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Alston & Bird

Chinese Hackers Exploit Gap in Cloud Environment Used by U.S. Government

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According to recent reports issued by Microsoft and U.S. government agencies, hackers recently exploited a gap in Microsoft’s cloud environment, enabling the malicious actors to access the email accounts of employees at the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Cloaked Ursa Using Trusted Online Storage Services to Evade Detection

According to research by Palo Alto’s Unit 42, the most recent campaign by advanced persistent threat Cloaked Ursa (aka APT 20, Nobelium, or Cozy Bear), “demonstrate[s] sophistication and the ability to rapidly integrate...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Recent Settlements and Penalties Show Perils of Data Breaches

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Two major U.S. financial institutions, Morgan Stanley and Capital One, recently agreed to resolve separate class action lawsuits by paying, in the aggregate, hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for massive data...more

Polsinelli

Identifying and Remediating the Critical Apache Log4j Cybersecurity Vulnerability

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On December 9th, 2021, a critical zero-day vulnerability, which has the potential of providing threat actors access to millions of computers worldwide, was discovered. Due to the critical nature of this vulnerability, and the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Update on Apache log4j and Kronos Security Incidents

It was a crazy weekend for cyberattacks. People seem surprised, but those of us in the industry aren’t surprised one bit. It is very logical and foreseeable that hackers are leveraging attacks that have maximum disruption on...more

Lewis Roca

Log4Shell Vulnerability Poses Massive Cybersecurity Threat

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A widely reported flaw in popular software known as Log4j poses a severe cybersecurity threat to organizations around the globe, with hundreds of millions of devices at risk. Over the past week, government agencies,...more

Proskauer on Privacy

“Log4Shell” Vulnerability Has Potential to Compromise Millions of Devices

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Cybersecurity experts around the world are scrambling to sound the alarm about a newly discovered security vulnerability that could be used by attackers to easily infiltrate computer systems. The vulnerability is found in...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Do You Own a Database? You’re Also Responsible for Actions Performed by Third Parties

The Black Shadow hacking group’s attack on Cyberserve, reported a few days ago, has resulted (at this point in time) in the leaking of a database with more than 800,000 records pertaining to various individuals and the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 5.10.2021 | Top Story: Ransomware Attack Prompts Closure of Key U.S. Pipeline

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A cyberattack over the weekend forced the shutdown of one of America’s largest pipelines for refined gas and jet fuel. Operator Colonial Pipeline revealed late Friday that it had “shut down its 5,500 miles of pipeline, which...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Ubiquiti Notifies Customers of Breach

Ubiquiti, a manufacturer of products used for networks such as routers, webcams and mesh networks, announced this week that an unauthorized access to its systems hosted by a third-party cloud provider may have compromised...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Your data is under attack: Are you ready?

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On July 16, 2020, Blackbaud, a U.S. cloud software company and one of the world’s largest providers of financial and fundraising technology for nonprofit organizations and education institutions, notified its customers of a...more

K2 Integrity

Protecting Your Privacy Online Is Possible

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Navigating the crossroads of security and convenience is a balancing act, but it can be done. Two minutes. That’s all it takes to perform a Google search on yourself—or anyone you choose—and obtain a virtual encyclopedia...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Hacker Hits HipChat—Reset Passwords

An unknown intruder was able to access team communication platform HipChat last weekend, allowing access to the account information of users, including email addresses, hashed passwords and names. There is also a chance that...more

K2 Integrity

Understanding the DNS Attacks: Convenience v Security

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How Did This Attack Happen? While the attack is still under investigation, initial reports indicate that it was part of a genre of DDoS that infects Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as webcams, DVRs, routers, smart TVs,...more

Stinson LLP

HHS Publishes New Guidance on HIPAA and Cloud Computing

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a new guidance regarding HIPAA compliance and the use of cloud computing solutions. The guidance is intended to assist covered entities...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

News of Note for the Internet-Minded – 3/18/16

Intel and Sony give us an idea of the future of virtual reality; Google goes shopping in the cloud; the FBI warns consumers about car hacking; the Internet of Thing’s language problem; and more…...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

ASUS settles with FTC over insecure home routers

ASUS TeK Computer, Inc. (ASUS) has agreed to settle with the FTC over allegations that “critical security flaws in its routers put the home networks of hundreds of thousands of consumers at risk.” The FTC further alleges that...more

Carlton Fields

FFIEC Weighs in on Cybersecurity in Light of Unprecedented Risk of Cyber Threats

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As financial institutions of all sizes continue to face unprecedented cybersecurity risk, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released its Cybersecurity Assessment Tool. The Assessment is...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Interim rule requires Department of Defense contractors to report cyber breaches

Companies doing business with the U.S. Department of Defense are facing new requirements for reporting data security breaches and for acquiring cloud computing services. The Interim Rule, effective August 26, 2015, amends the...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

Strange Bedfellows: Technology Issues in Real Estate Transactions, Part 2

This blog is the second part of a two-part series on key contracting issues with technology service providers, and the focus is specifically geared toward companies doing business in the real estate industry. As noted in Part...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Guidance for Financial Institution Directors and Officers In Cybersecurity Preparedness

Earlier this summer, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released its highly anticipated Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (Assessment), which is designed to assist financial institutions in identifying...more

Polsinelli

Cybersecurity for Startups Now a Cost of Entry for Consideration by Larger Clients: What is Your Company's Plan?

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For technology startups, maintaining strong security controls remains vital to winning new business opportunities and strengthening existing relationships. Despite the global spike in cybersecurity attacks (there were 42.8...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

This Is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile: Car Hacking and the SPY Car Act

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Not coincidentally, on July 21, 2015, Wired Magazine published an article with groundbreaking evidence of hacking a car wirelessly, and Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Cybersecurity Monday: Who Is Shopping for Your Data?

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At this time of year, everyone is shopping for a good bargain. And with “Cyber Monday,” the internet has become the place to go for the best deals. The shift to online and cloud-based information systems and data storage has...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Cyber Monday – December 1, 2014

Welcome to December – we hope you had a restful and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. Here are a few privacy bits and bytes to start your week. 1. ICYMI – 60 Minutes Explains Credit Card Hacking...more

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