Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Dec 20 2021 12:20:32

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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Log4Shell: The Movie... a short, safe visual tour for work and home

Be happy that your sysadmins are taking one (three, actually!) for
the team right now...here's why!

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Serious Security: OpenSSL fixes "error conflation" bugs -- how mixing up
mistakes can lead to trouble.

Have you ever seen the message "An error occurred"?? Even worse, the
message "This error cannot occur"?? Facts matter!!

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S3 Ep63: Log4Shell (what else?) and Apple kernel bugs [Podcast+Transcript]

Latest episode - listen now! (Yes, there are plenty of critical things
to go along with Log4Shell).


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Apple security updates are out -- and not a Log4Shell mention in sight.

Get 'em while they're hot!

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Log4Shell explained -- how it works, why you need to know, and how to
fix it.

Find out how to deal with the Log4Shell vulnerability right across your
estate. Yes, you need to patch, but that helps everyone along with you.
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