In this week’s New + Now piece, we discuss the importance of patching software vulnerabilities and being patient at work to allow your data security colleagues to patch those vulnerabilities, which are coming more frequently...more
It’s that time. The holidays and shopping deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Here is some helpful information to consider while shopping this weekend.
A new study from RiskIQ—its 2018 Black Friday E-commerce...more
The Australian Institute of Marine Science is using an IoT drifter manufactured by Myriota to collect oceanographic data in almost real time....more
According to reports by WhoWhatWhy and the Associated Press, five security experts have confirmed a private citizen’s allegation that the Georgia Online Voter Database contains a major security flaw and is vulnerable to...more
Non-profit organizations collect, use and disclose personal information just like any other for profit industry. However, non-profit organizations often don’t have the same resources to devote to data security as for profit...more
I often hear people say that they have no control of their data, that their data is being monetized by big companies, that they don’t know what those companies are doing with their data, that they are frustrated when they...more
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
10/5/2018
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Websites
Two more companies are under fire for alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
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The State of California is once again leading the way with trying to keep up with technology and protecting consumers. Senate Bill 327 requires Internet of Things (IoT) developers to implement “reasonable security features”...more
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
9/24/2018
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Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hurricane Florence ,
Malware ,
Natural Disasters ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Real Estate Development ,
Risk Management ,
Safe Harbors ,
San Francisco ,
Scams ,
Social Security Numbers ,
Successor Liability ,
Utilities Sector ,
Website Accessibility ,
Websites ,
Yahoo!
Russian Hackers Successfully Phished Hundreds of U.S. Companies Last Year -
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has indicated that Russian hackers successful attacked the energy, nuclear, aviation, and critical...more
8/6/2018
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Spoofing
Just days after the summit between the U.S. and North Korea, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security issued a warning about a malicious malware, a Trojan malware variant known as...more
The Singapore summit was the focus of news stories this week. The media descended on Singapore to capture all of the news. When journalists started posting pictures of the contents of the gift bags that they were given at the...more
We have been watching the LabMD/FTC case for a long time. We have written about it, read the book about it that was hand delivered to our office by the CEO of LabMD, debated it in privacy law class and marveled at the energy...more
Late last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning to U.S. consumers that Russian hackers (dubbed Sofacy and a/k/a Fancy Brear and APT28 and believed to be backed by the Russian government) had...more
6/1/2018
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South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed the South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act into law on May 3, 2018....more
We previously noted last month that only two states had not enacted a data breach notification law to date—South Dakota and Alabama....more
Oregon Governor Kate Brown recently signed a new data breach reporting law (S. 1551) that toughens the state’s existing requirements.
The new requirements include that companies are required to notify individuals within 45...more
A new report issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), called “Global Risks Report 2018,” lists the threat of cyber-warfare and cyber-attacks affecting the public as the world’s third greatest threat in 2018, only behind...more
1/26/2018
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Infrastructure ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Smart Devices ,
World Economic Forum
‘Tis the season of stuffing stockings. ‘Tis also the season of “credential stuffing.” What is credential stuffing you ask?
According to Wikipedia, “credential stuffing is a type of cyber-attack where stolen account...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), one of the watchdogs of the financial services industry, has announced through Acting Director Mick Mulvaney that it will no longer collect personal information of consumers...more
12/8/2017
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Emergency Response ,
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Financial Services Industry ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Identity Theft ,
Internet ,
Location Data ,
Net Neutrality ,
NYDFS ,
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Risk Management ,
SCOTUS ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of the watchdogs of the financial services industry, has announced through Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, that it will no longer collect personal information of consumers due to...more
You continue to hear that your employees are your biggest risk when it comes to causing a data breach. Recent incidents that we have been involved in that were caused by employee error include...more
At its annual conference, EDUCAUSE announced that the issue that is at the top of the 2018 Top 10 IT Issues is data security. This is no surprise. It has been the top concern for the past three years....more
Hyatt Corp. was hit with a class action suit this week for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and storing employees’ fingerprints. This is the latest in a string of suits...more
11/6/2017
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Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fingerprints ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Hyatt ,
Personally Identifiable Information