On May 21, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its order with GoDaddy over allegations that GoDaddy “failed to implement standard data security tools and practices to protect customers’ websites and data.” In a...more
Everyone thinks they can spot a phish. Whether it is an email, SMS text, or QRish phishing, people have an overinflated view of their capabilities to detect them....more
A new study by Ivanti illustrates that one out of three workers secretly use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the workplace. They do so for varying reasons, including “I like a secret advantage,” “My job might be...more
Threat actors are leveraging the publicity around AI tools to trick users into downloading the malware known as Noodlophile through social media sites.
Researchers from Morphisec have observed threat actors, believed to...more
Becker’s Hospital Review reports that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “has access to sensitive information in 19 HHS databases and systems,” according to a court filing obtained by Wired. HHS provided the...more
4/25/2025
/ Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employees ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
PHI
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on April 10, 2025, that it has settled alleged HIPAA Security Rule violations with Northeast Radiology for $350,000....more
BleepingComputer has confirmed the rumor that Oracle has suffered a compromise affecting its legacy environment, including the compromise of old customer credentials (originally denied by Oracle). Oracle notified some...more
WhatsApp users should update the application for vulnerability CVE-2025-30401, which Meta recently patched when WhatsApp was released for Windows version 2.2450.6....more
In the ongoing saga of the 23andMe bankruptcy, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson recently sent a letter to the Trustee overseeing the 23andMe bankruptcy proceeding stating, “As Chairman of the Federal Trade...more
I am not sure what the rush was to make the JFK assassination files available, but the perceived urgency caused Social Security numbers of individuals involved in the investigation to be released to the public. Although The...more
There are many factors to consider when assisting clients with assessing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in an organization and developing and implementing an AI Governance Program. Although adopting an AI...more
If you hang out with CISOs like I do, shadow IT has always been a difficult problem. Shadow IT refers to refers to “information technology (IT) systems deployed by departments other than the central IT department, to bypass...more
On March 12, 2025, a joint cybersecurity advisory was issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center to advise...more
A Microsoft blog post reported that incident response researchers uncovered a remote access trojan in November 2024 (dubbed StilachiRAT) that “demonstrates sophisticated techniques to evade detection, persist in the target...more
According to Security Week, X (formerly Twitter) was hit with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that disrupted tens of thousands of X users’ ability to access the platform on March 10, 2025....more
Eyeglass manufacturer and retailer Warby Parker recently settled a 2018 data breach investigation by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for $1.5 million. According to OCR’s press release, Warby Parker self-reported that...more
According to a new LayerX report, most users are logging into GenAI tools through personal accounts that are not supported or tracked by an organization’s single sign on policy. These logins to AI SaaS applications are...more
3/6/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Machine Learning ,
Privacy Policy ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
SaaS ,
Software
On February 21, 2025, a federal district court judge from the Southern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction against the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE), access to Treasury Department payment...more
2/28/2025
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Government Agencies ,
Payment Systems ,
Personal Data ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State Attorneys General ,
U.S. Treasury
The Trump administration has systematically fired federal privacy- and security-focused employees since taking office.
Three members of the bipartisan, independent agency, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board...more
2/28/2025
/ Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Employees ,
FOIA ,
Government Agencies ,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Risk Management ,
Trump Administration ,
Veterans
The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) staggering unfettered access to all Americans’ personal information is highly concerning. DOGE employees’ access includes databases at the Office of Personnel Management, the...more
2/21/2025
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
U.S. Treasury
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center released an advisory on February 19, 2025, providing information on Ghost...more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on February 14, 2024, that his office has opened an investigation into DeepSeek’s privacy practices. DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence company with ties to the People’s Republic...more
According to a highly critical article recently published by TechCrunch, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Trump’s advisory board headed by Elon Musk, has “taken control of top federal departments and...more
2/14/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Elon Musk ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Trump Administration
New York, Texas, and Virginia are the first states to ban DeepSeek, the Chinese-owned generative artificial intelligence (AI) application, on state-owned devices and networks....more
2/14/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Executive Orders ,
Information Technology ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Social Media ,
Technology Sector
Soon after the Chinese generative artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek emerged to compete with ChatGPT and Gemini, it was forced offline when “large-scale malicious attacks” targeted its servers. Speculation points...more
2/7/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Management