Cyberlaw
Egregor Ransomware Attack Hijacks Printers to Spit Out Ransom Notes
So, you’re a ransomware gang and you want to ensure that you have caught the attention of your latest corporate victim. You could simply drop your ransom note onto the desktop of ...
Trump Fires DHS Cybersecurity Agency Over Election Remarks
Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has been fired by President Trump. His crime? Making a “highly inaccurate” statement about the 2020 presidential election. CISA called the election ...
Check, Please! Adding up the Costs of a Financial Data Breach
Guest article by Andrea Babbs, UK General Manager at VIPREReliance on email as a fundamental function of business communication has been in place for some time. But as remote working has become ...
Vertafore Leak: Private Data of 28M Texans
An insurance software vendor ’fessed up to losing control of a huge cache of personal data. Vertafore lost the details of 27,700,000 Texas drivers ...
QR Code Usage and Fraud on the Rise
Cybercriminals will always look for new ways to make money by manipulating the unfamiliarity of new services, technology and processes. Many organizations have introduced QR codes as a convenient and contactless technology, ...
QR Code Usage and Fraud on the Rise
Cybercriminals will always look for new ways to make money by manipulating the unfamiliarity of new services, technology and processes. Many organizations have introduced QR codes as a convenient and contactless technology, ...
3 Takeaways from Sandworm Hacker Group’s Indictment
The U.S.Department of Justice officially revealed in October what it said were a number of instances of Russian government-sponsored hacking when it formally indicated six members and officers in Russia’s military agency ...
Court Greenlights Accenture/Marriott Breach Suit
A court has ruled that Accenture, as a service provider to Starwood, owed a duty to prevent data breaches to Starwood’s customers In September 2018, Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott International’s subsidiary chain Starwood ...
VA High Court: License Plate Database Not Personal Data
Regulations related to the collection, storage and use of personal data don’t apply to the collection of license plate readings, a court has found, calling privacy regs into question As you drive ...
Therapy Center Hacked, 40,000 Patients Sent Ransom Demands
A psychotherapy center was hacked, losing sensitive healthcare data on more than 40,000 patients ...
