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Hi Cyraloons and welcome to another week of TSD (The / Tuesday / Tobin Security Digest), your regular email / blog post with top of mind security issues, a few security tips for both work and home and at least 1 fun thing related to owls.
Please reach out to us directly, via security@cyral.com or on twitter at @dant24 if you have any questions, concerns, tips or anything else!
- Do you have a Windows computer? Hopefully running Windows 10? (All other versions have reached end of support). Please patch immediately as they’ve released an out of band patch. More at TechCrunch: Microsoft releases emergency patch for ‘leaked’ Windows bug
- If you’re looking for Coronavirus information, please make sure it’s legitimate: ‘cybercrooks have started disseminating real-time, accurate information about global infection rates tied to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic in a bid to infect computers with malicious software.’ more at KrebsOnSecurity: Live Coronavirus Map Used to Spread Malware
- Are you using SSH keys to interact with Github? If so, you can secure them with a passphrase. More at Github: Working with SSH key passphrases
- When you visit a website, online trackers and the site itself may be able to identify you – even if you’ve installed software to protect yourself. Test your browser here: https://panopticlick.eff.org/
- EFF’s Privacy Badger browser extension (https://www.eff.org/privacybadger) can help automatically block these trackers
Owl fun and facts:
Many owl species have asymmetrical ears. When located at different heights on the owl’s head, their ears are able to pinpoint the location of sounds in multiple dimensions via Audubon
A Shout Out:
While at BSidesSF, I saw a great presentation on k-rail, a workload policy enforcement tool for Kubernetes, which you can now watch on YouTube.
That’s owl for now!
