Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue May 31 2022 12:11:19

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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Mysterious "Follina" zero-day hole in Office -- here's what to do!

News has emerged of a "feature" in Office that has been abused as a
zero-day bug to run evil code. Turning off macros doesn't help!

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Beware the Smish! Home delivery scams with a professional feel...

Home delivery scams are getting leaner, and meaner, and more likely to
"look about right". Here's an example to show you what we mean...

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S3 Ep84: Government demand, Mozilla velocity, and Clearview fine [podcast]

Latest episode - listen now!

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Who's watching your webcam? The Screencastify Chrome extension story

When you really need to make exceptions in cybersecurity, specify them
as explicitly as you can.

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Poisoned Python and PHP packages purloin passwords for AWS access

More supply chain trouble - this time with clear examples so you can learn
how to spot this stuff yourself.

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