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Hexagon Center: Remind us to always be vigilant
It’s not just about misinformation or disinformation (or even mal-information), it’s also about parting with our money. Hexagon Center is designed so that we will stop being victims to these threat actors by feeding them our money and further advancing their work that way. We are not complicit but we and unwitting enablers when we fall victim to these scams. Together, we can be safe and more secure with our technology.
Last edition of our first year. But we are keeping vigilant!
You don’t have to be MORE vigilant, just keep being vigilant. As the last edition of the year, we are reflective of how our year has been. It has been the most exciting year for us as we learn, grow and gained many milestones and achievements we didn’t think we could get so quickly. Most of all, it has been a year filled with things we cannot be more grateful for. Thank you for your continuing support and stay vigilant!
This is a happy edition for the holidays
At the peak of the holiday season, there’s no better time to stay safe and continued vigilance for our security everywhere. We also remind you that part of this security is to not get tricked by the bad actors in believing in things that are not true. (I guess that would include Santa, if you don’t believe in him anymore. Oops!) Open this newsletter to find a tip that you get to listen to. You might want to take some notes that you might see in future contents. Meanwhile, we are here through the holidays so that you can continue to contact us if you need our help.
Do you know that as shopping season continues, so do the cyber attacks?
Let’s be honest, did you really think that the cyber threat actors will wait for you to finish shopping before they launch their attacks on you? Attacks of all kinds are ramping up this season and it’s not just on shoppers. Don’t get victimized. Get your passwords and account access straighten up. Call Hexagon Center for help, if necessary. As we are enjoying the festivities of the season, other people are enjoying hacking into our personal lives. As long as we make it easy for them to do it, they will keep doing it and they will tell others to join them in their efforts. So it only takes you to make it difficult, but they have to face incessant difficulties before they will quit. We can help them to quit immediately.
This ad is for a nonexistent product
This is a great time to shop because of the deals but they also come with some dangerous risks as you tread through the shopping thicket. Get tips and tricks from Hexagon Center on how to be safe online and always practice zero trust. Use the tools that your financial institutions offers. Look for establishments that are concerned for your safety online and avoid the ones that you feel are careless. Make sure you feel safe. Quite often, your gut feelings is right. Also, Giving Tuesday is coming up, how should you be making your donations online?
We cannot deliver your package. Please do this ..
But we have a link and a number you can either click on or call to get your package immediate. Do this now in the next hour or your package will be sent back. Or maybe you never did have any packaged to be delivered at all? Whatever it says, DO NOT call or click on any links that come with messages like that. Meanwhile, there’s a pig butchering facebook account, fake news sites, and Apple’s urgent emergency update. And have you ever thought about putting your username and passwords in your will or trust?
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!