A ransomware gang that has been targeting hospitals and other health care providers has been at least temporarily dismantled by the FBI. Attorney General Merrick Garland and other U.S. officials announced that the FBI's...more
There is a pattern here. Long holiday weekends make for ransomware attacks and data breaches. It is well-known that malicious actors take advantage of understaffed IT resources on holidays. In fact, it’s become such a common...more
9/3/2021
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Holidays ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security have issued a rare joint alert with the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) regarding coronavirus-related threats....more
The “business compromise email” is what the FBI calls the “$5 billion scam,” but apparently an insurance company did not agree with an insured company that they had been the victim of a crime....more
7/25/2017
/ Business E-Mail Compromise (BEC) ,
Computer Fraud Insurance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Crime Insurance Policies ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Email ,
FBI ,
Fraud ,
Fund Transfers ,
Money Transfer ,
Scams ,
Spoofing
Once again, data breaches and hacks are front and center, so here are three stories you should know about to start your week....more
7/21/2015
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Breach Notification Rule ,
Credit Monitoring ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Data Breach ,
Encryption ,
FCC ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
UCLA ,
UCLA Medical Center
Imagine you are the IT systems administrator of a large corporation. Coffee in hand, you sit down one morning and log in. You receive a message that there has been an intrusion into the corporate database, a large amount of...more