Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu May 05 2022 18:18:21

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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World Password Day -- the 1960s just called and gave you your passwords
back

Yes, passwords are going away. No, it won't happen tomorrow. So, it's
still worth knowing the basics of picking proper passwords.

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S3 Ep81: Passwords (still with us!), Github, Firefox at 100, and network
worms [Podcast]

Latest episode - listen now!

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Android monthly updates are out -- critical bugs found in critical places!

Android May 2022 updates are out -- with some critical fixes in some
critical places. Learn more...

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Firefox hits 100*, fixes bugs...but no new zero-days this month.

Despite concerns that some websites might break when Chromium, and then
Firefox reached version 100, the web still seems to be intact.


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GitHub issues final report on supply-chain source code intrusions

Learn how to find out which apps you've given access rights to, and how
to revoke those rights immediately in an emergency.

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