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Privacy Tip #336 – Facebook Accounts Stolen Through Phishing Schemes Using Messenger Chatbots

Trustwave has reported a new scheme in which threat actors are using the popular Facebook Messenger platform to steal Facebook login credentials. According to the report, the threat actors are using a phishing email to...more

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Ankura Cyber Threat Intelligence Bulletin (January 2022)

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Over the past sixty days, the Ankura Cybersecurity team has worked with clients to solve cybersecurity challenges involving the rampantly exploited Log4Shell vulnerability, recent security changes within Meta (Facebook), and...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2022 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - FBI and DHS Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Against Critical Infrastructure - U.S. officials this week warned government agencies, cybersecurity personnel, and operators of critical infrastructure that...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2021 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - New Jersey Settles with Cancer Center Over Business Email Compromise - One of the challenging things about HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) enforcement is the fact that both the...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2021

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CYBERSECURITY - FBI Warning: M&A Activity Targeted by Ransomware Groups - The FBI issued a Private Industry Notification on November 2, 2021, warning companies that “ransomware actors are very likely using significant...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2021

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CYBERSECURITY - Cyber Criminals Focusing on Clinics + Business Associates - As hospital systems become more hardened to cyber-attacks, cyber criminals are focusing their efforts on smaller providers, such as outpatient...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.14.2021 | Top Story: Colonial Pipeline Paid $5M Ransom to Hackers, Set Dangerous Precedent

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After a series of denials, it has emerged that Colonial Pipeline reportedly paid 75 Bitcoin (roughly $5 million) to recover its stolen data from last weekend’s ransomware attack. The move likely put a quicker end to the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.13.2021 | Top Story: Stocks Continue Slide as CPI Shows Price Jump in U.S.

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Stocks fell again on Wednesday, the third day of losses in a row, and bond yields rose, spurred on by a 4.2% CPI increase as compared to a year ago. Though analysts were expecting that surge ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.11.2021 | Top Story: FBI Identifies Hackers Behind Pipeline Attack

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More details on that massive ransomware hack that hit Colonial Pipeline over the weekend. The FBI has confirmed that hacking group DarkSide was responsible and that it’s “looking for any ties the group might have to...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Safe Practices for Seniors on Social Media

My mother-in-law lives on a farm in rural Oklahoma. Living out in the country was a dream of my in-laws for a long time, and after retiring, they made it a reality over 19 years ago. They bought 43 acres of land, and the goal...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2021 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - $50 Million Ransom Demand is Largest Ever - In what is being reported as the largest ransom demand ever, Taiwanese electronics and computer manufacturer Acer has reportedly been hit with a ransomware...more

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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

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 6, September 2020

TikTok Will Partner with Oracle in the United States After Microsoft Loses Bid - "TikTok and Oracle will become business partners in the United States — a deal meant to satisfy the Trump administration's national security...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 4, August 2020

Crosmun v. The Trustees of Fayetteville Technical Community College Provides Much Needed Guidance to NC Courts on How to Properly Craft eDiscovery Protocols - The Court of Appeals decision in Crosmun is important because...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 3, August 2020

The Editors' Note - Welcome to the third issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.17.2020 | Top Story: Consumer Spending Up in June

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Consumer spending at stores and auto dealerships increased in June, the second straight month, but the recent uptick in coronavirus cases could slow future growth....more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.18.2020 | Top Story: Apple Cuts Revenue Expectations and HSBC Axes Jobs as Coronavirus Infects Business...

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Apple announced that the coronavirus outbreak that’s brought Chinese manufacturing to a near-standstill and continues to spread around the world will affect its quarterly sales expectations.  The news makes Apple “one of the...more

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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

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Court Allows Company to Surreptitiously Monitor Former Employee’s Social Media Account to Support its Trade Secrets Claim

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A federal court of appeals recently found that there was nothing wrong with a company monitoring a departed employee’s Facebook account and using that information to pursue a trade secrets claim against four former employees....more

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A Company’s Facebook Snooping Didn’t Prevent Critical Trade Secrets Injunction

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Can a former employer’s alleged misconduct defeat a request for injunctive relief against former employees when those departing workers take confidential information and clients to another employer? A federal appeals court...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Facebook-Hacking Employer Still Gets Injunction Against Ex-Employees

Scherer Design Group (“SDG”) sued several of its former employees for starting a competing business (while still employed), stealing trade secrets, and stealing clients. The trial court entered an injunction against the...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Cybersecurity Update: 2018 — A Year in Review

This Update highlights key legal and policy developments in cybersecurity and privacy law that may impact important trends for 2019 and beyond. A central takeaway from 2018 is that regulators in the U.S. and abroad are...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2018 #3

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This week the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an investigative report that outlined cyber incidents that nine public companies had experienced, causing fraudulent losses totaling more than $100 million. The...more

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Facebook Acknowledges Breach of Sensitive Date for Nearly 30 Million Users

As we previously noted, Facebook originally announced a breach late last month, where hackers took advantage of a code vulnerability in the website’s “View As” feature, to access user’s data. ...more

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