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Why isn’t everything secure by design?
Secure by design is when things are designed with security - not profits - in mind. How can personalizing that into our lives helps us with disinformations, misinformation and mal-information? Also, get rid of your password might start with Amazon!
Strengthening security for our lives
Information is cybersecurity. Misinformation can be fatal. Catastrophic hurricanes are not as invisible as heatwaves but both claim more and more lives each year. Everybody plays a part in security. Sometimes, it just takes common sense and simple fact checks. Meanwhile, Hexagon Center is always a resource for you to turn to.
How you vote may make the election connection to AI deepfakes
This is our election edition and ... surprised! It’s October! It’s also Cybersecurity Awareness Month! The problem with that is that election interference is happening in real time. It doesn’t warn you. So be sure you are accurately informed about what is going on in your community. It might save lives. It might save democracy. Let’s talk about threats on our election.
Scam texts: one important thing to NOT DO!
And those phishing emails, IRL scams, malware on social media, and how AI can now solve those tests to make sure that you are human but are you human? And this week, tons of scams and money involved but not so much data breach. That’s not to say there isn’t any data being compromised. Read on.
Winning the election information war depends on us
Some important Apple and Google news along with all the usual. It is not a secret that misinformation, disinformation and mal-information is the tool that our enemies use to deceive and divide voters in the US. You might say what’s new. Technology. And it makes it worse than before. Don’t forget, technology today is still a fairly new thing. The sentiments among Americans have never been worse. The only way to win this war is not only by fighting back but also by telling ourselves to not buy into them, as much as we are tempted to.
QR code sticker shock!!! Mama mia, here we go again!
More QR codes? Yup! Just a bit too many QR code stories this week that we simply can’t pass it by. If it feels fishy, don’t get phished. Think you got pwned? Check out this payment services provider. Data breach and election interference? And is this misinformation disinformation and mal-information thing ever going away? Probably not. Here are one of the many ways to deal with it.
Are Google, Facebook and Amazon in your bingo card?
Well, if ANY one of these guys are in bingo card, the usual simple cybersecurity rule applies - make sure you have multi-factor authenticator turned on. Meanwhile, look out of the fun and interesting scams that they have concocted these days. Enjoy them but don’t buy into them.
Good news! And it’s got something to do with ransomware ...
Looks like ransomware attacks are down but money lost is still going up. The data is still being determined so we technically can’t tell you either way for sure yet. Just scan through this edition and I’m sure you’ll find something useful for you.
