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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

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

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

Nossaman LLP

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

Holland & Knight LLP

Problem of Sequential Numbers and "Screen Scraping"

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When I was in high school, the seniors would pull a prank in the late spring after college acceptance letters came in. It usually involved animals. The class above us released crickets in the lunchroom; another class set up...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

Polsinelli

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

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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 LLP

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

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Buyer Beware: The Internet of Things Comes Under New Cyber Attack from Multiple Fronts

It is estimated that by the end of 2020, there will be more than 50,000,000,000 (yes, billion) connected devices that are part of the Internet of Things (IoT). This is a five million percent increase in IoT devices over the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: For What It's Worth

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Depending on the calculation method, what you are may be worth as little as $5. Who you are, however, can be worth much more. Experian recently sent an email linking out to an interesting article on the amount your...more

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Is Computer Security Broken?

The Economist certainly thinks computer security is broken (and it’s hard to argue the contrary). In its April 8 edition, The Economist’s cover story proclaims, “Why computers will never be safe.” While that’s good news for...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

St. Jude Cybersecurity Vulnerability Extended to Provider-Owned Devices

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) updated a prior advisory revealing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in St. Jude Medical’s Merlin@home transmitter....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

No Harm, But Foul? FTC Sues Internet of Things Maker D-Link for Security “Vulnerabilities” Despite No Allegations of Breach

Shortly after the new year, the Federal Trade Commission filed suit in the Northern District of California against D-Link Corporation, a Taiwan-based maker of wireless routers, Internet Protocol (IP) cameras, and software...more

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Ransomware Update: The FBI Weighs In

The FBI recently released an article discussing the spate of ransomware attacks on a variety of different entities, including hospitals. In the article, the FBI warned that ransomware attacks and the cybercriminals carrying...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

US-CERT Warns of Old SAP Software Vulnerability

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) recently issued an alert to the public about a vulnerability in old software developed by SAP SE that cyberattackers are using to infiltrate...more

Lowndes

AOL, Dropbox and the Big “uh-oh”

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A New York couple brought suit against their former law firm because it used an America Online account to transact firm business. If you are my age you probably remember that AOL and “You’ve got mail!” were the future—back...more

King & Spalding

“Bug Bounty” Programs Grow In Popularity

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In a significant shift in the way the tech industry responds to hackers, an increasing number of companies are resorting to use of “bug bounty” programs that reward hackers who identify flaws in their company software and...more

Polsinelli

Mobile Health Devices and Cybersecurity: Federal Guidance for Management of Threats in Medical Devices

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New Technology = New Threats - With new technology comes new security concerns. But when that new technology is in the medical field, the cybersecurity vulnerabilities can be particularly devastating. The...more

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