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Privacy Tip #440 – Text Scam Proceeds Surpass $470M in 2024

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/21/2025

I have been getting a lot of texts that are clearly scams, and those around me have confirmed an increase in spammy texts. According to an FTC Consumer Protection Data Spotlight, individuals lost over $470 million...more

Australia Passes Landmark Scam Prevention Legislation

Jones Day on 3/11/2025

On 13 February 2025, the Australian Federal Parliament passed the Scams Prevention Bill 2025 (Cth) ("Bill"), the first of its kind worldwide....more

Privacy Tip #429 – Threat Actors Continue to Use QR Codes for Fraudulent Purposes

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/30/2025

We have repeatedly warned our readers about malicious QR codes and their use by threat actors. Threat actors are now using these codes to disguise packages as gifts....more

Privacy Tip #428 – Getting Text Messages From E-ZPass or Toll Road Operators? They’re Scams Coming from China

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/23/2025

This week, I received a fake text message (a smish) saying my E-ZPass account was overdue and that I urgently needed to pay it. That’s a new one and, apparently, quite effective. Luckily, I knew it was a scam, but others were...more

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 8, October 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/25/2024

Welcome to our eighth 2024 issue of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. Thank you for reading. EU AI Act Tightens Grip on High-Risk AI Systems: Five Critical Questions for U.S. Companies - Why this is...more

Privacy Tip #390 – National Consumer Protection Week

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/8/2024

This week is National Consumer Protection Week. Based on the recent statistics published by the FTC on online, digital, and voice scamming, consumers sorely need more help protecting themselves from scams....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2024 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/21/2024

CYBERSECURITY - HC3 Warns Healthcare Organizations about Akira Ransomware Group - The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently warned the health care sector about the Akira ransomware group that...more

Privacy Tip #371 – Internet Safety Guide for Seniors

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/7/2023

I was talking to a client today about a security incident and the discussion turned to how threat actors are using increasingly more sophisticated ways to attack individuals and companies. She lamented that we know more than...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2023 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/20/2023

CYBERSECURITY - 235 Million Twitter User Email Addresses Posted on Hacking Forum - Israeli cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock has reported that the email addresses of more than 235 million Twitter users have been stolen and...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2023

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/9/2023

CYBERSECURITY - LastPass Updates Disclosure of Security Incident - There are pros and cons to using a password manager. The biggest pro is that it helps keep all of our passwords organized and safe. The biggest con is...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2022 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/23/2022

CYBERSECURITY - Nineteen States Have Banned TikTok on Government-Issued Devices - Governors of numerous states have issued Executive Orders in the past several weeks banning TikTok from government-issued devices and...more

Scams and Viruses: Which Email Attachments Are Safe to Open?

Woodruff Sawyer on 8/26/2022

Email scams and viruses are nothing new—threats like phishing emails and malware have been around since the days when services like AOL still dominated the internet and email landscape. However, while technology has made a...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2022 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 6/10/2022

CYBERSECURITY - Joint Advisory Warns of Chinese-Sponsored Attacks on Telecommunications Companies - A joint advisory issued June 7, 2022, by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and the National...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2022 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/22/2022

CYBERSECURITY - Intelligence Points to Likely Russian Attacks on Critical Infrastructure - The cybersecurity authorities of the United States (including CISA, FBI, NSA and DOE), Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the...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

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2022 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/8/2022

CYBERSECURITY - State Department Establishes Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy - The Department of State’s new Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP) commenced operations on April 4, 2022. According to an...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2022 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/18/2022

CYBERSECURITY - Cyber-Attackers Politically Aligned - The most recent Accenture Global Incident Report (the Report) shows that cyber-attackers have political views and are divided between support for Russia or Ukraine....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/13/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Joint CISA/FBI Alert on Vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus - On December 6, 2021, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...more

Privacy Peril: New Invoice – Action Required!

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 9/17/2021

According to Microsoft, 91% of cyberattacks start with an email. In an earlier Privacy Peril we provided information on prevalent words phishers of men and women insert in an email subject line to grab the recipient’s...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 - May 2021 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/20/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report Released - If you have been following Verizon’s annual data breach investigation reports like I have over the years, you get excited when the new one comes out....more

Digging Deeper Podcast Episode 2: Tales Of Corporate Scams, Frauds, And A Stolen Dali

K2 Integrity on 2/5/2021

When it comes to scams and frauds, it's not just individuals at risk, but also companies. In Episode 2 of Digging Deeper, Chris Morgan Jones interviews Jordan Arnold about corporate scams, and they even discuss cracking the...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/15/2021

CYBERSECURITY - 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

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2020 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/31/2020

With the new year upon us, we reflect on the many challenges and lessons of 2020. This week’s Insider offers a collection of the most read posts of 2020. ...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2020 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/24/2020

CYBERSECURITY - 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

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