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Don’t worry about your data, think about your financial accounts

We can’t keep worrying about this:

While is it very important for us all to keep our data safe, what you can do or must do is to (1) lock or freeze your credits and (2) keep a close watch on your financial accounts. Most financial institutions have features that alert you whenever there’s an activity on your account. Turn that on or use a different financial institution. #securebydesign #securebydefault

Meanwhile … NEW ATM MALWARE FAMILY EMERGED IN THE THREAT LANDSCAPE

📰 Headline Highlights 📰

• 90+ Malicious Apps Totaling 5.5M Downloads Lurk on Google Play

• Cencora data breach exposes US patient info from 11 drug companies

• Researchers recover nearly $3 million in bitcoin by retrieving lost password to 2013 crypto wallet

• Ransomware attack on Seattle Public Library knocks out online systems

• Hackers phish finance orgs using trojanized Minesweeper clone

• Sav-Rx discloses data breach impacting 2.8 million Americans

• Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span

• Ascension slowly restoring network as nurses, doctors cite real-world dangers of attack

In other news, FAKE AV WEBSITES USED TO DISTRIBUTE INFO-STEALER MALWARE

MUST READ: OpenAI finds Russian and Chinese groups used its tech for propaganda campaigns

🤷‍♀️ What now?

STOP! WAIT!

Whenever you’re rushed by someone, it’s usually safer to slow down or clam down before you make any decisions.

LOOK OUT: Scammers are playing college kids with free piano offers

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June is our anniversary month. It is also the start of summer, which, coincidentally is when threat actors ramp up on their attacks.

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Glossary/Legend:

• Cyber Attackers and Cyber Predators - these terms refer to people who use any kind of technology, including cell phones, to prey on us.

• Ransomware - a type of malware that cybercriminals use to restrict access to data on a computer, device, or network until a ransom is paid. Ransomware can either encrypt files, making them unreadable, or lock a user out of their computer.

• Secure by default - a holistic approach to security that aims to solve problems at their root cause, rather than treating symptoms. It's a process that should be built into products from the beginning and continue throughout their lifetime. The goal is to make products secure enough to be resilient against common exploitation techniques without additional cost or configuration.

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