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🤷‍♀️ What now?: Don’t over-focused on the engineering or technical side of cybersecurity.

Tools: Know that YOU👈 are the best cybersecurity tool you can have.

Meanwhile … Ransomware Payments Surpassed $4.5 Billion: US Treasury

📰 Headline Highlights

• Barts Health NHS discloses data breach after Oracle zero-day hack

• Pharma firm Inotiv discloses data breach after ransomware attack

• All of Russia’s Porsches Were Bricked By a Mysterious Satellite Outage

• Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image

• Marquis Software Breach Affects Over 780,000 Nationwide

• CISA: Pro-Russia Hacktivists Target US Critical Infrastructure

• Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private Data

• Russian hackers debut simple ransomware service, but store keys in plain text

• More than 340,000 impacted by cyberattack on library in large Washington county

• Over 70 Domains Used in Months-Long Phishing Spree Against US Universities

In other news, Israeli Cybersecurity Funding Hits $4.4 Billion Record High

GOOD READ: A Tale of Two CISOs: Why An Engineering-Focused CISO Can Be a Liability

In our 101st edition of the newsletter, we have shifted our focus from news-centric content to a more “warning” oriented approach. While we have observed a positive trend in cybersecurity news, the increasing severity of threats is attributed to the rapid advancements in technology.

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Glossary/Legend:

• Liar's dividend - a phenomenon where the proliferation of fake content, such as AI-generated deepfakes, makes it easier for people to dismiss genuine information as false. This allows individuals, especially public figures, to escape scrutiny by claiming that real incriminating evidence, like a video of them, is a fake. The "dividend" is the benefit this gives to the liar, as the public's mistrust of all content undermines the value of truthful, verifiable information.

• Holistic security - a comprehensive strategy that integrates various protection layers—physical, digital, psycho-social, and organizational—to safeguard individuals, communities, or systems, recognizing that true security involves overall well-being, not just isolated technical defenses.

• Personal Identifier - A unique word or phrase shared exclusively with an individual or a group, serving as a means of identification and affirmation within the established relationship. It is recommended that 2 or more Personal Identifiers be established per person.

• MFA (Multi-factor authentication or 2FA or 2-Factor Authentication) - a multi-step or 2-step account login process that requires users to enter more information than just one.

• Malware (short for malicious software) - refers to any intrusive software developed by cybercriminals (often called hackers) to steal data and damage or destroy computers and computer systems.

• Ransomware - A type of malware that locks or encrypts a victim's files and demands a ransom payment to unlock and decrypt them. Ransomware can infect a variety of devices, including computers, smartphones, printers, and more.

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