Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Apr 12 2022 14:30:34

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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Five critical bugs fixed in automatic hospital robot control system

Fortunately, we're not talking about a robot revolution, or about hospital
AI run amuck. But, these bugs could lead to ransomware, or worse.

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OpenSSH goes Post-Quantum, switches to qubit-busting crypto by default

Useful quantum compuers might not actually be possible. But, what if they
are?>? And what if they arrive, say, tomorrow??

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Popular Ruby Asciidoc tooklit patched against critical vulnerability --
get the update now!!

A rogue line continuation character can trick the code into validating
just the second half of the line, but executing all of it.

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S3 Ep 77: Bugs, busts, and old school PDP-11 hacking [Podcast]

Latest episode - listen now! Cybersecurity news and advice in plain English

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Serious Security: Darkweb drugs market Hydra taken offline by German police

Why are Tor sites hard to locate and therefore difficult to take down??
We explain in plain English.

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