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Privacy Tip #435 – Threat Actors Go Retro: Using Snail Mail for Scams

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/14/2025

We have educated our readers about phishing, smishing, QRishing, and vishing scams, and now we’re warning you about what we have dubbed “snailing.” Yes, believe it or not, threat actors have gone retro and are using snail...more

Phishing, Vishing, and Smishing—Your Employees Need to Know the Newest Schemes

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/24/2021

New dictionary words have been formed to describe online scams. Phishing, one that everyone knows by now, is when a scammer uses a pretext in an email to get someone to click on a link or attachment in the email to deploy...more

Client Alert: High Profile Phishing Incident Demonstrates Continued Need for Social Engineering Insurance

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 3/11/2020

Media outlets recently reported that Barbara Corcoran, one of the judges on the popular ABC show "Shark Tank," was the victim of a "spear phishing" scam....more

Avoiding Social Engineering Scams

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 10/17/2018

Risk Management Question: October is cyber security awareness month. What steps are you taking to avoid common Internet scams? The Issue: Hackers and their exploits are growing more sophisticated by the day. Avoiding their...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/7/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine Brazil's new data protection regulation, the French data protection authority's warning to two companies of potential GDPR violations and the U.S....more

Cyber Alert - Social Engineering Fraud

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 3/14/2018

Risk Management Question: How can lawyers identify and avoid increasingly common social engineering scams?...more

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