Arizona-based Banner Health has agreed to settle for up to $6 million a class action case filed against it following a 2016 incident that compromised the personal information of 3 million individuals....more
12/13/2019
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Credit Monitoring ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Settlement Agreements
Holiday shopping is in full gear and everything seems to be an Internet of Things (IoT) device. It continues to amaze me how folks will buy IoT gadgets and plop them in their homes and have no idea that they include a speaker...more
12/12/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
Children's Products ,
Children's Toys ,
Connected Items ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hackers ,
Holiday Gifts ,
Information Technology ,
Internet of Things ,
Mobile Device Management ,
Mobile Devices ,
Risk Management ,
Smart Devices ,
Vulnerability Assessments
The predictions set forth in Experian’s Seventh Annual Data Breach Industry Forecast make sense and are worth a read. We are starting to see these types of intrusions and scams, and our experience is that once these types of...more
12/12/2019
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Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Hemp Related Businesses ,
Identity Theft ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Point of Sale Terminals ,
Scams ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Wifi
Approximately 3,000 customers of the Fort Worth Water Department were notified recently that their credit card information may have been compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by its vendor, Click2Gov....more
12/12/2019
/ Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Hackers ,
Infrastructure ,
Mobile Payments ,
Municipalities ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
State and Local Government
National Veterinary Associates (NVA), a large network of veterinary hospitals and clinics, has reportedly been the victim of a ransomware attack. According to the reports, NVA employs more than 2,600 veterinarians, with over...more
12/11/2019
/ Aviation Industry ,
Beneficiaries ,
Biometric Information ,
Bitcoin ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicare ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Virtual Currency
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards activated the State’s cybersecurity team recently after several State offices’ computers started acting strangely. The IT team identified an intrusion of Ryuk ransomware, what programs were...more
Despite repeated warnings, companies continue to be hammered with class action lawsuits for violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more
For those of you who have downloaded the face editing app FaceApp, please note that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has classified FaceApp as a counterintelligence threat because of its Russian origins....more
12/6/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cyber Threats ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
FBI ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
Privacy Policy ,
Russia ,
Terms of Use ,
Vulnerability Assessments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has announced that approximately 220,000 Medicare beneficiaries’ card numbers have been compromised “by an unknown person or organization.”...more
National Veterinary Associates (NVA), a large network of veterinary hospitals and clinics, has reportedlybeen the victim of a ransomware attack. According to the reports, NVA employs more than 2,600 veterinarians, with over...more
It has been reported by Troy Hunt, the security researcher who provides the "Have I Been Pwned" free breach notification service, that 1.4 million passwords and personal information of customers of GateHub, a cryptocurrency...more
11/25/2019
/ Charging Stations ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Hackers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Mobile Device Management ,
Passwords ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Scams
It has been reported by Troy Hunt, the security researcher who has provided us with the Have I Been Pwned free breach notification service, that 1.4 million passwords and personal information of customers of GateHub, a...more
11/25/2019
/ Crypto Exchanges ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Gaming ,
Information Governance ,
Online Gaming ,
Online Platforms ,
Passwords ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Security Standards
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it has fined the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TXHHS) $1.6 million for HIPAA violations. This is one of the few fines the OCR has levied against a state agency....more
11/22/2019
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fines ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Popular
If, like me, you travel a lot, listen up—the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has issued an advisory as part of its fraud education campaign warning travelers not to use free USB charging stations offered in airports,...more
11/22/2019
/ Airports ,
Cell Phones ,
Charging Stations ,
Fraud Alerts ,
Hackers ,
Hotels ,
Malware ,
Mobile Devices ,
Scams ,
Travel ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Wireless Technology
Security researchers Intezer and IBM X-Force have identified a new ransomware that is seriously vicious. It’s PureLocker—named because it is programmed in PureBasic language, which is apparently unusual.
...more
11/15/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
DNA ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fingerprints ,
Genetic Materials ,
Genetic Testing ,
Hackers ,
Microsoft ,
Personal Data ,
Ransomware ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Microsoft announced this week that it would extend the consumer rights currently given to California consumers through the California Consumer Privacy Act to all consumers—no matter where they reside....more
11/15/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Microsoft ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Policy Statement ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy
Biometric information is unique to each of us, including our fingerprints, voice, face, iris, and DNA. We can’t replace our biometric data like we can a credit card. If it is compromised, it is compromised forever. It is uber...more
11/14/2019
/ Algorithms ,
Biometric Information ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fingerprints ,
Government Investigations ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information
Security researchers Intezer and IBM X-Force have identified a new ransomware that is seriously vicious. It’s PureLocker—named because it is programmed in PureBasic language, which is apparently unusual....more
11/14/2019
/ Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
IBM ,
Information Technology ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Cyberliability insurance provider Beazley Insurance Company has analyzed its internal breach response data and determined that in its experience, there has been a thirty-seven percent (37%) increase in ransomware attacks this...more
11/8/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Databases ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
DMV ,
DNA ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Genetic Materials ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Law Enforcement ,
Managed Service Providers (MSPs) ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Ransomware ,
Social Security Numbers
Cyberliability insurance provider Beazley Insurance Company has analyzed its internal breach response data and determined that in its experience, there has been a thirty-seven percent (37%) increase in ransomware attacks this...more
In delving deeply into the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Amendments recently signed by the California Governor, and the proposed Regulations issued by the California Attorney General, there are some details that...more
11/8/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Exemptions ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Information Governance ,
Job Applicants ,
New Amendments ,
Notification Requirements ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government
Reporter Kashmir Hill from The New York Times (NYT) published an informative piece this week about our secret consumer scores. We all know that retail companies monitor our clicks on their websites, sell our data not...more
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced on November 5, 2019, that it allowed the Social Security numbers (SSNs) of 3,200 California drivers to be accessed by unauthorized individuals in other state and...more
Energy Sector’s Reliance on IoT Increases Cyber Vulnerabilities -
CyberX recently released its 2020 Global IoT/ICS Risk Report (Report), which compiles survey questions and answers from 1,821 production networks of...more
11/4/2019
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Energy Sector ,
FBI ,
Internet of Things ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ransomware ,
Veterans ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Vulnerable Victims
CyberX recently released its 2020 Global IoT/ICS Risk Report (Report), which compiles survey questions and answers from 1,821 production networks of electric utilities, and oil and gas companies. ...more