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Black Basta Exploits Microsoft Zero-Day After Patch

It is being reported that Black Basta (aptly named) exploited a Microsoft zero-day prior to Microsoft’s release of a patch for the vulnerability back in March....more

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Microsoft Delays Recall Rollout Amid Privacy Concerns

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Thursday, Microsoft announced its new line of Copilot Plus PCs would launch next week without the anticipated Recall feature. Originally part of Microsoft’s Copilot Plus suite, Recall was designed to take and store...more

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Security Snippets: Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability to watch out for

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A vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint has been flagged as being actively exploited by CISA. A vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint is being actively exploited according to CISA’s known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV)...more

White & Case LLP

AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 3

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Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more

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Best Patch Management Strategy for Remote Workers

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Like it or not, the remote workforce is here to stay. Statistics show that employees say they are more productive working from home, and even before the global pandemic, there had been a 44% growth in the remote workforce...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Launch of Public RFI Signals FTC Scrutiny of Cloud Computing Industry

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On March 22, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a request for information (RFI) seeking public comments on business practices in the cloud computing industry. The RFI focuses on three intertwined aspects of...more

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Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - October 2022 - 3

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Prestige Ransomware Emerges, Targets Ukraine and Poland - A new ransomware variant has emerged in the wild, being used in targeted attacks against the logistics and transportation sectors within Ukraine and Poland. The...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CISA Recommends Following Microsoft’s Mitigation for Zero Day Exploits

Microsoft recently issued mitigation steps for vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by threat actors. Microsoft stated that it is aware that two vulnerabilities are being actively exploited to access users’...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2021 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - Microsoft Issues Emergency Software Update for PrintNightmare Zero Day Vulnerability - Following the release of a U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (US-CERT) Coordination Center...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2021

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CYBERSECURTY - U.S. CISA + Cyber Command Warns of Critical Flaw in VMware - Although a patch has been available by VMware since May 25, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...more

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CISA Releases Free Tool to Detect Potential Compromised Microsoft Accounts

The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released a free tool that will assist organizations with identifying indicators of compromise following threat activity in...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Beware Brand Phishing

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We often think of phony financial institution emails as a bad actor’s phishing scheme of choice to capture confidential bank account numbers or other private financial information. While those phishing emails certainly do...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2020

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Microsoft Issues Cybersecurity Risk Warning and Offers Help to Hospitals During COVID-19 Crisis - On April 1, 2020, Microsoft issued a specific warning to health care entities alerting them that they are at particular risk...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Microsoft Issues Cybersecurity Risk Warning and Offers Help to Hospitals During COVID-19 Crisis

On April 1, 2020, Microsoft issued a specific warning to health care entities alerting them that they are at particular risk during the COVID-19 crisis, as threat actors are using the pandemic to take advantage of...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Is Your Company Still Running Windows 7? READ THIS!

If you haven’t been paying attention to all the Microsoft warnings for the past year and your company is still running Windows 7, time’s up. After January 14, 2020, Microsoft will stop pushing out security updates to Windows...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2020 #2

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Department of Homeland Security Warns of Cyber-Attacks by Iran - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a grave warning to U.S. businesses and critical infrastructure operators on January 6, 2020, alerting the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Iranian Cyber-Attacks and the End of Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008

After the killing of Qassem Soleimani on January 3, 2020, by the U.S. government, the cybersecurity news industry has been abuzz about whether Iran will engage in cyber terrorism, and if so, to what degree, as part of its...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Microsoft’s Extension Of CCPA Protections Creates Compliance Floor

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On Nov. 11, Microsoft announced that it will voluntarily extend the core data privacy protections afforded to California residents under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to all its U.S. customers. California's...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2017

In this edition of our Privacy and Cybersecurity Update, we take a look at the Trump administration's executive order outlining its cybersecurity plans, Acting FTC Chairwoman Maureen Ohlhausen's comments on the possible...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Global Ransomware Attack Update

We’ve been following the latest on the WannaCry ransomware attack that we first told you about over the weekend. A feared “second strike” did not materialize today, but victimized firms in over 100 countries are still...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

WannaCry Ransomware Attack Updates — Europol Says “Patch Before Monday”

UPDATE: Europol chief Rob Wainwright told the BBC, “Companies need to make sure they have updated their systems and ‘patched where they should’ before staff arrives for work on Monday morning.” By now, you may have...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Important Steps to Prepare for the WannaCry Ransomware Attack

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Your business may have been victim to the latest ransomware attack, or it may be caught in the next wave. On May 12, 2017, the “WannaCry” ransomware attack compromised over 70,000 organizations in nearly 100...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Privacy, Security, Risk: What You Missed At IAPP Conference

Earlier this month, privacy and security professionals from around the globe gathered for “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015”—the second joint conference between the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the...more

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