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CrowdStrike Customers Targeted by Threat Actors Using Fake Help Websites

If you are a customer of CrowdStrike, you are working on recovering from the outage that occurred on July 19, 2024. As if that isn’t enough disruption, CrowdStrike is warning customers that threat actors are taking advantage...more

Woods Rogers

Tips for Healthcare Organizations Handling Negative Online Reviews

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A healthcare organization’s online presence is an important component of its reputation. Occasionally, dissatisfied patients will post negative reviews about healthcare services on social media and customer review platforms...more

Burr & Forman

Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule Q&A

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COPPA, or the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, was designed to protect the privacy of children under 13 years of age by giving their parents certain tools to control how the child's information can and cannot be...more

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Log4j: Questions and Considerations for Companies and Their Vendors

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As highlighted in our December 10, 2021, article, the Apache Log4j vulnerability is garnering significant attention throughout the public and private sectors. There are reportedly upwards of 100 million devices and servers...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Zoom-Bombing, Data Sharing, and Working Remotely: Don’t Forget about Privacy and Data Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 Pandemic is forcing organizations to adjust their operating practices to continue operations, meetings, classes, and services remotely insofar as possible. Organizations using these types of technologies, as...more

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SIDN and its fight against cybercrime

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Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland or SIDN, the Registry operator of the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) .NL (the Netherlands) appears to be increasing its efforts in its fight against cybercrime....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #222 – The Dating App Privacy Secret

I don’t know much about dating apps. I met my husband decades ago, long before the Internet, and the old-fashioned way—in college. But I know people who have used them, have been happy with them, have found their life partner...more

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The importance of Registry Lock

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A recent blog post by the manager of the Netherlands country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) .NL, SIDN, indicated that only 150 of the 5.8 million .NL domain names are secured with .NL Control, SIDN’s Registry Lock Service. ...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

RuNet Law Comes Into Force: What Is Next

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As Russia’s internet law imposes new obligations on technology and infrastructure companies, the Russian government considers subordinate legislation. On November 1, 2019, the majority of provisions of Russia’s internet...more

K2 Integrity

Cybersecurity Awareness Month may be over – but threats are year round

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month may have ended on October 31, but cyber criminals are active 365 days a year, and they’re online looking for vulnerabilities around the clock. Every day, we also spend time online: navigating the...more

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IAB Soliciting Comments on Draft Compliance Framework for Programmatic Advertising under the CCPA

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On October 22, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), a media and marketing industry trade group, released for public comment the California Consumer Privacy Act Compliance Framework for Publishers and Technology Companies...more

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Cyber Security: NCSC warns over global DNS hijacking

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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), an organisation of the UK Government that provides cybersecurity advice and support for the public and private sector, published an article earlier this year relating to a recent...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Bavarian Data Protection Supervisory Authority Concludes After “Safer Internet Day Raid” that Investigated Companies Fail to...

The Bavarian Data Protection Authority (“BDPA”) took the “safer internet day” in February 2019 as an opportunity to conduct privacy checks on website operators....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Pass It On: Locks Don’t Prevent Leaks

It is common for individuals to see the “padlock icon” on their browser bar when visiting a website, and assume they are safe. Sadly, this assumption is no longer valid. As we approach Data Privacy Day (January 28, 2019) many...more

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.DE ups security with 100,000 DNSSEC domain names

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DENIC, the Registry responsible for running the .DE namespace, recently announced that 100,000 .DE domain names have been registered using Domain Name System Security Extension (DNSSEC)....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #159 – Consider Risks When Using Facebook and Other Social Media Platforms

Facebook announced late last week that it had suffered the largest breach in its history—50 million accounts were compromised, and another 40 million accounts affected—yes, that equals 90 million accounts. ...more

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Netherlands – Cybersecurity: Hackman to the rescue!

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In May, SIDN, the Registry responsible for the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) extension .NL (Netherlands), published an article on the Ethical Hacker Rickey Gevers and the efforts of the Netherlands to make the Dutch...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

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Sites get ICEd in transatlantic assault on cyber crooks

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As part of a sustained and coordinated effort, law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Atlantic have rounded off their on-going fight against cybercrime known as “Operation In Our Sites” with the traditional annual...more

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FCC and Net Neutrality — Some Predictions about the Fallout

The end of net neutrality — for now — is big news, because it’s a big deal; there’s just no getting around the fact that the way consumers experience the internet is going to change. What are some of the practical...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Connecticut Cyber Task Force Announced

The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Connecticut has announced the creation of a Connecticut Cyber Task Force (“CCTF”) in partnership with the FBI, DEA, Secret Service, Homeland Security, IRS, Connecticut State...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Imgur Discloses Breach Affecting Email and Passwords of 1.7 Million Users

On November 24, 2017, image-sharing website Imgur disclosed that email addresses and passwords of 1.7 million users were stolen in a 2014 hack on the company. Imgur became aware of the breach on November 23, 2017 when a...more

McManis Faulkner

Boo! “Witch” one should you have, HTTP or HTTPS?

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With Halloween season here, it’s important to be aware of the spooks on the web. It is a scary online world, and now more than ever is the time to take measures to strengthen the security of your website....more

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Affair Website Ashley Madison Fined $8.75 Million Over Data Breach, Misrepresentations

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has entered into a multimillion dollar settlement with the owners and operators of AshleyMadison.com, a dating website for people interested in having discreet affairs, related to the...more

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Top 10 Litigation Risks and Trends for Retailers

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With the 2016 holiday shopping season in full swing, the risk of litigation heightens for retailers. We created our own version of a “holiday list” to identify the top-10 risk areas where retailers may be vulnerable to claims...more

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