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FBI Warns of Hidden Threats in Remote Hiring: Are North Korean Hackers Your Newest Employees?

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently warned employers of increasing security risks from North Korean workers infiltrating U.S. companies by obtaining remote jobs to steal proprietary information and extort money...more

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Continued Remote Hiring Concerns in IT Sector: What to Look for in 2025 and How to Mitigate Business Risk

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Remote worker fraud is expected to continue to proliferate in 2025. Fully remote hiring and work, particularly in the technology sector, continues to pose unique business and legal risks for companies. Just in December 2024,...more

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Combatting the New Insider Threat: North Korean IT Workers Posing as Remote Employees

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The New York Department of Financial Services issued a cybersecurity advisory on November 1, 2024, regarding a growing threat posed by North Korean operatives seeking remote IT roles at U.S. companies. These operatives secure...more

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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

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7 Key Practices Companies Should Implement to Ensure Cyber Safety in the Age of Remote Work

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Cybersecurity is critically important in the age of remote work. With more people working from home and accessing company systems and data remotely, the potential for cyberattacks and data breaches has increased...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 1, January 2023

Big Boosts to Cybersecurity and Tech Funding in $1.7T Omnibus Bill Signed by Biden - “The bipartisan fiscal 2023 omnibus spending agreement includes $2.9 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a...more

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Cyberthreats, Cost-Conscious Clients Loom Large in 2023

The end of the calendar year is traditionally an opportunity to reflect on the past and to look ahead – for opportunities and for danger signs. In our corner of the legal services industry, four trends appear worthy of...more

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Getting Healthcare in 2023 and Beyond…Virtually…and Securely

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Much is being written about “remote work” – is it productive, will demand for it continue or be curtailed in a recession, is cybersecurity compromised, does it inhibit workplace culture, collaboration, etc. Lots of questions,...more

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What’s Trending Across Asia in the Data, Privacy and Security Space?

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As we live and work in an increasingly globalized and computerized world, data, privacy and security (DPS) issues will converge across regions. Asia, however, has some of its own unique challenges trending as we discuss...more

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Updating Security Exhibits for Remote Personnel

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When the pandemic hit, companies across the country and beyond scrambled their workforces to work from home. No doubt, the IT and cyber security teams for companies were overwhelmed, some more than others, to address the new...more

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Cyber Insurance Changes in the Aftermath of Log4j

In this episode of Lowenstein’s Cybersecurity Awareness series, Ken Fishkin, Lowenstein’s Manager of Information Security, speaks with Lynda A. Bennett, Chair of the firm’s Insurance Recovery Group, about the impact of...more

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Safeguarding Cloud-Based Data & Mitigating the Cyber Risks Associated with a Remote Workforce

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Efficiency, scalability, speed, increased cost savings, and advanced security for highly sensitive data remain in high demand by users of eDiscovery services. To meet that demand, cloud technology promised several of those...more

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Cyber Predictions 2022

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Where We Stand - This year kicks off against the backdrop of the security flaw found in Log4j, a system-logging code library widely used in applications and services across the Internet. In the aftermath of this crisis, a...more

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The New Normal Workplace (pt. 1) – R&C Management

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Most businesses began 2021 with ambitions to return to the office. But in keeping with a trend of disruption, we are faced with new COVID variants, questions on when and how schools will respond, a cultural shift towards...more

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Fraudulent Wire Transfers: Who Bears the Loss and How to Prevent Becoming A Victim

Cybercriminals exploited remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In 2020, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) saw a record 70% increase in the number of reported internet scams and losses exceeding $4.2...more

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The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Increased Both Risk and Costs Associated with Cyber Coverage

Introduction - The pandemic-induced work from home culture has opened the door to increased cybersecurity breaches. Although most businesses, especially those operating in regulated industries, have a prevention and response...more

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What We’re Reading – September 2021 - 2

Welcome to Fall 2021! We’re trying to curate some of the week’s privacy and cybersecurity news to keep you up-to-date: CONTI RANSOMWARE ON THE RISE — Another week, another US agency joint advisory on ransomware. The...more

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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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The Rush to Remote Work Has Caused Some Organizations to Ponder - Just How Safe is Their Data?

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how and where employees are able to work, and some employers are allowing their employees to continue to work from home despite restrictions lifting. While many revel in this new approach, it...more

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DOH Employee Error Causes Breach Of COVID-19 And Other Health Data Affecting Nearly 165,000 Individuals

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In a recent post, we highlighted the need for a privacy and cybersecurity training program, one not solely focused on spotting phishing attempts (although that is quite important as well). A primary reason, quite simply, is...more

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Developing A Privacy And Cybersecurity Training Program For Employees

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Increased remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated privacy and cybersecurity concerns, and likely has not changed the finding in Experian’s 2015 Second Annual Data Breach Industry Forecast:.....more

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Before the Breach: Time to Get Serious About Cyber Resilience

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Even as the world slowed in 2020, threat actors picked up their pace and used work-from-home infrastructure to spread malicious attacks. These bad actors also exploited trusted software vendors from Solar Winds to Microsoft,...more

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Managing Data Privacy in the COVID-19 Environment – Navigating the Challenges of a Pandemic in 2021

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Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a global market disruption across multiple industries, and manufacturers expect the pandemic to continue to affect the automotive industry through 2021. The pandemic has not...more

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Can Employers Use Artificial Intelligence And Data Analytics To Track Remote Workers?

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Notwithstanding federal, state, and local privacy and cybersecurity laws that may apply, employers may generally use artificial intelligence, data analytics, and other software and technologies to track remote workers. The...more

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Florida Water System Hack Highlights Challenges for Public Utility Cybersecurity

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Earlier this month, fears usually confined to dystopian novels and Hollywood movies were realized in Oldsmar, Florida when an unknown hacker breached the city’s water treatment system by successfully accessing its control...more

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