A report released by cybersecurity firm Agari has come to conclusion that we have been experiencing all year—a hacking group in Nigeria, dubbed “London Blue,” is targeting CFOs and controllers from small businesses to...more
12/17/2018
/ Bitcoin ,
CFOs ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
FinTech ,
Google ,
Hackers ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Marriott ,
OCR ,
OSHA ,
Pensions ,
PHI ,
Retirement Plan ,
Safety Inspections ,
Securities Litigation ,
Smart Contracts ,
Stock Prices ,
Vulnerable Victims ,
Workplace Safety
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
Some analysts have predicted that by 2020, there will be 20 billion Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices worldwide, which could grow to over 80 billion by 2025. Global sales of IoT devices were $80 billion in 2017, and...more
12/3/2018
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
FSB ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Identity Theft ,
Internet of Things ,
IRS ,
OCR ,
Tax Scams ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Vendors
Mozilla recently announced that it is adding a new security feature to its Firefox Quantum web browser that will alert users when they visit a website that has reported a data breach in the last 12 months.
...more
11/26/2018
/ Black Friday ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Mozilla ,
OIG ,
Part 107 ,
Record Retention ,
Retailers ,
Waivers ,
Websites
According to a new report by Datto, Inc. (its third annual Global State of the Channel Ransomware Report), ransomware continues to be the top cyber-attack experienced by small- and medium-sized companies. Some managed service...more
11/21/2018
/ Connected Cars ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Fingerprints ,
France ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Internet of Things ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Wire Fraud
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
11/12/2018
/ Commercial Use ,
Credit Cards ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
Data Breach ,
Databases ,
Drones ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Identity Theft ,
Kenya ,
Phishing Scams ,
USPS ,
Vulnerability Assessments
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 their...more
11/5/2018
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Driverless Cars ,
Drones ,
Ford Motor ,
FTC Guidelines ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Malware ,
Nonprofits ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Sandbox ,
Settlement Negotiations ,
Spoofing ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Yahoo!
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced last week that it has discovered unauthorized users have attempted to hack into its online trademark system to attempt to make unauthorized changes to active trademark...more
10/29/2018
/ Airspace ,
Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Credit Security Freeze ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Employee Training ,
General Electric ,
Hackers ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Ethics ,
New Legislation ,
Risk Management ,
Small Business ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Registration ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
USPTO
This week the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an investigative report that outlined cyber incidents that nine public companies had experienced, causing fraudulent losses totaling more than $100 million. The...more
10/22/2018
/ Anthem Insurance ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Email ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hackers ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Internal Controls ,
Microsoft ,
New Legislation ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Social Media ,
State and Local Government ,
Surveillance
Many consumers are unaware that retailers use facial recognition technology in retail stores to monitor shoppers and prevent shoplifting. Consumers see cameras in retail stores and assume they are there to monitor for...more
10/15/2018
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Driverless Cars ,
Drones ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
OIG ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Title III ,
Trump Administration ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Website Accessibility ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
On October 1, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its “Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook” to address continued threats to medical devices that could affect...more
10/8/2018
/ Airspace ,
ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Bitcoin ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Currency ,
Drones ,
Facebook ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hackers ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Medical Devices ,
OMB ,
Online Platforms ,
Part 107 ,
Popular ,
Public Safety ,
Robocalling ,
Social Media ,
Social Networks ,
Toyota ,
Trading Platforms ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Virtual Currency
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
10/1/2018
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Blockchain ,
COPPA ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Fingerprints ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Hurricane Florence ,
Insurance Claims ,
Internet of Things ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Passwords ,
Popular ,
Property Damage ,
Settlement ,
State Farm ,
Uber
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
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Building Inspectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
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!
We all remember Kronos—the malicious malware that was sold by Russian underground forums in 2014 for $7,000. If you bought it, you were promised updates and development of new modules. The Kronos developers recently released...more
9/17/2018
/ Adidas ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Hurricane Season ,
Malware ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Scams ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
It has been reported that a hacker was able to break into the servers of TheTruthSpy, a company that is described as “one of the most notorious stalkerware companies out there” (Motherboard, August 2018) and was able to steal...more
9/4/2018
/ Airspace ,
Arbitration ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Blockchain ,
Commercial Use ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Do Not Call List ,
Drones ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Safety Standards ,
Southwest Airlines ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
A new ransomware, dubbed “Ryuk,” has surfaced in the last few weeks and is said to be targeting large organizations in the United States. The attackers behind Ryuk have reportedly made more than $640,000 in just two weeks,...more
8/27/2018
/ Airspace ,
Banking Sector ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Cell Phones ,
Commercial Use ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hackers ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
State and Local Government ,
State Departments of Transportation ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Public Service Announcement on August 2, 2018, entitled “Cyber Actors Use Internet of Things Devices as Proxies for Anonymity and Pursuit of Malicious Cyber Activities,”...more
TCM Bank, a subsidiary of ICBA Bancard Inc., notified some 10,000 credit card applicants in the past week that their names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers were compromised between March 2017 and the...more
8/10/2018
/ Assassinations ,
Banking Sector ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Drones ,
Financial Institutions ,
Government Officials ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Management ,
Social Media ,
Terrorist Acts ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Venezuela
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
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Spoofing
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on July 19, 2018, that it is directing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) “to develop and submit modifications to the NERC Reliability...more
7/30/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Bulk Electric System ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dark Web ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Drones ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Fraud ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hackers ,
LifeLock ,
Malware ,
National Security ,
NERC ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Reliability Standards ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sensitive Business Information ,
US Air Force ,
Utilities Sector ,
Virtual Currency
It is being reported that a hacker is attempting to sell classified U.S. Air Force documents related to the MQ-9 drone program on the dark web. ...more
Cisco Talos has discovered a new menace to iPhone users—a sophisticated malware campaign targeting iPhones to trick users into downloading an open-source Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution that gives the hackers control...more
7/23/2018
/ Baseball ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Event Tickets ,
Health Care Providers ,
iPhone ,
Malware ,
Medical Devices ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Popular
We have previously reported on the ongoing cybersecurity issues with St. Jude defibrillators [view related posts here, here, and here]. On June 29, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified the required firmware...more
7/16/2018
/ Adidas ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Emergency Response ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hackers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Medical Devices ,
Mobile Apps ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Violations ,
St Jude Medical Center ,
Wildfires
Just weeks after Mexico’s central bank was targeted by hackers who stole $15 million, Chile’s biggest bank, Banco de Chile, announced on May 28, 2018, that it had been struck by a “virus” that affected its workstations,...more
7/2/2018
/ Banks ,
Carpenter v US ,
Cell Phones ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Currency Exchange ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Electronic Records ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Exigent Circumstances ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Geolocation ,
Hackers ,
Harassment ,
Identity Theft ,
Location Data ,
location-da ,
Malware ,
NYDFS ,
Probable Cause ,
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy ,
Registration Requirement ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Robocalling ,
SCOTUS ,
Third-Party ,
Warrantless Searches
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
6/26/2018
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Connected Cars ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Drones ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FBI ,
FCC ,
FERPA ,
Hackers ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Information Technology ,
Malware ,
OCR ,
Risk Management