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They seem to know us so well … but they are AI

🤷‍♀️ What now?: Don’t trust anything you see or hear. Always verify. Use Personal Identifiers.

Tools: Google Drive for desktop gets AI-powered ransomware detection

Meanwhile … Ukrainian Cops Spoofed in Fileless Phishing Attacks on Kyiv

📰 Headline Highlights

• Ransomware attack on Ohio county impacts over 45,000 residents, employees

• WestJet Notifies American Consumers of Data Breach

• Harrods suffers new data breach exposing 430,000 customer records

• Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say

• Cyberattack on Beer Giant Asahi Disrupts Production

• 'Klopatra' Trojan Makes Bank Transfers While You Sleep

• 3.7M breach notification letters set to flood North America's mailboxes

• Millions impacted by data breaches at insurance giant, auto dealership software firm

• Akira ransomware breaching MFA-protected SonicWall VPN accounts

• 766,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Dealership Software Provider Motility

In other news, Popular Neon app that pays users to share call recordings remains down for now - here's why

GOOD READ: Chinese hackers breached critical infrastructure globally using enterprise network gear

This week’s news highlighted growing concerns over how attackers are leveraging AI to conduct more sophisticated and damaging cyberattacks. This edition is focused on warnings on how we need to outsmart AI during a cyber attack.

Experts warn that the rise of AI-driven attacks marks a new era in cybersecurity.

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Glossary/Legend:

• 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.

• Cyberattack - A malicious attempt to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, network, or device. The goal of a cyberattack is to disrupt or damage the target, or to steal data, intellectual property, or money.

• 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, pr

• inters, and more.

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