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Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Caution! Credential Stuffing on the Rise

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

23andMe Confirms Threat Actors Accessed Accounts Without Authorization

We have posted blogs before on sharing genetic information and the risk associated with the disclosure of such sensitive information. Unfortunately, our concerns have been realized....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

NY Attorney General Settlement Highlights Challenges of Username and Password Breaches

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

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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

J.S. Held

How to Avoid the Most Common Causes of Cybersecurity Incidents

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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

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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

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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

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

New York Attorney General Releases Guide on Credential Stuffing Attacks

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

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

PilieroMazza PLLC

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

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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

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

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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #287 – Double Down on Passwords

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

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Defining Doxing And Learning How to Avoid It

From August 2015 to August 2017, a man named Rodney Phipps was sentenced to prison for making fake phone calls to emergency services—calls that would end up sending SWAT and police to strangers’ residences in practice known...more

NAVEX

5 Ways National Cybersecurity Month Is Like Halloween

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October is best known for Halloween, but October also happens to be National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It’s a time to focus on how cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, and we all must work together to protect and...more

Troutman Pepper

Digital Planning Podcast - Interview With Leeza Garber

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The Digital Planning Podcast is designed to educate individuals about all things digital in connection with estate planning, business planning, and estate administration. Your hosts, attorneys Jennifer Zegel, Ross Bruch, and...more

Clark Hill PLC

Zoom Security Best Practices

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Many organizations working remotely have been using Zoom, a popular video conferencing platform, which was recently in the news for major security flaws. If your organization is currently using or is considering using Zoom,...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

Compliance Perspectives: Cybervigilance and Cyber-resiliency

Mark Lanterman, Chief Technology Officer of Computer Forensic Services lives technology at its most terrifying, helping organizations manage the risks of the IT we all use constantly. Recently he authored an article...more

K2 Integrity

Cybersecurity Awareness Month may be over – but threats are year round

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month may have ended on October 31, but cyber criminals are active 365 days a year, and they’re online looking for vulnerabilities around the clock. Every day, we also spend time online: navigating the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #208 – Last Pass Patches Bug that Leaks Passwords

I am not a big fan of putting all of one’s passwords in one place, but many people use password managers. If you use Last Pass (see previous blog posts about Last Pass here and here), be aware that it was recently advised by...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Cybersecurity: How to Protect Yourself and Your Company

Just recently, Equifax had the largest-ever settlement for a data breach. They are to pay at least $575 million, and potentially as much as $700 million, to settle allegations over its massive 2017 data breach. What we tell...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Protect Yourself and Your Firm Against Password Spray Attacks

Risk Management Question - What are "password spray" attacks and what cybersecurity measures do lawyers need to take to defeat them?...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Cybersecurity Spans the Ages

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Thinking about cyber security education for young children, elderly parents and grandparents might not be necessarily be on the top of your priority list. But, it is important given the substantial increase in malware and...more

McManis Faulkner

Hackers are Vampires - Keep Them from Feeding on Your Private Information

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According to myth, vampires can only enter your home if you let them in. Hackers, the vampires of cyber-world, are out there, waiting for you to ‘invite’ them in so they may feed on your private information. There is no...more

Snell & Wilmer

Has Your Computer Been Hijacked For Illicit Cryptocurrency Mining?

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Another day, and another form of hacking comes to light. On June 26, 2018, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), an agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, issued a security tip...more

Maynard Nexsen

When It Comes to Cybersecurity, Passwords are Passé

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In the ever-changing landscape of data security, it is increasingly clear that law firms of all sizes, from the one-lawyer shop to the 1,000-lawyer megafirm, are being targeted by hackers. As the methods used to gain access...more

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