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Privacy Tip #436 – Microsoft Warns of Crypto Wallet Scanning Malware StilachiRAT

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/21/2025

A Microsoft blog post reported that incident response researchers uncovered a remote access trojan in November 2024 (dubbed StilachiRAT) that “demonstrates sophisticated techniques to evade detection, persist in the target...more

Strategic Insights for Safeguarding Information with Microsoft Purview

Lighthouse on 3/12/2025

Successful Microsoft Purview deployments require more than just technical implementation—they demand strategic planning, cross-functional collaboration, and ongoing optimization. Read about the key steps required to...more

Cybercriminals Are Moving into the Cloud and Making Your Active Directory Their New Home

Ankura on 2/11/2025

Financially motivated cybercriminals are increasingly targeting Cloud environments in their ransomware and/or extortion attacks. The attack activity of two (2) threat groups in particular – Octo Tempest (AKA Scattered Spider)...more

Microsoft Report Highlights Attacks Against Healthcare Organizations

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/24/2024

On October 22, 2024, Microsoft issued a threat trend research report entitled “US Healthcare at risk: Strengthening resilience against ransomware attacks.” In it, Microsoft declares that ransomware attacks against the...more

Scattered Spider Using RansomHub and Qilin Ransomware Against Victims

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/25/2024

We previously reported on the concerning mash-up of worldwide cybercriminals, known as Scattered Spider, working together to attack victims. New reports from Microsoft and others indicate that in the second quarter of...more

Black Basta Exploits Microsoft Zero-Day After Patch

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/24/2024

It is being reported that Black Basta (aptly named) exploited a Microsoft zero-day prior to Microsoft’s release of a patch for the vulnerability back in March....more

Patch, Patch, Patch: Updates for Fortinet, Microsoft, and Adobe Products

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/14/2024

Patching vulnerabilities is a difficult task. Keeping up with and patching them without disrupting users’ experience is tricky. Nonetheless, it is a necessary evil and crucial to cybersecurity hygiene and incident prevention....more

Kudos to Microsoft’s Takedown of Storm-1152

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/18/2023

There was a big win for the good guys against the bad guys this week. On December 13, 2023, after obtaining an order from the federal court in the Southern District of New York to seize U.S. based infrastructure and take...more

AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 3

White & Case LLP on 8/10/2023

Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more

Best Patch Management Strategy for Remote Workers

Accelerynt, Inc. on 6/12/2023

Like it or not, the remote workforce is here to stay. Statistics show that employees say they are more productive working from home, and even before the global pandemic, there had been a 44% growth in the remote workforce...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2022

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/14/2022

CYBERSECURITY - CISA Recommends Following Microsoft’s Mitigation for Zero Day Exploits - Microsoft recently issued mitigation steps for vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by threat actors. Microsoft...more

CISA Recommends Following Microsoft’s Mitigation for Zero Day Exploits

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/13/2022

Microsoft recently issued mitigation steps for vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by threat actors. Microsoft stated that it is aware that two vulnerabilities are being actively exploited to access users’...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2022 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/15/2022

CYBERSECURITY - DOJ Takes Down RaidForums' Website - In an action against what has been described as one of the largest hacker forums in the world, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on April 12, 2022, that...more

Patch Tuesday Release Includes Fix for Actively-Exploited Flaw

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/15/2022

Microsoft released its monthly patches this week to fix 128 vulnerabilities, including 10 rated as critical, 115 as important, and three flagged as moderately severe. One of the vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-24521 Windows Common...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/12/2021

CYBERSECURITY - November's "Patch Tuesday" Includes 55 Patches - Staying current with Microsoft’s monthly patches is challenging, yet critical for one’s cybersecurity program. This week, Microsoft’s November Patch...more

November’s Patch Tuesday Includes 55 Patches

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/12/2021

Staying current with Microsoft’s monthly patches is challenging, yet critical for one’s cybersecurity program. This week, Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday released 55 patches, six of which were categorized as “critical,”...more

SolarWinds Hackers Focus on Downstream Vendors as Next Victims

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/29/2021

In a blog post entitled “New activity from Russian actor Nobelium,” Microsoft’s V.P. of Customer Security & Trust Tom Burt discussed a recent alert issued by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) regarding the...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/20/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Apple + Microsoft Release Patches for Identified Vulnerabilities - This week, both Apple and Microsoft issued patches to fix serious zeroday vulnerabilities that should be applied as soon as possible. That...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 7/9/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Microsoft Issues Emergency Software Update for PrintNightmare Zero Day Vulnerability - Following the release of a U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (US-CERT) Coordination Center...more

Microsoft Issues Emergency Software Update for PrintNightmare Zero Day Vulnerability

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/8/2021

Following the release of a U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (US-CERT) Coordination Center VulNote “for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Print spooler services” on June 30,...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 7/2/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Law Enforcement Takes Down DoubleVPN - I love seeing another win for law enforcement in the cyber context. Servers and web domains owned by DoubleVPN, a virtual private network, were seized recently...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 6/11/2021

CYBERSECURTY - U.S. CISA + Cyber Command Warns of Critical Flaw in VMware - Although a patch has been available by VMware since May 25, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...more

NSA Issues New Warning About Four Critical Patches to Microsoft Exchange Servers

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/23/2021

The National Security Agency (NSA) recently issued a warning to private industry about four zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server versions 2013, 2016, and 2019 used on-premises....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2021 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/16/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Cisco/Talos Researchers Find Attackers Using Slack and Discord to Distribute Malware - Another example of the resiliency and creativity of cyber-attackers is outlined in a new blog by Cisco/Talos...more

Privacy Perils: Beware Brand Phishing

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/30/2020

We often think of phony financial institution emails as a bad actor’s phishing scheme of choice to capture confidential bank account numbers or other private financial information. While those phishing emails certainly do...more

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