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Privacy Tip #428 – Getting Text Messages From E-ZPass or Toll Road Operators? They’re Scams Coming from China

This week, I received a fake text message (a smish) saying my E-ZPass account was overdue and that I urgently needed to pay it. That’s a new one and, apparently, quite effective. Luckily, I knew it was a scam, but others were...more

Hogan Lovells

Post-market medical devices, cybersecurity, and the U.S. FDA’s growing concerns

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From insulin pumps and pacemakers to defibrillators, medical devices increasingly rely on wireless and internet connectivity for efficient operations. Unfortunately, these interconnections also leave devices vulnerable to an...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2017 #3

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Security researchers this week have found a new vulnerability that affects Wi-Fi Protected Access II, also known as WPA2, which is the security protocol used by many wireless networks. The vulnerability, Key Reinstallation...more

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Listen up white-hats–Uber is paying bug bounty

Uber recently announced that it has launched a bug bounty program that will pay white-hat hackers up to $10,000 for exposure of information that identifies “critical issues,” such as Social Security numbers, credit card...more

BakerHostetler

Disregard CISA Chicken Littles: CISA Boosts U.S. Cyber Defense While Protecting Privacy

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Yes: the Cyber Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) was slipped into the must-pass Omnibus Spending Bill last week by House negotiators and became law on Friday. No: despite protestations from some quarters, the sky has not...more

Littler

Recent Amendments to Security Breach Notification Laws Further Complicate Breach Notification for Employers

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It is not a matter of "if" but "when" an employer will be required to notify employees of a security breach.  Forty-seven states require employers to notify employees when defined categories of personal information, including...more

Franczek P.C.

Report on Student Data Privacy Highlights Two Key Issues For School Leaders

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Student data privacy is the “it” issue right now in edtech, as evidenced by a recent special Student Data Privacy Report (free registration required) issued by Education Week. Education Week prefaces the report with a fact...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Senate Passes Historic Information Sharing Bill

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On October 27, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) finally passed the Senate by a hefty margin of 74–21 (read the text of the bill as passed). Despite an escalation of opposition and rhetoric over the past couple...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Senate passes Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act

After a long delay, with a vote of 74 to 21, the United States Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) on October 27, 2015. The bill has been touted as being controversial and is opposed by...more

BakerHostetler

Colleges and Universities Are Prime Cyberattack Targets: What’s Behind the Threat?

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When it comes to cyberattack targets, many think of retailers and associated credit card transactions or customer information, or perhaps healthcare providers with their ever-increasing storage and transmission of electronic...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Data Breach Response Planning: Laying the Right Foundation

Part of Bradley Arant’s Privacy and Information Security Team’s seven-part Data Breach Toolkit Webinar Series, the “Data Breach Response Planning: Laying the Right Foundation” webinar, led by Paige Boshell and Amy Leopard,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Reports on Online Small Business Lending Focus Groups

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The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland recently issued a special report on the results of online focus groups it conducted with the Federal Reserve Board “to better understand small businesses’ perceptions of online...more

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House Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing On The Internet Of Things

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In a July 29, 2015 hearing, lawmakers asked a panel of witnesses—all industry representatives—about the current and future challenges facing the Internet of Things, and what role, if any, Congress should play in addressing...more

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