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Woman Speaks Out After Being Scammed by Ad With Deepfake of Her Doctor: 'Desperate and in Pain'

🤷‍♀️ What now?: Hexagon Center issues a cautionary warning about the potential dangers of Liar’s Dividend.

Tools: Google expands Android scam protection feature to Chase, Cash App in U.S.

Meanwhile … Dutch study finds teen cybercrime is mostly just a phase

📰 Headline Highlights

• Japanese beer giant Asahi says ransomware attack may have exposed data of 1.5 million people

• Millions of footballers see info leaked after French Football Federation suffers data breach

• Retail giant Coupang data breach impacts 33.7 million customers

• Data breach disclosed by Askul after RansomHouse claims

• University of Phoenix discloses data breach after Oracle hack

• Data breach hits 'South Korea's Amazon,' potentially affecting 65% of country’s population

• Stealthy browser extensions waited years before infecting 4.3M Chrome, Edge users with backdoors and spyware

• Qualcomm Alerts Users to Critical Flaws That Compromise the Secure Boot Process

• Penn and Phoenix Universities Disclose Data Breach After Oracle Hack

In other news, Mixpanel’s data breach surprise raises a lot of questions

GOOD READ: UK Ransomware Payment Ban to Come with Exemptions, Security Minster Say

This week, there were noticeably fewer reported attacks. However, it is concerning that malicious fake content is being generated at an alarming rate using generative AI. We cautiously introduce this term to those who may not have heard of it before: liar’s dividend. See glossary below.

Additionally, the ads this week were deliberately kept the same as last week.

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Glossary/Legend:

• The "liar's dividend" is 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.

• 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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