Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Dec 05 2022 15:16:34

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.

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Ping of death! FreeBSD fixes crashtastic bug in network tool

It's a venerable program, and this version had a venerable bug in it.

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Number Nine! Chrome fixes another 2022 zero-day, Edge not patched yet

Ninth more unto the breach, dear friends, ninth more.

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Apple pushes out iOS security update that's more tight-lipped than ever

We grabbed the update, based on no information at all, just in case we 
came across a reason to advise you not to. So far, so good...

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LastPass admits to customer data breach caused by previous breach

Seems that the developer account that the crooks breached last time 
gave indirect access to customer data this time round.

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The CHRISTMA EXEC network worm - 35 years and counting!

"Uh-oh, this viruses-and-worms scene could turn out quite troublesome." 
If only we had been wrong...

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S3 Ep111: The business risk of a sleazy "nudity unfilter" [Audio + Text]

Latest episode - listen now (or read if you prefer)...

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Serious Security: MD5 considered harmful - to the tune of $600,000

It's not just the hashtag, it's the salting and stretching, too!

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