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Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Requires Urgent Patch

SAP Netweaver Visual Composer users are urged to patch a critical vulnerability that attackers are actively exploiting. According to ReliaQuest, which detected the vulnerability, the attacks allow full system compromise...more

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Immediate vs. Slow Burn Risks: A Balanced Cybersecurity Strategy

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The consequences of a cyberattack can be catastrophic, as we saw in the previous blog of this series. Cybersecurity is a business-wide responsibility that demands a proactive strategy extending far beyond technical solutions...more

Baker Donelson

Hackers Can Securely Enter Your Networks with XZ

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A security researcher found an intentionally placed backdoor in a software library called XZ Utils on April 2. This backdoor allows hackers to hijack secure sessions, or create their own, on devices within an organization's...more

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Critical Infrastructure Organizations Warned to Upgrade Systems and Software

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In one of the most clear-eyed and sobering assessments of the cyberthreat China poses to our nation’s critical infrastructure, the country’s foremost cybersecurity leaders recently testified that the Chinese Communist Party...more

Jenner & Block

Evolving Caremark Duties Related to Cybersecurity Risks

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In the recent case Construction Industry Laborers Pension Fund on behalf of SolarWinds Corporation, et. al v. Mike Bingle, et al. (2022), the Delaware Chancery Court considered whether the directors of SolarWinds Corporation,...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Cybersecurity Best Practices: Disclosure Requirements for Risk Management, Strategy, and Governance

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In previous posts on the Porter Hedges Anti-Corruption & Compliance Blog, our team has discussed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) proposal to amend its rules and require disclosures related to...more

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Adjusting to Construction in the Smart Home Technology Age

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Over the years, smart home technology has improved, expanded, and become more reasonably priced. As a result, homeowners are increasingly including it in their construction plans. While the conveniences of smart home...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Discerning Data Cyber Vulnerability Alert: Log4j

According to numerous government and media sources, malicious cyber actors are targeting a new “zero day” vulnerability on a massive scale. This vulnerability, referred to as “Log4j” or “Log4Shell,” has resulted in widespread...more

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Identifying and Remediating the Critical Apache Log4j Cybersecurity Vulnerability

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On December 9th, 2021, a critical zero-day vulnerability, which has the potential of providing threat actors access to millions of computers worldwide, was discovered. Due to the critical nature of this vulnerability, and the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Update on Apache log4j and Kronos Security Incidents

It was a crazy weekend for cyberattacks. People seem surprised, but those of us in the industry aren’t surprised one bit. It is very logical and foreseeable that hackers are leveraging attacks that have maximum disruption on...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Log4Shell Vulnerability Poses Massive Cybersecurity Threat

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A widely reported flaw in popular software known as Log4j poses a severe cybersecurity threat to organizations around the globe, with hundreds of millions of devices at risk. Over the past week, government agencies,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #297 – Vulnerability in Smart Home Devices Including Baby Monitors

Mandiant, a division of FireEye, has reported that it has discovered a vulnerability in a software protocol that enables hackers to gain access to audio and visual data on smart devices including baby monitors and web...more

Opportune LLP

SAP Issues Cybersecurity Alert: What You Can Do To Protect Your ERP

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Here’s how the SAP Community can mitigate the risk of a widespread cybersecurity incident involving their SAP systems....more

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The Cybersecurity Risk Posed By Your Outdated ETRM System

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Is your ETRM system leaving you exposed to cybersecurity threats?...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Microsoft Urges Customers to Patch Exchange Server “Zero Day” Vulnerabilities

In a rare sharing of information about vulnerabilities in a blog post, Microsoft this week urged customers to download software patches to Microsoft Exchange Server after it detected “multiple 0—Day exploits being used to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

SolarWinds Cyber-Attack Has Significant Implications for Developers and Contractors

ICYMI, on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an update about what it termed “a major incident under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act”: the global SolarWinds...more

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Post-market medical devices, cybersecurity, and the U.S. FDA’s growing concerns

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From insulin pumps and pacemakers to defibrillators, medical devices increasingly rely on wireless and internet connectivity for efficient operations. Unfortunately, these interconnections also leave devices vulnerable to an...more

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