The Security Summit, consisting of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), state tax agencies, and private-sector tax industry officials, is encouraging tax professionals during the 2019 summer season to take some time to...more
8/14/2019
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Theft ,
Email ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
IRS ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
On Friday, May 12, 2017, a malicious ransomware program known as WannaCry was discovered infecting computer systems all over the world. It set off alarms globally, and so far has infected over 200,000 computers across more...more
5/19/2017
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Malware ,
Microsoft ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Ransomware ,
US-CERT
On July 11, 2016, the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the Department of Health and Human Services issued new HIPAA guidance regarding the growing epidemic of malicious computer software known as “ransomware”....more
This is the first in a series of articles about increasingly sophisticated cyber scams, and follows several alerts issued by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). These scams include: (1) Business Email...more
Earlier this week Apple CEO Tim Cook announced to Apple customers that the company would oppose a federal court order (the “Order”) issued on February 16, 2016 that the company believes “threatens the security of our...more
2/22/2016
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Apple ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electronic Frontier Foundation ,
Ex Parte ,
FBI ,
iPhone ,
Motion to Compel ,
Popular ,
Terrorist Acts