Because technology develops so rapidly, and “trends” are fast and furious, it is always hard to predict what the big issues will be for the next year. A year is a long time in the tech field. Just look at how fast ChatGPT...more
There was a big win for the good guys against the bad guys this week. On December 13, 2023, after obtaining an order from the federal court in the Southern District of New York to seize U.S. based infrastructure and take...more
On November 17, 2023, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a supplemental mitigation guide for the healthcare and public health sector to the Cyber Risk Summary for those sectors published on...more
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New York Governor Proposes Cybersecurity Regulations for NY Hospitals -
On November 13, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul released proposed cybersecurity regulations applicable to all hospitals located within...more
11/17/2023
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
FCC ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Identity Theft ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform
Following the White House’s Executive Order on AI, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued its Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence this week “which is a whole-of-agency plan aligned with national AI...more
On November 13, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul released proposed cybersecurity regulations applicable to all hospitals located within the state of New York. The Governor has included $500 million in grant funding in her FY24...more
11/17/2023
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Data Protection ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
New York ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform
Boeing has confirmed that its parts and distribution site has been attacked by LockBit ransomware, which is believed to be Russian based. Boeing has said that the attack has not affected flight safety. Boeing is investigating...more
On October 31, 2023, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a press release announcing that it has settled with Doctors’ Management Services for $100,000 following a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health...more
11/10/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Information Technology ,
OCR ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Settlement
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Hackers Steal $4.4M Crypto Using Data Linked to LastPass Breach -
According to Bleeping Computer, crypto fraud researchers at ZachXBT, and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan have reported that on October 25,...more
11/8/2023
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Biden Administration ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SolarWinds
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Hackers Steal $4.4M Crypto Using Data Linked to LastPass Breach -
According to Bleeping Computer, crypto fraud researchers at ZachXBT, and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan have reported that on October 25,...more
11/7/2023
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Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Imports ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
SolarWinds
In a first, bold move by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following its new Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies, issued on July 26, 2023, this...more
11/6/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Information Technology ,
Investment Fraud ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Violations ,
SolarWinds
According to a press release, Personal Touch, a home health company located on Long Island, has reached a settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James for $350,000 for a data breach that occurred in January of 2021...more
Resilience issued its Midyear 2023 Claims Report, which is well worth the read.
In addition to commenting on the impact of the MOVEit incident, some of the key findings include...more
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI, and MS-ISAC recently released an urgent Joint Advisory on the Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2023-22515.
According to the Alert, “this critical vulnerability...more
10/23/2023
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Vulnerability Assessments
On October 12, 2023, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued an Alert to the healthcare industry about a “new threat actor and ransomware,” NoEscape, which is threatening health care organizations....more
10/23/2023
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Malware ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments
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Urgent Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Atlassian Vulnerability Issued -
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI, and MS-ISAC recently released an urgent Joint Advisory on the...more
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CISA Launches Cybersecurity -
Public Awareness Campaign To kick off the twentieth annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced that CISA and...more
10/16/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Popular ,
Vulnerability Assessments
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on October 11, 2023, urging companies (particularly those in the critical...more
10/13/2023
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments
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CISA Launches Cybersecurity Public Awareness Campaign -
To kick off the twentieth annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced that CISA...more
To kick off the twentieth annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced that CISA and the National Cybersecurity Alliance will “focus on ways to “Secure Our...more
There is a lot of chatter out there around the uses of artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity. For example, Applied Sciences published a paper on how AI can be used for mobile malware detection, and Gartner has...more
Not only is the People’s Republic of China (PRC) a threat with its use of TikTok, but it also supports threat actors that have for years attacked U.S. based companies as well as the governments of the U.S. and Japan....more
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High Alert: China Linked BlackTech Hides in Router Firmware -
Not only is the People’s Republic of China (PRC) a threat with its use of TikTok, but it also supports threat actors that have for years...more
The FBI and CISA issued a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory “#StopRansomware: Snatch Ransomware” on September 20, 2023. The Advisory outlines the indicators of compromise and observed tactics, techniques, and procedures of Snatch...more
9/22/2023
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments
It is scary to think of cyber warfare and how it may affect us. But the reality is there, and we should be prepared. I was chatting with a colleague this morning who asked for the top two things to do to prepare for a massive...more