Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 65. It is Thursday, February 13th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Numbers Don’t Lie
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BEC Scams Accounted For $1.7 Billion, Half Of Total Cybercrime Losses In 2019: FBI Report. FBI: $3.5B Lost in 2019 to Known Cyberscams, Ransomware
Ransomware Attacks Have Cost US Healthcare Organizations Over $157 Million Since 2016
Operational Technology Attacks Increased By Over 2000% In 2019, Reveals IBM Report
Chinese tech giant Huawei can reportedly access the networks it helped build that are being used by mobile phones around the world. It's been using backdoors intended for law enforcement for over a decade, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing US officials. The details were disclosed to the UK and Germany at the end of 2019 after the US had noticed access since 2009 across 4G equipment, according to the report.
Three Cybersecurity Bills Blocked by Senate Majority Again
SoundCloud Tackles DoS, Account Takeover Issues
New SchoolSafety.gov Provides Cyber Guidance for K-12 Schools
WordPress Cookie Consent Plugin Fixes Critical Flaw for 700K Users
Microsoft Urges Exchange Admins to Disable SMBv1 to Block Malware
Office 365 Users Get Automated Protection From Malicious Docs
Hospital Sisters Health System Email Breach Impacts 16,167 Patients
Sunshine Behavioral Health Group Discovers PHI Exposed Over Internet
