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Did Someone from Microsoft Cause my Business Email Compromise? How to Detect Who is Really Behind the Internet Service Provider

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Ankura has seen an increase in threat actors utilizing Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure to obfuscate their malicious activities and make the traffic appear legitimate. So, what does this look like?...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Threat Groups Using Translation Tools in Phishing Attacks

It used to be that one of the sure ways to identify a phishing email was to notice grammatical errors or broken English in the text of the communication. Thanks to new translation tools like Google Translate, that are...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Gmail to Use Verified Trademark Logo Badges to Combat Email Scammers

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In the face of the ever-growing threat of cyberattacks disguised in emails from phishers, impostors and other increasingly sophisticated security scammers, Google has launched a tool to allow organizations to fight back by...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Beware Brand Phishing

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We often think of phony financial institution emails as a bad actor’s phishing scheme of choice to capture confidential bank account numbers or other private financial information. While those phishing emails certainly do...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 7, September 2020

U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It was Set to Start - "John Hall, an attorney for TikTok, said that the app, with some 100 million American users, is a 'modern day version of the town square' and shutting...more

K2 Integrity

Targeted Cyber Frauds in Today’s Global Crisis

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You receive an email saying that due to COVID-19, a number of regularly scheduled meetings are moving to new dates and times. While hovering over the conveniently provided email link to your calendar, you notice the email...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #236 – Foreign Government-Backed Phishing Attacks Pose as Fast Food Chains

Google has warned users in a blog article that nation state-backed hackers are using the COVID-19 crisis to ramp up phishing attempts and, in one example, are posing as American fast food franchises and sending malicious...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #226 – Beware – Well-Known Brands Used for Phishing Schemes

A new study by Check Point Research shows that cyber criminals are using well-known brands to lure victims into clicking on nefarious links, providing personal information or credentials, or getting users to transfer money....more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2019 #4

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Although Amazon and Google respond to reports of vulnerabilities in popular home smart assistants Alexa and Google Home, hackers continually work hard to exploit any vulnerabilities in order to listen to users’ every word to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Hackers Eavesdrop and Obtain Sensitive Data of Users Through Home Smart Assistants

Although Amazon and Google respond to reports of vulnerabilities in popular home smart assistants Alexa and Google Home, hackers continually work hard to exploit any vulnerabilities to be able to listen to users’ every word...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Cybersecurity: Spear Phishing Covered Under Insurance Policy Where Code Manipulated

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Increasingly, insureds faced with cyber fraud losses are going to the courts to interpret their policies. In The Brick Warehouse LP v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, 2017 ABQB 413 [The Brick Warehouse], and in Taylor &...more

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Google Docs Phishing (in real time, May 3, 2017, 4:30pm)

If you check your email this afternoon, you may see a message that someone you know is sharing something on Google Docs....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Advertising Litigation Report: Vol. 2, No. 2 - Consumer Privacy and Data Security

Judge Trims Proposed Class Action Over Wendy’s Data Breach - Torres v. Wendy’s Int’l, LLC, No. 16-cv-0210 (PGB) (DCI) (M.D. Fla. Mar. 21, 2017). A U.S. district court judge in Florida trimmed a proposed class action...more

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Privacy and Data Security: 2017 Year in Preview

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Few issues keep executives awake at night more than Privacy and Data Security. New regulations and threats alike are plentiful, varied, and evolving. The rate of change for cybersecurity and information governance continues...more

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