Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Aug 10 2022 16:39:52

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.

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APIC/EPIC! Intel chips leak secrets even the kernel shouldn't see...

If you've ever written code that left stuff lying around in memory when
you didn't need it anymore...we bet you've regretted it!

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Slack admits to leaking hashed passwords for five years

"When those invitations went out... somehow, your password hash went out 
with them." 

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Traffic Light Protocol for cybersecurity responders gets a revamp

Traffic lights make a handy global metaphor for denoting the sensitivity 
of cybersecurity threat data - three colours that everyone knows. 

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GitHub blighted by "researcher" who created thousands of malicious projects

If you spew projects laced with hidden malware into an open source
repository, don't waste your time telling us "no harm done" afterwards.

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