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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Make your Company a Hard Target for Job Scams

Your company’s talent is its lifeblood. Job postings for qualified individuals and other recruitment activities are vital to its operations. What happens, then, when scammers disrupt your business by conducting phishing...more

BakerHostetler

2024 Trends: UDRP Complaints, Domain Scams Still on the Rise

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It has been a busy year for domain scammers – and the brand owners fighting back against them. According to numbers published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Forum, the number of complaints...more

K2 Integrity

Scanning, Chatting, And Shopping: Holiday Risks To Organizations

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Today’s mobile workforce means that many employees blend their personal and professional lives on the same devices, possibly putting organizations’ data at risk. During the holiday season, in the search for gifts, low prices,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Beware of Fake CTA Compliance Letters

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Scammers have seized on the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) as the vehicle for their latest ploy to collect personal information and use it for nefarious purposes. The Better Business Bureau recently alerted the public to...more

Shipkevich PLLC

FTC Launches Massive “Operation Stop Scam Calls” Initiative: Focusing on “Consent Farm” Lead Generators and Robocallers

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On July 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the FTC, along with over 100 federal and state law enforcement partners, have launched an extensive campaign named "Operation Stop Scam Calls" to combat the...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

More Than Just Unauthorized Sales: Scammers are Creating Whole New Websites

We have written extensively about the problem of unauthorized resellers. These are resellers that source a company’s products (whether legitimately or illegitimately) and then resell those products on eCommerce websites such...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #353 – Scammers Using Search Engine Advertisements to Defraud Users

The FBI recently released a Public Service Announcement that all online shoppers should read. The Announcement outlines a scary scheme by cyber criminals, who “are using search engine advertisement services to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #352 – Don’t Get Scammed Ordering Your Free COVID-19 Test Kits

The federal government has implemented a program in which each household can order four free COVID-19 test kits through the United States Postal Service (USPS). This is a perfect opportunity for scammers to spoof the USPS...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #308 – Keep the Holiday Shopping Season Cyber Safe

As we enter the holiday shopping season, cyber criminals are sharpening their cyber-scam strategies. We like to remind our readers about the enhanced risk during the holidays. There has been an increase in online shopping...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #288 – Scammers Take Advantage of Shortage of Rental Cars

Another post pandemic fallout is the fact that rental car agencies have sold their fleets, for obvious reasons. In doing so, there aren’t enough rental cars for all of us who have been stuck at home and are now raring to go...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2020 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - U.S. Organizations Doing Business in China Warned of Malware in Tax Software - The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Financial Brokers Warned by FINRA of Imposter Websites

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently warned financial professionals that imposters are attempting to collect personal information of investors by spoofing financial professionals’ websites, reaching...more

Burr & Forman

More FINRA Cyber-Security Warnings

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On August 20, FINRA warned member firms about a rash of imposter websites, using registered representative’s names, pictures, CRD numbers and other information to gull investors into providing personally-identifying...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Pandemic Identity Theft

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The past few months have been hard on many people and businesses. Some of us may even know individuals who lost their job due to the pandemic. Unfortunately, there are always those who prey on the misfortunate...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

FTC Works to Thwart Coronavirus Scams

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As the collective consciousness coalesces around coronavirus fears, scammers are capitalizing on the opportunity to exploit the concerned. In recent months, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has noted the emergence of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC Enforcement Trends in Consumer Protection

A comprehensive review of recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) consumer protection actions shows that the FTC continues to be one of Washington’s most aggressive regulators. While the number of enforcement...more

Verrill

New York AG Gives No Stars To Fake Online Reviews

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On November 2, 2018, the New York Attorney General came crashing down on a number of moving services that paid for at least 60 fake positive online reviews posted under the heading “CHECK OUT OUR REVIEWS POSTED BY CUSTOMERS...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2018 #3

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Schneider Electric recently issued a consumer warning that it mistakenly shipped to its customers USB drives that were infected with malware. Schneider Electric stated in its alert that “Schneider Electric has determined that...more

McCarter & English, LLP

1f You Can R3ad Th15 – Security and Scam Alert

You may think there is no value in chasing domain name squatters because customers find your website through search engines, but consider squatters as internal and external security risks. A constantly evolving threat, there...more

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