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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 - August 2020 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/28/2020

CYBERSECURITY - U.S. Organizations Doing Business in China Warned of Malware in Tax Software - The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint...more

Aggressive FTC enforcement agenda highlighted in Ballard Spahr webinar

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/14/2020

For our webinar last Thursday, “Consumer Protection: What’s Happening at the FTC,” we were joined by special guest speakers Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Malini Mithal, Associate...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2020 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/19/2020

Sodinokibi Hackers Switch Payment Mechanism to Monero - The hackers behind the Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware have reportedly switched their demands for payment from Bitcoin or Ethereum to Monero cryptocurrency to try to...more

FTC Enforcement Trends in Consumer Protection

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/12/2019

A comprehensive review of recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) consumer protection actions shows that the FTC continues to be one of Washington’s most aggressive regulators. While the number of enforcement...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2018 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/24/2018

Schneider Electric recently issued a consumer warning that it mistakenly shipped to its customers USB drives that were infected with malware. Schneider Electric stated in its alert that “Schneider Electric has determined that...more

Take the Test: Will You Fall Prey to Phishing? 6 Tips to Identifying an Email Scam

McManis Faulkner on 3/20/2018

Email is the driving force of communication. Lawyers often receive over 100 emails a day. It can be easy to overlook potential scams hidden in your inbox. Hopefully, your firm has the proper security protocols in place:...more

Cybersecurity Best Practices

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/28/2017

When you bring to mind someone “hacking” a computer one of the images that likely comes up is a screen of complex code designed to crack through your security technology. Whereas there is a technological element to every...more

Sophisticated Email Scams Targeting the Real Estate Industry

Mintz - Real Estate, Construction &... on 2/12/2016

A sophisticated (and effective) wire-fraud scam targeting real estate (and other) transactions is on the rise, and mostly occurring in the United States....more

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