It is being reported that the Office of the Washington State Auditor (SAO) is investigating a security incident, allegedly caused by a third-party vendor, that may have compromised the personal information of up to 1.6...more
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Ransomware Incident Compromises Unemployment Claim Information of 1.6M in WA -
It is being reported that the Office of the Washington State Auditor (SAO) is investigating a security incident, allegedly...more
2/5/2021
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
FCC ,
Fertility Treatments ,
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Legislative Agendas ,
NIST ,
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Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Tax Fraud ,
TCPA ,
Unemployment Benefits
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Big Win for Law Enforcement: Emotet Infrastructure Taken Down -
January 27, 2021, was a BIG win for law enforcement in the efforts to combat cyber crime. U.S. and European law enforcement agencies announced...more
1/29/2021
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Crypto Exchanges ,
Cyber Attacks ,
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Hackers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Popular ,
Vaccinations
Indian news outlet Inc42 has reported that the ShinyHunters hacking group found some shiny objects when it was able to compromise the personal information of hundreds of thousands of individuals using the crypto exchange...more
Cybersecurity firm SonicWall Inc. is investigating an attack on its internal systems that it describes as “highly sophisticated.” According to SonicWall, the investigation is centered around its Secure Mobile Access 100...more
Malwarebytes, a cybersecurity firm, confirmed this week that the same hackers believed to originate from Russia who were behind the SolarWinds incident were able to access some of its internal emails without authorization....more
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS), which regulates certain covered entities and licensed persons in the financial services sector doing business in New York, recently provided guidance to its regulated...more
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Ubiquiti Notifies Customers of Breach -
Ubiquiti, a manufacturer of products used for networks such as routers, webcams and mesh networks, announced this week that an unauthorized access to its systems...more
1/15/2021
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hackers ,
Insurrection ,
Mobile Apps ,
Popular ,
Scams
Ubiquiti, a manufacturer of products used for networks such as routers, webcams and mesh networks, announced this week that an unauthorized access to its systems hosted by a third-party cloud provider may have compromised...more
In the fall-out, the Department of Justice, which includes the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the U.S. Marshal’s Service, announced this week that 3 percent of its employees’ emails were compromised as a result of the...more
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C-Suite + Managers Pose Higher Security Risk to Organizations -
You executives and managers who are in my age group (that is, you didn’t grow up with mobile devices and computers) listen up. According to...more
12/24/2020
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CafePress ,
Connected Items ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Information Technology ,
Internet of Things ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Right to Repair ,
Scams ,
Smart Devices
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center Hit with Ransomware -
The Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) was hit with a ransomware attack over the weekend (December 5-6) that potentially delayed procedures planned...more
12/11/2020
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Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Driverless Cars ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Internet of Things ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Spoofing
The Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) was hit with a ransomware attack over the weekend (December 5-6) that potentially delayed procedures planned for Monday. Cyber attacks against medical providers and hospitals are at...more
To file in the “no one is immune from a sophisticated attack,” category, well-known and respected security firm FireEye publicly announced this week that it has experienced an attack by a state-sponsored (which means a...more
Brazilian airplane manufacturer Embraer’s data has reportedly been uploaded on a dark web website hosted by ransomware group RansomExx (a/k/a Defray 777) after Embraer reportedly refused to pay a ransom following a ransomware...more
12/9/2020
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Brazil ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Embraer ,
Hackers ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Sensitive Business Information
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Cyber Exposures Rise During Pandemic -
Although it is logical that cyber-attacks have risen during the pandemic, and there is anecdotal evidence that it is occurring, including our own experience, an...more
12/4/2020
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
E-Commerce ,
First Amendment ,
Geolocation ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Retail Market ,
Retail Sales
Although it is logical that cyber attacks have risen during the pandemic, and there is anecdotal evidence that it is occurring, including our own experience, an interesting new report was recently released by Allianz, which...more
12/4/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Malware ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
Three recent events are prompting me to update our previous blog post on the difficult decision of whether to pay or not to pay ransomware following an attack....more
To assist utilities with assessing and responding to cyber risks, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) recently issued a report on best practices to...more
11/30/2020
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
FERC ,
Hackers ,
Infrastructure ,
NERC ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Risk Management
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Responding to Cyber-Attacks in the Utility and Energy Sectors -
To assist utilities with assessing and responding to cyber risks, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American...more
11/25/2020
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
E-Commerce ,
FERC ,
Hackers ,
Home Depot ,
Infrastructure ,
Internet Retailers ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Popular ,
Right to Repair ,
Risk Management ,
Settlement Agreements
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HHS Issues Update to Ransomware Threat Alert to Health Care Sector -
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Division of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) issued a health care and public...more
11/20/2020
/ California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drones ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Right of Access ,
Wal-Mart
The threat-related statistics of malware and ransomware are mind-boggling. We have regularly reported on the dramatic increase of ransomware, but the statistics on successful exploitation and botnet activities are just as...more
11/20/2020
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Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Malware ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Vulnerability Assessments
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Q3 Coveware Report: Unsettling Update on Ransomware -
We spend a lot of time reporting on ransomware because we are seeing more incidents than ever before, and our readers comment that keeping them up to...more
11/13/2020
/ Biden Administration ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Driverless Cars ,
Hackers ,
OCR ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Wal-Mart
According to Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime is the fastest growing crime in the U.S., with damages expected to reach $6 trillion globally by 2021. Therefore, it is axiomatic that C-Suites continue to address the risk...more
Campari, the Italian drinks company, recently announced that it was hit with a cyber attack that encrypted its data and potentially exfiltrated some data....more