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Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 65.\xa0 It is Thursday, February 13th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Numbers Don\u2019t Lie\n\nThis podcast is brought to you by Nwaj Tech, a Client Focused and Security Minded IT Consultant based in Central Connecticut.\xa0 You can visit us at nwajtech.com\xa0\nBEC Scams Accounted For $1.7 Billion, Half Of Total Cybercrime Losses In 2019: FBI Report.\xa0 FBI: $3.5B Lost in 2019 to Known Cyberscams, Ransomware\n\nRansomware Attacks Have Cost US Healthcare Organizations Over $157 Million Since 2016\n\nOperational Technology Attacks Increased By Over 2000% In 2019, Reveals IBM Report\n\nChinese 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.\n\nThree Cybersecurity Bills Blocked by Senate Majority Again\n\nSoundCloud Tackles DoS, Account Takeover Issues\n\nNew SchoolSafety.gov Provides Cyber Guidance for K-12 Schools\n\nWordPress Cookie Consent Plugin Fixes Critical Flaw for 700K Users\n\nMicrosoft Urges Exchange Admins to Disable SMBv1 to Block Malware\n\nOffice 365 Users Get Automated Protection From Malicious Docs\n\nHospital Sisters Health System Email Breach Impacts 16,167 Patients\n\nSunshine Behavioral Health Group Discovers PHI Exposed Over Internet