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Understanding “secure by design” in our personal lives.

Meanwhile … Amazon says 175 million customers now use passkeys to log in

HOT TIP:

📰 Headline Highlights

• OpenAI confirms threat actors use ChatGPT to write malware

• Cyber insurer says ransomware attacks drove a spike in claim sizes

• Passkeys take yet another big step towards killing off passwords

• Microsoft says more ransomware stopped before reaching encryption

• Malicious ads exploited Internet Explorer zero day to drop malware

• Internet Archive wobbles back online, with limited functionality

• Hackers blackmail Globe Life after stealing customer data

• BianLian ransomware claims attack on Boston Children's Health Physicians

• Before US election, TikTok and Facebook fail to block harmful disinformation. YouTube succeeds

In other news, Exclusive: EU AI Act checker reveals Big Tech's compliance pitfalls

MUST READ: 'Nationally significant' cyberattacks are surging, warns the UK's new cyber chief

🤷‍♀️ What now?

Observing information security is making sure you don’t fall for lies

Secure by design can also apply to information if you use it in your life. Make sure your life is “secure” by looking for just the facts. If it sounds like a conspiracy theory (way too sensational and exciting to believe in), it’s probably not healthy for you.

🔥 Hot Tip: Look out for inconsistencies and illogical statements.

LOOK OUT: Eight Million Users Install 200+ Malicious Apps from Google Play

Week after week, these stories just fall perfectly into our laps. We hope that you will always find these stories useful and helpful. As we watch Hexagon Center develops, its mission and potential to have a big effect in our lives becomes clearer and clearer to us. Let us know how we can help make each week’s edition better for you by replying to this newsletter.

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Glossary/Legend:

• 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.

• Deepfake - a video or audio of a person in which their face or body has been digitally altered so that they appear to be someone else, typically used maliciously or to spread false information.

• Cyber insurance, also known as cyber liability insurance - a type of insurance that protects businesses from financial losses caused by cyberattacks, data breaches, and other cyber-related incidents

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