Author: Terry

This edition’s stories contain (another) disturbing story about TikTok, simple travel tips, and an ill-fated attack that appears to have broken 600K home devices instead of compromising them. Going forward, we will be releasing these as there is enough to report versus on a set timeframe.  General Data Loss Operational…

The lead story this week is about sextortion – this tragic plague traps young people in a spiral of hopelessness that leads to financial extortion, sexual exploitation and trafficking, and too often –  death.  If you have children and do not feel you fully understand how this works, PLEASE reach…

This week’s highlights includes a BEC – while a common and dangerous attack vector, many don’t fully understand what it is.  Also, the 2023 FBI Elder Crime report is out (disturbing) and Phishing numbers are surging with the help of AI (depressing). Hope all of you have a great Memorial…

HopeNet (HopeNetCISO.com) reviews a variety of security news sources so you do not have to! The list below represents items relevant to churches, nonprofits, and charities. The headlines and our added comments are meant to provide enough to get an overview of recent happenings, but links are also provided for…

HopeNet (HopeNetCISO.com) reviews a variety of security news sources so you do not have to! The list below represents items relevant to churches, nonprofits, and charities. The headlines and our added comments are meant to provide enough to get an overview of recent happenings, but links are also provided for…