☝️ TWA

It may make you look good but do you trust everything your chatbot gives you?

🤷‍♀️ What now?: Avoid clicking on links, if possible. Always verify URLs before clicking, especially for:

• Financial or sensitive websites

• Downloads or software

• Anything that seems suspicious

Meanwhile … Amazon Prime Day 2025: Deals Await, But So Do the Cyber Criminals.

LOOK OUT ◉_◉ Hundreds of Malicious Domains Registered Ahead of Prime Day

📰 Headline Highlights

• Hacker leaks Telefónica data allegedly stolen in a new breach

• Taiwan NSB Alerts Public on Data Risks from Douyin, Weibo, and RedNote Over China Ties

• Call of Duty takes PC game offline after multiple reports of RCE attacks on players

• Bitcoin Depot breach exposes data of nearly 27,000 crypto users

• McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’

• RondoDox Botnet, a Stealth Malware Targeting Surveillance Systems with VPN and Gaming Traffic Camouflage

• Arbor Associates reports data breach exposing patient information

• TalentHook leaks resumes of 26 Million job seekers

• Qantas says 5.7 million affected by breach, leaked info not enough to access frequent flyer accounts

• Driver's license numbers, addresses leaked in 2024 bitcoin ATM company breach

In other news, Albemarle latest Virginia county hit with ransomware

GOOD READ: The Czech Republic bans DeepSeek in state administration over cybersecurity concerns

The enormous bill that was recently passed by the Republicans in congress includes funding for cybersecurity in the military but it strategically removed funding for CISA that protects and helps non-military organizations in cybersecurity.

GOP domestic policy bill includes hundreds of millions for military cyber

Meanwhile, Hexagon Center is still the only not-for-profit organization that helps the general public in cybersecurity. We hope that congress knows that national security does not rest on the shoulders of the military alone. Especially in cyber, our population can be attacked directly, bypassing any powerful military that the modern technology can build.

Inside Hexagon

Please read this week’s Hexagon Center statement here.

HOUSEKEEPING

Glossary/Legend:

• DeepSeek - Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd., doing business as DeepSeek, is a Chinese artificial intelligence company that develops large language models. Based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Deepseek is owned and funded by the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer.

• Large Language Models (LLMs) - (Like, ChatGPT) It’s a type of artificial intelligence program that has been trained on massive amounts of text data to understand, generate, and manipulate human language. LLMs are powerful tools capable of performing various language-based tasks, such as text generation, translation, summarization, and question answering.

• 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, printers, and more.

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