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Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Phishing Attacks – Anyone Can Get Pwned

HaveIBeenPwned is a website that allows users to check whether their data has been involved in data breaches. The website’s creator, Troy Hunt, was the subject of a phishing attack earlier this week....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #430 – GrubHub Confirms Security Incident Through Third Party Vendor

If you are a GrubHub customer, read carefully. The app has confirmed a security incident involving a third-party vendor that allowed an unauthorized threat actor to access user contact information, including some customer...more

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Educational Institutions and Cloud Providers Grapple with Data Breach Challenges

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A series of recent cybersecurity breaches reveals significant vulnerabilities within educational and technology institutions, underscoring the urgent need for strengthened defenses. Among the most prominent incidents is the...more

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[Webcast Transcript] Anatomy of a Business Email Compromise

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Editor’s Note: This webcast brings together some of HaystackID’s top experts to dissect the intricacies of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks—a rapidly growing threat impacting organizations globally. During the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #405 – Compromised Passwords Continue to Provide Easy Opportunities for Threat Actors

Verizon’s 2024 Data Breach Report, a must-read publication, was published on May 1, 2024. The report indicates that “Over the past 10 years, the use of stolen credentials has appeared in almost one-third (31%) of all...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

Carlton Fields

No Password Required: American University’s Vice Provost for Research and Innovation and a Tracker of (Cyber) Unicorns

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Dr. Diana Burley has nearly 30 years of experience leading digital transformations and driving cross-sector education, research, and strategic innovation. As American University’s chief research and innovation officer, she is...more

Miller Nash LLP

Data Privacy Week Series: Review Password Hygiene

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In honor of Data Privacy Week, each day this week Miller Nash is releasing one of our top five recommendations for where businesses should focus their privacy compliance efforts in 2024. If you need assistance reviewing your...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Series: Employee Cybersecurity Awareness Training

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As Cybersecurity Awareness Month wraps up, it’s worth mentioning that employee security awareness training is an ongoing process. Employee error remains a significant contributing factor in data breaches. According to the...more

K2 Integrity

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Doubling Your Account Security With Multi-Factor Authentication

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This article is the second in a series of articles about Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Throughout October, K2 Integrity will be 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

Baker Donelson

The LastPass Lesson: Why Your Company Needs to Care About Password Manager Breaches

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In August 2022, LastPass – one of the largest password managers in the world – suffered a cyber breach resulting in the theft of thousands of password vaults of both individual and corporate users. Password managers are an...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

LastPass Updates Disclosure of Security Incident

There are pros and cons to using a password manager. The biggest pro is that it is difficult to keep all of our passwords organized and safe. The biggest con is that if the password manager is compromised, and the master...more

Ankura

Emerging Middle Market Cyber-Attack Vectors: Are You at Risk?

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The concept of “security by obscurity” is officially outdated. In recent years, cyber-attacks have become increasingly sophisticated, destructive, and indiscriminate. In today’s landscape, cyber threats can come from internal...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

NY Attorney General Settlement Highlights Challenges of Username and Password Breaches

October was a busy month in New York for cybersecurity enforcement. In addition to a $4.5 million settlement between the New York Department of Financial Services and EyeMed Vision Care (discussed in a forthcoming blog post),...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

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2022

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CYBERSECURITY - Password Manager LastPass Admits to Hack - Password manager LastPass, reportedly used by more than 33 million users, recently announced that it was hacked, and although it reports that no passwords of...more

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What Practices Should a Small Vendor Consider When Applying for Cyber Insurance

Takeaway: As cybersecurity risk increases, large enterprises and government agencies are, increasingly, forcing smaller vendor companies to obtain cyber insurance to help manage the risk of a data breach. To prepare for an...more

Carlton Fields

No Password Required: A Cybersecurity Education Specialist, Whose Passions Include the Forest, DIY, and Deviled Eggs

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Dr. Melissa Dark is the Founder of DARK Enterprises, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing and supporting cybersecurity education at the secondary level. Before that, Dr. Dark worked in graduate and college...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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #315 – Redline Malware Used to Steal Saved Credentials

Passwords are so difficult to remember. We all know we shouldn’t use the same or similar passwords across platforms. Stolen password credentials are dumped on the dark web and criminals use the stolen passwords to steal other...more

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Employers’ Rights Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) Narrowed after Supreme Court Decision in Van Buren

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In today’s digital age, employers store immense amounts of information, including confidential and proprietary information, on their on-premises systems, cloud-servers and other data storage solutions. With this collection of...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2021 #2

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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

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