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Cybersecurity in Video Games & Esports
2023 DSIR Deeper Dive: Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Are Trying to Assert a New Cause of Action Against Universities Based on an Old Law Regulating Videotape Service Providers
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2023 DSIR Report Deeper Dive into the Data
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No Password Required: Threat Researcher at Cisco Talos and a Veteran of the Highest-Profile Cyber Incidents Who Roasts His Own Coffee Beans
Innovation in Compliance - The Role of Backup Systems in Cybersecurity Defense with Curtis Preston
Cyber Threats
No Password Required: The Teenage CEO of Girls Who Hack and Secure Open Vote, Who Is as Comfortable Behind a Mic as She Is Behind a Keyboard.
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV – Cybersecurity Third and Final Part: Ransomware
Can Cyber Investigations Be Canned? - Unauthorized Access Podcast
[Podcast] NSA Cybersecurity Services for Defense Contractors
Understanding the Additional Risks When Making a Ransomware Payment
Get Me Off This Ride: Understanding the Emotional Rollercoaster After a Ransomware Attack - Unauthorized Access Podcast
HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen - Bonus Episode
Your real estate firm is at risk from the growing threat of cybersecurity attacks. The days of retaining hard copies and physical files are increasingly phasing out. In an era where digital transformation is altering the...more
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
“Protect your data! Breaches are on the rise!” These warnings seem to be everywhere – and rightfully so. Threat actors are sophisticated and new breach trends are constantly materializing. Awareness is no longer enough. It...more
In our rapidly evolving digital landscape, all organizations are facing an onslaught of cybersecurity threats. According to recent research, victims of cyber attacks paid out a record $1.1 billion last year and have already...more
Internet users have (mostly) learned to avoid scams by supposed Nigerian princes looking to share a vast inheritance, and there has been a rise in awareness of other common signs of phishing attempts, such as poor spelling...more
Where We Stand - This year kicks off against the backdrop of the security flaw found in Log4j, a system-logging code library widely used in applications and services across the Internet. In the aftermath of this crisis, a...more
Risk Management Question - How can employees mitigate the risk of falling for phishing scams purportedly sent by their company's HR department? The Issue - Scammers often know just the right thing to say to pique an...more
As the global pandemic begins to show signs of waning, cyber risk is showing no such easing. In fact, in a recent survey, over 68% of business leaders reported believing that their cybersecurity risks are increasing, despite...more
Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 4 (April 2021) - A Texas Medicaid subcontractor has been terminated after a data breach caused by a ransomware attack originating from Russia exposed the personal information of tens of...more
Confirming what we are seeing in the field, cybersecurity firm Cybersecurity Ventures has predicted that, globally, businesses in 2021 will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 11 seconds, down from every 14 seconds in...more
A new study by Check Point Research shows that cyber criminals are using well-known brands to lure victims into clicking on nefarious links, providing personal information or credentials, or getting users to transfer money....more
With unprecedented activity online, cybercrime is growing in frequency, sophistication and aggregate effect. Despite the increased visibility of cybercrime, cybersecurity continues to lag behind this curve. Cybercriminals...more
By now, you’ve heard a horror story or two about ransomware. The city of Baltimore’s tale stands out. After cyber-criminals attacked the city’s servers and applications, they demanded $76,000 to decrypt the affected files....more
Report on Patient Privacy Volume 19, Number 11. (November 2019) ? The biggest threat to protected health information comes from carelessness within your organization, according to a brief from the Clearwater...more
The Security Summit, consisting of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), state tax agencies, and private-sector tax industry officials, is encouraging tax professionals during the 2019 summer season to take some time to...more
The United States Treasury Department came out with a report last week that concludes that business email compromises (BEC) are costing U.S. companies more than $301 million per month. The report confirms that the two...more
We previously warned readers about the Locky ransomware, which is potent and designed to use phishing emails to lure users to click on links and attachments, including pdfs. Now, researchers at Cylance have discovered...more
According to a February 2017 American Bar Association press release, “cyber-related risks have escalated based on the sensitivity and nefarious uses of that data. Last year, for example, the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office...more
Starting on Friday, May 12th , computers in countries around the world have fallen victim to the latest ransomware attack. As of Monday morning, it is estimated that more than 150 countries have infected systems, totaling...more
Amid cyber-attacks that have spread around the globe affecting at least 150 countries, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a FLASH report warning of the effects of a ransomware known as “WannaCry.” The warning –...more
On Saturday May 13, 2017 the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Cyber Division, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security issued an FBI FLASH report pertaining to indicators associated with the latest...more
We follow the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report each year. It just hit the news stand and as always, is full of insights. The report collected data from 65 organizations in 84 countries, including 42,068...more
There is no such thing as compliance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (FTC). In September, the FTC dispelled a commonly held misconception regarding the NIST Framework: It “is not, and isn’t intended to be, a standard or...more
On December 30, 2016, the Los Angeles Community College computer network was kidnapped by cyber criminals requesting a ransom for its return. The ransomware encrypted the college’s entire network system, including...more
A recent report from Imperva, Inc. has identified a Phishing as a Service (PhaaS) being offered on a Russian website. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team defines phishing as “an attempt by an individual or...more