CYBERSECURITY -
Patch Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerabilities Being Exploited in the Wild ASAP -
Adobe has issued alerts on three vulnerabilities affecting its ColdFusion product. The first alert, issued on July 11, 2023,...more
7/24/2023
/ Adobe ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Drones ,
EU ,
Hackers ,
Machine Learning ,
Vulnerability Assessments
On July 10, the European Commission (EC) published its data adequacy decision for the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF). This means that companies can transfer personal data from EU countries and from Iceland,...more
CYBERSECURITY FBI, CISA + MS-ISAC Warn of LockBit 3.0 Ransomware The FBI, CISA and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MSISAC) recently released a joint cybersecurity advisory, warning organizations about...more
3/24/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
TikTok ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Chinese company ByteDance faces growing concerns from governments and regulators that its user data from its popular short video-sharing app TikTok could be handed over to the Chinese government. The concern is based on...more
3/3/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
China ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Mobile Apps ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Social Media ,
TikTok
CYBERSECURITY -
Joint Advisory Outlines Attacks by Daixin Team -
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released a Joint Advisory last week warning...more
11/4/2022
/ Biometric Information ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Monitoring ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Vulnerability Assessments
CYBERSECURITY -
Second Security Directive Issued by TSA to Pipeline Operators -
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued its second Security Directive to the pipeline industry on July 20, 2021,...more
7/23/2021
/ Customs and Border Protection ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Infrastructure ,
Location Data ,
NASA ,
Olympics ,
Pipelines ,
Ransomware ,
TSA
CYBERSECURITY -
Tulsa, OK Refuses to Pay Ransom to Attackers -
The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced on May 9, 2021, that it had been hit with a ransomware attack, but the Mayor is resolute in not paying the demanded...more
CYBERSECURITY -
Further Fall-Out from Russian Hacking of SolarWinds -
U.S. intelligence agencies, including the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity...more
1/8/2021
/ Browser History ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Federal Breach Notification Standard ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ports ,
Russia ,
Software ,
SolarWinds
Darkreading.com has issued a survey entitled Monetizing the Insider: The Growing Symbiosis of Insiders and the Dark Web, which states that malicious insiders are responsible for 27 percent of all cybercrime. This statistic...more
12/10/2018
/ Authentication ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
GPS ,
Hackers ,
Law Enforcement ,
Marriott ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Recruitment Incentives ,
State and Local Government ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
USPS ,
Vulnerability Assessments
On the heels of the ransomware that had the City of Atlanta scrambling last week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the launch of “NYC Secure,” a free mobile app that will alert New York City residents of...more
4/10/2018
/ Blockchain ,
Cambridge Analytica ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Drones ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Facebook ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Part 107 ,
Personal Data ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Ransomware ,
Social Media ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Taxi Cabs ,
US v Microsoft
Tobias Boelter, a University of California Berkeley cryptography researcher claims that last year he found a security flaw in WhatsApp’s encrypted smart phone messaging application. The flaw, which relates to the unique...more
2/6/2017
/ Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Facebook ,
Germany ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Social Networks ,
WhatsApp
German auto manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) is reportedly using German privacy laws to resist turning over its top executives’ internal corporate emails and other communication materials to United States attorneys general and...more
An interagency working group led by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and The Department of Commerce recently published a draft report (the “Report”) recommending that the U.S. government increase its...more
Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) has been amended by The Digital Privacy Act (the “DPA”). DPA updates PIPEDA and modernizes Canadian data privacy and security law. DPA is now...more
8/21/2015
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Canada ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
DPA ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PIPEDA ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Laws
A number of courts have considered whether the Fourth Amendment requires the government to obtain a warrant to access historical and/or real time cell phone geographic location information, known as CSLI. CSLI is cell site...more
8/10/2015
/ Cell Phones ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
FL Supreme Court ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Geolocation ,
Popular ,
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant ,
Smartphones ,
Warrantless Searches