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April Is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Distracted driving has become a deadly epidemic on our roads. Cell phone use — specifically, texting, talking, and social media use — has become the most common distraction. Other risky actions include adjusting the radio or GPS, applying makeup, eating and drinking. By driving distracted, you’re robbing yourself of seconds that you may need to avoid a close call or deadly crash.

April Is Distracted Driving Awareness Month | NHTSA Texting while driving and other distractions have led to a deadly epidemic on roads. NHTSA and law enforcement remind drivers: U Drive. U Text. U Pay.

PHISHING ATTACK ALERTS

Due to increased cyber warfare activity and heightened threat levels, all users are advised to remain extremely vigilant and not open unexpected email attachments or click on unfamiliar links, even if they appear to come from internal known contacts. Threat actors are actively using sophisticated phishing techniques, including disguised documents and credential-harvesting websites, to compromise user accounts and gain access to your business systems. If you receive any suspicious email, do not interact with it—report it immediately to Cyber Security team and/or your IT Service Desk for assistance.

As part of the Cyber Security Consultation that is offered by Nivek Solutions, this page is providing information of a Phishing Attack that we were alerted of and we want to share that with you!

https://www.niveksolutions.net/phishing-browser-updated

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Gmail users can now change their email address. Here's how Gmail users are finally able to change their email address without starting from scratch. Here's how to make the change and what to know before you do. (Adobe Stock)

!!! WARNING !!! BE AWRAE OF AI AGENTS!!

Microsoft Is Warning Windows 11 Users That AI Agents Could Install Malware Maybe don't turn on the new Windows 11 AI agents any time soon.

What is Cloudflare and why is it important to me?

Cloudflare is a global internet infrastructure and security company that acts as a middleman for millions of websites, providing services like cybersecurity, content delivery network (CDN), and Domain Name Service (DNS) to improve speed, security, and reliability. It works by routing a website's traffic through its own servers, which can be physically closer to the end-user, speeding up load times and protecting the site from attacks.

How it works
• Acts as a reverse proxy: When you try to access a website, your request goes to the nearest Cloudflare server instead of the website's original server.
• Improves speed: Cloudflare's network stores (or "caches") copies of a website's content in its data centers around the world. This allows for faster delivery of content, as the information doesn't have to travel as far.
• Increases security: Cloudflare filters traffic, blocking malicious requests and protecting sites from attacks like Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS).
• Manages DNS: Cloudflare provides Domain Name Service, translating human-readable website names into the numerical IP addresses that computers use.

Why it's important
• Cloudflare's services are essential for a vast number of websites and online applications, making it a critical part of the internet's infrastructure.
• Because it handles traffic for so many sites, an outage on Cloudflare's network can cause widespread internet disruptions, affecting popular services like those used for online browsing, social media, and shopping.

https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/new-scam-could-be-targeting-your-cell-phone/507-148f2976-991a-49ef-a360-fb0bc6ac8c2f?tbref=hp

BBB warns of new scam that could be targeting your cell phone The BBB says scammers are using "ghost tapping" to secretly charge your payment method without you knowing.

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What to know about the Amazon cloud outage that exposed the internet's vulnerable backbone An internet outage on Monday morning highlights the reliance on Amazon's cloud services. This incident reveals vulnerabilities in the concentrated system. Cloud...

https://www.tampabay28.com/news/region-polk/florida-poly-partners-with-tech-firm-to-launch-student-run-cybersecurity-hub?fbclid=IwY2xjawNl3CZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4WTVoRkQ1TENuaWFaVGRkAR6NVNsVBtXxwHmui5uPsZxr7kmfwClB11IfLKXxYUfStUps9pa4ogoraQOI2w_aem_XylPO03cWJzG78uOIRz8Cw

Florida Poly partners with tech firm to launch student-run cybersecurity hub The Security Operations Center on Florida Polytechnic University's campus, is a training ground where students are learning to protect the university and businesses from cyber attacks.

Always be aware of your surroundings

https://www.tampabay28.com/news/region-hillsborough/cybersecurity-expert-warns-job-posting-scams-are-on-the-rise-as-unemployment-rate-is-up?fbclid=Iwb21leANbYXVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHikkd8qCScaMrVYyjY1gVxFUkO5Mjzll0myEQ-zq5ZpTITVwckJV2N702MBg_aem_d4oHL6DDXSy9qq7kKJNmRA

Cybersecurity expert warns job posting scams are on the rise as unemployment rate is up A cybersecurity expert is warning that job posting scams are on the rise as the unemployment rate is up.