week.

Be sure that you PRACTICE SAFE HEX -- and that you keep your anti-virus,
anti-malware, anti-spyware, and anti-ransomware software up to date. 

Do NOT open any email attachments, even if they appear to be from someone
you know!! Even if you were notified in advance that the file was coming
before it arrived, use EXTREME CAUTION when opening attachments, or even
clicking on links. 

If it appears your email has been spoofed, change your access password 
immediately!! It's best to use 2 unrelated words (the longer, the better), 
separated by a non-alphabetic character...such as BOAT+TOUCH (please do 
NOT use this example). While you can't use high ascii characters online,
you can use numbers, letters (upper and lower case), and symbols.

The use of a Password Manager, such as Dashlane, is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. 
That way, you can create a different password for each site you visit, 
and you don't have to remember them...plus, you can make it a complex 
password, that's difficult for someone to guess. If they do, they can 
steal your identity, and make you liable for things like credit card 
debt, etc.

Lastly, if your browser seemingly locks up, telling you to call Microsoft
at a certain number, do NOT call the number!! Instead, close your web
browser, clear the cache and cookies, do a full virus scan, then restart
the browser. You may also want to reboot the computer afterwards.

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Linux team in public bust-up over fake "patches" to introduce bugs

Embarrassed overreaction or righteous indignation? An academic research
group has provoked the Linux crew to ban their whole university!

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S3 Ep 29: Anti-tracking, rowhammer problems and IoT vulns [podcast]

Latest episode - listen now!!

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When cryptography attacks -- how TLS helps malware hide in plain sight

No IT technology feels quite as much of a double-edged sword as encryption.

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Firefox 88 patches bugs and kills off a sneaky Javascript tracking trick

What's in a window name? Turns out that it could be a sneaky tracking
code, so Firefox has put a stop to that.

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Naked Security Live -- To hack or not to hack?

Latest video - watch now! We look at the recent FBI "webshell hacking"
controversy from both sides.

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Serious Security: Rowhammer is back, but now it's called SMASH

Simply put: reading from RAM in your program could write to RAM
in someone else's

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