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What about your password? Why not lose it?
We are seeing misinformation and disinformation starting to creep up and surprising us in corners we have never seen before. It is a lot more brazen and people are not even trying to hide it anymore. Let’s be smart and not let others deceive us by playing to our confirmation bias. We are better than that. Also, have you thought about deleting your password lately ... or maybe you have always wanted to. More and more opportunities for that is coming so look out for it. It’s the safer and more secure way of providing your credentials. Oh. And. More breaches.
An election ended with no disinformation and started the Shopping Security Awareness Month
We are pivoting to Shopping Security Awareness month. Even though officials heavily prepared for the aftermath of the election, none of what it prepared for came. We may breath a sign of relief for now but in the coming days, we have to snap out of it and continue to watch out any attacks that might come our way. In the coming weeks, whether we like it or not, most of us will shop. And the threat actors know that.
Bring your vigilance back up on your email: Gmail, Outlook, AOL, Yahoo
It is a spooky time of year because of Halloween or because of the election? Saying how it is matters. Using previous elections as a gauge, if one of the candidate loses, there WILL NOT be an uproar but if the other one loses, there definitely will be chaos. This is where misinformation, disinformation and mal-information comes together and work in conjunction to create chaos, disharmony and harm to a nation - all with compliments of an adversarial nation ... or two.
Caution: Recognizing misinformation and utilizing deepfakes?
New AI security measures in UK and US. Do you know if you are listening to whom you think you are listening to? As we enter into the last leg of the election, let’s revisit deepfake AI and how it is evolving into something that can be dangerously helpful. Watch out for the disinformation warnings across news media and the relevant authorities. Also, spam and nudity ...
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.