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Our healthcare system, are you ok?

Seems like they are being attacked relentlessly. They need to do more. What about eBay, VMware, McAfee? It's March!

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Daniel Masterson, Ai Courtrie Buson & Bard Gee
March 01, 2024

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Is the American healthcare under cyber attack? One thing we know for sure is that the attack on the sensitive nature of our healthcare system can be debilitating as a cyber attack shuts down pharmacies across the US - again!

And as we enter the month of March, Social Security is holding a National Slam The Scam Day on March 7th to help people be more aware of their Report A Scam form found here.

Meanwhile …
Hexagon Center will work hand-in-hand with Social Security to take the month of March to encourage people to Share A Scam Story to raise awareness of the ways people can be scammed.

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It’s not like we didn’t know it but it has been mentioned quite a lot especially in the wake of what seems to be an accelerated attack on our healthcare system these past few weeks.

This report from 2023 pretty much sums it up. United States is in the number 1 spot with 65% of the attacks while Japan is number 2 with only 8%. We might need to ramp up the efforts here a little more at the Hexagon Center.

BONUS CONTENTS + HOUSEKEEPING
Cybersecurity 🛡️ Awareness 👨‍💻

You’d be surprised. Unplugging is also a form of cybersecurity to the point of powering off your WiFi! Yes, it’s a great opportunity to power off your router to “flush out the bugs.”

At any rate, enjoy this online-free day for your personal self and your online health.

*And don’t forget to tell your closest contacts what you’re doing.

Since 2009, Global Day of Unplugging has been celebrated annually in March. Whether it is 1 hour or 24 hours, at some point during the first weekend of March, people all over the world will step away from their screens and intentionally shift into an offline activity, an in-person interaction, a real-life gathering or simply a meaningful conversation about their relationship with technology.

Check out ways to unplug on the Global Day of Unplugging website at: globaldayofunplugging.org.

📌 Reminder of the Week

There are so many security concerns when you google for things like that. First of all, not everything you google, bing or search for in any search engines should be automatically deemed as correct or true.

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Here are safer alternatives for getting the correct resource/information:

  • Official Website: The most secure and reliable way is to go right to the source.

  • Email: Did you ever receive an email from the organization? Look in there.

  • Official Mobile App: Much information can be obtained in the organization’s app.

Google and other search engines can be very helpful but certain types of information we get there can be used for scamming and phishing attacks.

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Remember, it's always better to be safe than sorry when dealing with your personal information and online interactions.

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about this edition and Inside Hexagon

We want to thank our readers for sending us ideas to help take HX Weekly into the following week. There are so many things happening in the cybersecurity realm on a daily basis that unfortunately, we have to filter out a lot of them. But we promise you that the useful resources that we get are being used elsewhere in Hexagon Center.

We are excited to move into March as many developments are underway for bringing Hexagon Center into the public eye. We continue to be a resource to bring awareness to the new and innovative ways bad actors are using to get into our pockets and turn our lives upside down.

Glossary/Legend:

  • Scam - a scheme to swindle someone.

  • Hijack - a malware program that modifies web browser settings without the user's permission and redirects the user to websites the user had not intended to visit.

  • Critical infrastructure - is a network of physical and cyber-based systems that are vital to daily life.

  • Registrar - a business that handles the reservation of domain names as well as the assignment of IP addresses for those domain names.

  • Domain - the address people type into a web browser when using the internet.

  • Spyware - software that has malicious behavior and aims to collect information about a person or organization.

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