News & Analysis as of

Cybersecurity › Cyber Attacks › Passwords

Follow this channel for advisories on one of the biggest threats to businesses today. Read a morning brief of fresh guidance and commentary by leading lawyers on security, privacy, risk... more +
Follow this channel for advisories on one of the biggest threats to businesses today. Read a morning brief of fresh guidance and commentary by leading lawyers on security, privacy, risk management, global regulations, data protection, leaks, hacking, cyber insurance, compliance, HIPAA, and every other aspect of cybersecurity of import to corporate readers right now.   less -
NAVEX

Don't Be the Weakest Link – Your Team's Crucial Role in Cybersecurity

NAVEX on

Cybersecurity success depends on more than just technology. As we’ve seen in part one and part two of this series on cybersecurity risk, the costs of a cyber attack are high – and bad actors always look for the easiest entry...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Caution! Credential Stuffing on the Rise

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on

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

Guidepost Solutions LLC on

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

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Series: Cybersecurity is Important for Small Business Too.

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Small businesses may be discouraged from investing in preventive cybersecurity measures due to the expense involved and the mistaken belief that only larger companies are the target of cybercrimes. But that is not the case....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

LastPass Updates Disclosure of Security Incident

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on

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?

Ankura on

The concept of “security by obscurity” is officially outdated.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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on

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

Woods Rogers

Why You Need MFA Setup For Your Business

Woods Rogers on

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

Robinson & Cole LLP on

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

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,...

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

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on

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

J.S. Held

How to Avoid the Most Common Causes of Cybersecurity Incidents

J.S. Held on

Cybercrime is at an all-time high, with just the cybercrime insurance industry alone expecting to grow from $8 billion globally in 2020 to $20 billion by 2025.1 Although cyber liability insurance policies now exist to help...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Peril: Back It Up

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

A recent Privacy Peril advised of the increasing cyber risk from nation state attacks, particularly as a result of the war in Ukraine. There is, of course, little we can do to thwart cyber assaults on vital nerve centers....more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2022

Robinson & Cole LLP on

CYBERSECURITY - CISA/FBI Advisory Warns of Destructive Malware Used Against Ukraine - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI issued a joint advisory this week alerting organizations of...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Federal Agency Issues ‘Shields Up’ Warning regarding Preparation for Disruptive Cyber Activity

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has issued a rare “shields up” warning regarding cybersecurity attacks, saying that every organization, of every size, should be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

New York Attorney General Releases Guide on Credential Stuffing Attacks

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on

We have heard time and time again that we should not reuse passwords across accounts—if a cybercriminal were to obtain access to the password of one account, they could then use such password to access multiple accounts. This...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on

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

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2021 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on

CYBERSECURITY - FBI, CISA + NSA Issue Conti Ransomware Advisory - On September 22, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Webinar Series: Password Protected: Essential Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Planning for Your Small...

PilieroMazza PLLC on

With almost daily news of top firms impacted by data breaches or ransomware attacks, there is no doubt that effective cybersecurity and data privacy are essential to any business. And small businesses are not immune....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

FBI/CISA Alert: Increased Likelihood Of Ransomware Attacks Over Labor Day Weekend

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Watch out! A spike in ransomware attacks may be headed our way over Labor Day weekend. Yesterday, the FBI jointly with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning to be on high alert for...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Take These Steps Now To Reduce Labor Day Cybersecurity Risk

Rivkin Radler LLP on

On August 31, 2021, the FBI and CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) issued Alert AA21-243A, warning that there is an increased risk to U.S. entities of an “impactful ransomware attack” over Labor Day...more

Carlton Fields

Credential Stuffing: Where Passwords Go When They Are Stolen and Some Strategies for Defense and Incident Response

Carlton Fields on

Credential stuffing is a growing cyberattack method in which cybercriminals use a set of thousands of compromised user credentials, stolen from one company, to attempt a breach into another company’s secured system. It is...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

[Webinar] Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Series: Password Protected: Essential Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Planning for Your Small...

PilieroMazza PLLC on

With almost daily news of top firms impacted by data breaches or ransomware attacks, there is no doubt that effective cybersecurity and data privacy are essential to any business. And small businesses are not immune....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Invaluable Benefits Of Multi-Factor Authentication

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #287 – Double Down on Passwords

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on

It has been reported by Bloomberg Law that the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack was caused by a “single compromised password.” The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack had consumers hoarding gasoline and disrupted...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Why It Matters Whether Hashed Passwords Are Personal Information Under U.S. Law

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

On January 22, 2021, Bleeping Computer reported about yet another data dump by the hacker group Shiny Hunters, this time for a clothing retailer. Shiny Hunters is known for exfiltrating large databases of customer...more

71 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3
Next »

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide