For data security buffs like me, the recent McAfee® Labs Threats Report, December 2018 is, or should be, a top pick on the list. Well, maybe not for the holiday reading list. We need to be careful not to bring up the results...more
12/27/2018
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Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Driverless Cars ,
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Experian ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Information Technology ,
OCR ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
Smart Devices ,
Standing ,
Transportation Industry ,
Vaccinations ,
Value-Based Care ,
Vulnerability Assessments
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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