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Black Basta Exploits Microsoft Zero-Day After Patch

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/24/2024

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

Microsoft Delays Recall Rollout Amid Privacy Concerns

HaystackID on 6/18/2024

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

UK Privacy Watchdog Probes Microsoft’s Controversial “Recall” Feature

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/31/2024

The UK’s data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), is investigating Microsoft over potential privacy concerns with its recently announced AI-powered “Recall” feature for Windows PCs. Microsoft...more

AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 3

White & Case LLP on 8/10/2023

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

[Webcast Transcript] Are You a Team Player? Managing Enterprise Messaging Data in eDiscovery

HaystackID on 11/28/2022

Editor’s Note: On November 16, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the proliferation of enterprise messaging content in the COVID-era, a proliferation accelerated by the pre-existing industry trend of legal...more

Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - October 2022 - 3

Ankura on 10/21/2022

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

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2022 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/15/2022

CYBERSECURITY - DOJ Takes Down RaidForums' Website - In an action against what has been described as one of the largest hacker forums in the world, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on April 12, 2022, that...more

SolarWinds Hackers Focus on Downstream Vendors as Next Victims

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/29/2021

In a blog post entitled “New activity from Russian actor Nobelium,” Microsoft’s V.P. of Customer Security & Trust Tom Burt discussed a recent alert issued by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) regarding the...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/20/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Apple + Microsoft Release Patches for Identified Vulnerabilities - This week, both Apple and Microsoft issued patches to fix serious zeroday vulnerabilities that should be applied as soon as possible. That...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/6/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Extortion Doesn’t Work for EA Sports Hackers - According to The Record, Electronic Arts Sports (EA) was the victim of a cyber hacking in June, when hackers posted on an underground hacking forum that they...more

Microsoft Warns of Tricky O365 Phishing Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/4/2021

If you are an organization that uses Microsoft Office 365 as your email platform, be on the lookout for a new tricky phishing attack recently used by cyber criminals. ...more

Microsoft Issues Emergency Software Update for PrintNightmare Zero Day Vulnerability

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/8/2021

Following the release of a U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (US-CERT) Coordination Center VulNote “for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Print spooler services” on June 30,...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 7/2/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Law Enforcement Takes Down DoubleVPN - I love seeing another win for law enforcement in the cyber context. Servers and web domains owned by DoubleVPN, a virtual private network, were seized recently...more

The Illinois Department of Insurance Issues Cybersecurity Guidance Regarding Microsoft Exchange Server Installations

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 6/4/2021

The Illinois Department of Insurance (the "Department") recently released guidance to all regulated entities concerning vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Exchange Server installations. Issued on the heels of other state and...more

SAP Issues Cybersecurity Alert: What You Can Do To Protect Your ERP

Opportune LLP on 4/21/2021

Here’s how the SAP Community can mitigate the risk of a widespread cybersecurity incident involving their SAP systems....more

CISA Releases Free Tool to Detect Potential Compromised Microsoft Accounts

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/16/2021

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

Vulnérabilités de Microsoft Exchange : une menace constante

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 4/9/2021

Au cours des dernières semaines, des cyberattaquants ont cherché à exploiter des vulnérabilités que Microsoft a détectées dans ses serveurs Exchange. Ces attaques ont initialement été menées par un groupe de piratage...more

Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities – A Continuing Threat

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 4/7/2021

In recent weeks, hackers have sought to exploit vulnerabilities that Microsoft has identified in its Exchange software that customers have loaded onto their Exchange Servers. These attacks started with a hacking group known...more

Organizations Using Microsoft Exchange Mail Server Face Severe Cybersecurity Threat

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/15/2021

This month, the cybersecurity research firm Volexity found a series of four critical security vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Exchange Server software. Since then, vulnerability has been independently verified and confirmed...more

UK National Cyber Security Centre Issues Security Alert for SharePoint Vulnerability

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/29/2020

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert on October 16, 2020, to raise awareness “of a new remote code execution vulnerability (CVE – 2020 – 16952)”, which affects Microsoft’s SharePoint product....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2020

Robinson & Cole LLP on 6/13/2020

Alabama City Hit with Ransomware - On June 5, 2020, Florence, Alabama’s information technology systems were hit with ransomware by the DoppelPaymer group demanding a ransom payment of $378,000 in bitcoin. Mayor Steve Holt...more

Microsoft Cybersecurity Alert: Enhanced Threat of Human-Operated Ransomware Tied to COVID-19

Blank Rome LLP on 6/9/2020

To “flatten the curve” and slow the spread of the coronavirus, most businesses across the country have transitioned to remote working arrangements. Recently, Microsoft issued its first-ever targeted ransomware alert regarding...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2020

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/6/2020

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

U.S. Government Issues Alert Regarding Critical Windows 10 Update – Are You Entitled To Compensation?

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters on 2/4/2020

Earlier this month, it was reported that the National Security Agency (NSA) discovered a serious security flaw in Microsoft Windows 10 cryptographic functionality, CVE-2020-0601.That security flaw could render trust...more

Is Your Company Still Running Windows 7? READ THIS!

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 1/13/2020

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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