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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

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Top ten cybersecurity tips for organizations during the holiday season

‘Tis the season for the hustle and bustle of year-end holiday activities. With that comes the increased risk of cybercriminals exploiting the season to find vulnerabilities. This includes taking advantage of increased online...more

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How to Avoid the Most Common Causes of Cybersecurity Incidents

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Cybercrime is at an all-time high, with just the cybercrime insurance industry alone expecting to grow from $8 billion globally in 2020 to $20 billion by 2025.1 Although cyber liability insurance policies now exist to help...more

K2 Integrity

Cyber Predictions 2022

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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

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Law Firm Cyber Alerts

"Bonus Payment" Phishing Emails Are Seeking New Ransomware Victims

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

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Phishing Preparedness: What Does a Risk Manager Recommend?

Carly Franks, Senior IT Security Risk & Compliance Analyst at Mitratech, has more good guidance to offer on the subject of phishing, so your employees can stymie the fraudsters out to purloin personal data. ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

How to Be Ready for Coronavirus-Related Cybersecurity Challenges

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The novel coronavirus outbreak is creating electronic communication and data privacy concerns on a number of fronts. One immediate effect is a significant increase in phishing scams, used by threat actors to launch malware...more

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Hackers Capitalizing on Coronavirus

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As people across the country and world try to figure out how to protect themselves against the spread of coronavirus, hackers are working hard to spread their own viruses....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

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

Business Email Compromises Bilking U.S. Companies Out of $301M Per Month

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

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Watch Your Domain Extensions (Who does that email REALLY come from?)

Risk Management Question - How can you tell if an email—which appears to be from within a firm's own messaging system, advising the recipient that his or her information has expired or needs to be updated, and directing...more

Fisher Phillips

Don’t Take the Bait! “Spear Phishing” and “Whaling” Take Scams to the Next Level

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For several years now, we’ve been alerting employers about the dangers of phishing scams that attempt to obtain private and personal information from employers... Many of these scams rear their ugly head around tax season,...more

Hanzo

[Webinar] Enterprise Slack: Stay Sane and Secure While Managing Your Ediscovery and Compliance Risk - January 10th, 1:30pm ET

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Slack is a widely adopted collaboration tool for enterprises around the globe that is taking over a fare share of email communications. Many corporations have their playbook all set for standard communications platforms like...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Strategies for Protecting Against Vendor Payment Fraud

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Cybercrime is an ever-increasing threat from which manufacturers are not immune. Although reliable statistics are not available, one particular type of scheme that seems to be on the rise is vendor payment fraud. In cases of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #135 – Cybersecurity Spring Cleaning Tips

Here’s a great idea offered by the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Better Business Bureau: while you are doing your spring cleaning, don’t forget to do a digital spring cleaning too—that is, your computer, cellphone...more

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Small and Mid-Sized Companies are the New Targets of Business Email Compromise

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Originally published in the Upstate Business Journal on February 15, 2018. Meet Peter — a longtime employee and the backbone of your business’s day-to-day finance and accounting operations. Today he got an email from the...more

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Protecting Your Digital Assets

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Protecting your digital assets is as important as protecting your physical assets. Never think, “It won’t happen to me”—everyone has something that cyber criminals can steal. Stay secure by following a few basic guidelines....more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

A real estate broker’s guide to avoid being a victim of cyber fraud

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The headline’s become all too familiar: “Cyber thief hacks real estate broker’s email, steals retired couple’s nest egg,” or something similar. The past few years have seen a dramatic increase in such incidents, with the FBI...more

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Helping To Protect Your Company From A Cyber-Attack: Eight Tips For Human Resources Professionals And In-House Employment Counsel

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Recent, highly publicized data security incidents highlight the continued vulnerability of corporate information systems. Notably, employees who fall prey to sophisticated phishing e-mails and other scams often contribute to...more

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