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Mitratech Holdings, Inc

One of the Millions Impacted in the USDoD Social Security Data Breach? Here’s What to Do Next.

Millions of individuals could be at the mercy of cybercriminals after a hacking group launched a large-scale data breach impacting 2.9 billion records, including Social Security numbers and other sensitive information. The...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Caution! Credential Stuffing on the Rise

If you have a tendency to reuse the same password across multiple accounts, you could be leaving yourself (and your organization) exposed to risk. Credential stuffing, the stealthy technique fueling a recent explosion of...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack: 10 Lessons Learned

Why does it matter to you? In February of 2024, Change Healthcare, a prominent player in the healthcare industry, fell victim to a ransomware attack that sent shockwaves through its systems and networks. The incident...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Joint Cybersecurity Advisory (“CSA”) Issued Regarding IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Threats to Multiple Sectors, including U.S. Water and...

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On December 1, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), National Security Agency (“NSA”), Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), and the Israel National...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Series: Cybersecurity is Important for Small Business Too.

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Small businesses may be discouraged from investing in preventive cybersecurity measures due to the expense involved and the mistaken belief that only larger companies are the target of cybercrimes. But that is not the case....more

K2 Integrity

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Evading Phishing Attacks

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This article concludes K2 Integrity’s mini-series promoting the importance of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Throughout October, we have been providing tips and solutions to organizations to commemorate the 20-year...more

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Installing Updates to Fix Bugs and Vulnerabilities

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This article is the third in a series of articles about Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Throughout October, K2 Integrity has been providing tips and solutions to organizations to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the...more

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If Your Password Is On This List, It’s Time to Change It

It’s been several years since I have written about password hygeine. I have been hoping that a better security solution would be widely adopted and while I hear rumors in that regard, passwords still reign supreme. So when I...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Here Comes the Fashion (Cybersecurity) Police: New York Attorney General Imposes Penalty for Mishandling of Consumer Data Breach

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On October 12, 2022, New York Attorney General Letitia James fined Zoetop Business Company, Ltd. (“Zoetop”), the owner of fast-fashion brands SHEIN and ROMWE, $1.9 million for mishandling a 2018 data breach and lying to the...more

Woods Rogers

Why You Need MFA Setup For Your Business

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Creating passwords needs to be a challenge, not for you to remember but for others to guess. Yet, the digital world is changing. A single sign-on password is pretty easy for unsavory characters to hack. Statistics indicate in...more

J.S. Held

How to Avoid the Most Common Causes of Cybersecurity Incidents

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Cybercrime is at an all-time high, with just the cybercrime insurance industry alone expecting to grow from $8 billion globally in 2020 to $20 billion by 2025.1 Although cyber liability insurance policies now exist to help...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2022

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CYBERSECURITY - CISA/FBI Advisory Warns of Destructive Malware Used Against Ukraine - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI issued a joint advisory this week alerting organizations of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Twenty Most Common Passwords Leaked to the Dark Web: Is Your Password on the List?

Do you use 123456 as a password? We hope not, as it was the number one most common leaked password on the dark web according to a recent article from cnbc.com. Other common passwords were 111111, ABC123, and, of course,...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

NY AG: All Businesses Should Take ‘Credential Stuffing’ Attacks Seriously

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Credential stuffing has quickly become one of the top attack vectors online, according to the Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James (OAG). On January 6, 2022, the OAG announced the result of a sweeping...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Preventing “Credential Stuffing” Attacks, Guidance from NY State Attorney General Letitia James

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After reading New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Business Guide for Credential Stuffing Attacks (“Guide”), I promptly reminded my family (and myself!) to change passwords. The practice of using the same password for...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

FBI Warns of Heightened Ransomware and Cybersecurity Risks During M&A Transactions and Over the Holidays

Federal agencies are warning businesses and consumers of heightened ransomware risks. On November 1, 2021, the FBI issued a Private Industry Notification, warning businesses that ransomware actors are using significant...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Webinar Series: Password Protected: Essential Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Planning for Your Small...

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With almost daily news of top firms impacted by data breaches or ransomware attacks, there is no doubt that effective cybersecurity and data privacy are essential to any business. And small businesses are not immune....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

FBI/CISA Alert: Increased Likelihood Of Ransomware Attacks Over Labor Day Weekend

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Watch out! A spike in ransomware attacks may be headed our way over Labor Day weekend. Yesterday, the FBI jointly with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning to be on high alert for...more

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Take These Steps Now To Reduce Labor Day Cybersecurity Risk

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On August 31, 2021, the FBI and CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) issued Alert AA21-243A, warning that there is an increased risk to U.S. entities of an “impactful ransomware attack” over Labor Day...more

Carlton Fields

Credential Stuffing: Where Passwords Go When They Are Stolen and Some Strategies for Defense and Incident Response

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Credential stuffing is a growing cyberattack method in which cybercriminals use a set of thousands of compromised user credentials, stolen from one company, to attempt a breach into another company’s secured system. It is...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

[Webinar] Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Series: Password Protected: Essential Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Planning for Your Small...

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With almost daily news of top firms impacted by data breaches or ransomware attacks, there is no doubt that effective cybersecurity and data privacy are essential to any business. And small businesses are not immune....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Invaluable Benefits Of Multi-Factor Authentication

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The need to input a username and password when logging into a computer is a “single factor” authentication. But, from a security perspective, that single factor authentication only goes so far. Consider, for example, the...more

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Defining Doxing And Learning How to Avoid It

From August 2015 to August 2017, a man named Rodney Phipps was sentenced to prison for making fake phone calls to emergency services—calls that would end up sending SWAT and police to strangers’ residences in practice known...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Federal Agencies Issue Joint Alert On Imminent Cybercrime Threat To Healthcare Providers

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory stating they have...more

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FBI Warns of Teleconferencing and Online Classroom Hijacking

If you are among the many people turning to video-teleconferencing (VTC) to stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic, you need to protect yourself from “Zoom-bombing” – the entrance of uninvited individuals into your VTC. ...more

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