Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Dec 30 2021 12:40:54

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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Instagram copyright infringement scams -- don't get sucked in!!

We deconstructed a copyright phish, so you don't have to. Be warned!!
The crooks are getting better at these scams.

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Log4Shell vulnerability Number Four: "Much ado about something".

It's a Log4j bug, and you ought to patch it. But, we don't think it's a
critical crisis like the last one.

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SFW! The Top N Cybersecurity Stories of 2021 (for small positive integer
values of N)

Happy Holidays! Our Top N stories, all totally SFW!

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The cool retro phone with a REAL DIAL ...plus plenty of IoT problems

You know you want one, because this retro phone is NOT A TOY...except
when it comes to cybersecurity.

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Plundered bitcons recovered by FBI -- all 3,879 and 1/6 of them!!

Phew!! An audacious crime...that didn't work out.
--- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33)

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