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The 12th Edition: How knowing helps you defend yourself

It is important to to be apprised of what threat actors are doing and what they are using to prey on us so that we know how we are being targeted. This way, we can better deal with the situations when they confront us.

While knowing is critical to defend ourselves, you also won’t find any super mainstream news in HX Weekly. Like, this: Apple faces years of distractions after DOJ antitrust suit.

📰 Headline Highlights 📰

• Google Introduces Enhanced Real-Time URL Protection for Chrome Users

• Your car may be spying on you

• FCC Adopts Rules for IoT Cybersecurity Labeling Program

• Hey YouTube creators, it’s time to start labeling AI-generated content in your videos

• Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds

• Thousands potentially compromised in Jacksonville Beach, Beaches Energy cyberattack

Meanwhile, German researchers discover a new type of DOS attack.

✍️ Noteworthy

We cannot depend on profit-driven social media companies to safeguard democracy

Meanwhile, US airlines’ data security, privacy policies to be under federal review.

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📌 Reminder of the Week

Paying threat actors (ransom) only enables them to do more harm

If someone held your computer ransom (sometimes on the pretense that it was infected by a virus), hit the Hexagon Center hotline immediately.

Use secure networks: Access financial accounts only through secure networks and consider enabling multi-factor authentication where possible.

Call HEXAGON before acting: If you have concerns about a site or link, it’s always best to call the Hexagon Hotline before taking any action, like downloading software.

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Think before you link.
Check before you fact.

There’s really not too much in cybersecurity news that we feel like we should highlight this week. There are definitely a lot of big super mainstream news though.

We thought we’ll leave some items from last week’s Glossary/Legend in there just to remind our readers to stay vigilant!

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Glossary/Legend:

• DOS - Stands for Denial of Service (Not Disk Operating System) This is an attack - of any type - that interrupts the normal functioning of a service.

• Vishing - Phishing by calls.

• Phishing - Sending fraudulent emails to trick someone into releasing sensitive data, permissions or funds.

• Malspam - The delivery of malware via email.

• Malvertising - Buying malicious search ads.

• Ransomware - Malicious software (or malware) that locks your computer or system until money or a prize is paid.

• Deepfake - A synthetic media that has been manipulated to replace one person's likeness with another. Deepfakes are created by a special type of machine learning called "deep" learning. They can be videos, photos, or audio recordings that appear real but have been manipulated with AI.

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