7MS #454: Cyber News - Lets Switch to Typewriters Edition

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Happy almost-mid-February! Today Gh0sthax cooked up some great news stories for us to chew on, including:

• Sudo bug gives root access to mass numbers of Linux systems!

• What the heck is hammering with GameStop stock? - this tweet does a great job of explaining it in plain English

• Solarwinds continues to be a gift that keeps on giving malware-laced gifts that people don't want

• Sonicwall was hacked using zero days in its own products. After recording this news segment, Sonicwall issued an updated statement on the situation