Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Sep 06 2021 13:10:40

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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Poisoned proxy PACs! The NPM package with a network-wide security hole...

3 million downloads a week. If only they'd read the fastidious manual!

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S3 Ep48: Cryptographic bugs, cryptocurrency nightmares, and lots of
phishing [podcast]

Latest episode - listen now!

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Pwned! The home security system that can be hacked with your email address

The alarm system that can be turned off with your email address.

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Skimming the CREAM -- recursive withdrawls loot $13m in cryptocash

Recursion [noun]. See recursion.

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Big bad decryption bug in OpenSSL - but no cause for alarm

The buggy code's in there, alright. Fortunately, it's hard to get 
OpenSSL to use it even if you want to, which mitigates the risk. 

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