US romance scam losses topped $1.14B in a single year (FTC)Total US cybercrime losses hit $16.6B (FBI IC3 2024)Average cost of a data breach: $4.4M (IBM)Roughly 3 in 4 breaches involve the human element (Verizon DBIR)Median romance scam loss: $2,000 per victim (FTC)Business email compromise remains the costliest attack category (FBI IC3)Older adults report the highest total fraud losses (FBI IC3)Most account takeovers start with a reused passwordPhishing is still the number one initial access vectorFeelings meet technology.
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CYBERGALAN

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Cybersecurity craft, cultural pride, and community uplift — authored by Pyro Chahua, ethical hacker and founder of JumpLite Tech.

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root@cybergalan:~# ./GLOBAL_THREAT_PULSE

Global Threat Pulse

The fraud economy is global. These are the regions and patterns that show up most often in the cases and reports I follow.

  • US West Coastcredential stuffing & account takeover
  • US Eastbusiness email compromise & payment fraud
  • Latin Americabanking trojans & SIM-swap fraud
  • West Africaromance scam & BEC operations
  • Eastern Europeransomware crews
  • Southeast Asiapig-butchering & crypto investment scams
  • South Asiatech-support and call-center fraud

$1.14B

US romance scam losses in a single year

FTC

$16.6B

Total reported US cybercrime losses

FBI IC3 2024

$4.4M

Average cost of a data breach

IBM

74%

Breaches involving the human element

Verizon DBIR

Curated from public FBI IC3 and FTC reporting — updated periodically.

root@cybergalan:~# ls ./METHOD

Seven Phases. Zero Guesswork.

Every Cyber Galan security assessment follows the same disciplined path — nothing improvised, nothing skipped.

root@cybergalan:~# cat ./PILLARS

A practice built on craft, code, and culture.

01/* SECURITY */

Cybersecurity

Ethical hacking, OSINT, and investigation work focused on protecting people who don't have a security team behind them.

02/* COMMUNITY */

Community

Founder of JumpLite Tech — building AI and cyber literacy programs for the next generation across Southern California.

03/* MOVEMENT */

Movement

Cyber Galan — a movement blending Latino cultural pride with technical excellence and personal growth.

root@cybergalan:~# echo "NOT A PORTFOLIO"

A home base for the work,the people, and the movement.

This is the home base of a man who built something real, broke into spaces that weren't made for him, and is now building a movement to bring others with him.