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CISA + MS-ISAC Alert: Threat Actors Exploiting Zimbra Collaboration Suite -
On August 16, 2022, CISA (the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis...more
8/24/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Identity Theft ,
Information Technology ,
Popular ,
Robots ,
Scams ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Hyundai Motor Group announced the launch of Boston Dynamics AI Institute (the Institute), which will work toward making strides in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and intelligent machines. The Institute will focus on...more
A subpoena was issued to Alight Solutions by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for documents related to a cybersecurity breach that potentially resulted in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) violations. Alight...more
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Twilio Hit with Social Engineering Smishing Scheme -
We’ve explained smishing schemes before. Smishing is like phishing, but uses SMS texting to deliver malicious code to users’ phones, or tricks the user...more
8/12/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Information Technology ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Social Engineering
ACTS Retirement Services, Inc. (ACTS), a non-profit corporation that manages retirement communities, suffered a data breach in April 2022, which led to unauthorized access to thousands of current and former employees’...more
This week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a task order contract to the New York UAS Test Site for an unmanned aircraft system (UAS or drone) integration project. The project is designed to assist in the...more
RaceDayQuads, a racing drone retailer based in Orlando, Florida, and Tyler Brennan, a drone operator (collectively, Petitioners), filed a Petition for Review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Remote...more
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New York DFS Fines Robinhood $30M for “Significant” Cybersecurity Violations -
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced its first ever penalty against a cryptocurrency platform...more
8/4/2022
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mobile Apps ,
NYDFS ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Robinhood Financial ,
Scams
CYBERSECURITY Neopets Breach Affects 69M Users What is Neopets, you ask? It is a virtual pet website that gives members the ability to “own, raise, and play games with their virtual pets.” According to BleepingComputer,...more
7/29/2022
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Information Technology ,
Online Gaming ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Data ,
Popular
Auterion, a drone software company, commissioned a survey from market research company, Propeller Insights, of 1,022 adults, gender-balanced and distributed across age groups from 18 to 65+, living in rural, suburban, and...more
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Cloaked Ursa Using Trusted Online Storage Services to Evade Detection -
According to research by Palo Alto’s Unit 42, the most recent campaign by advanced persistent threat Cloaked Ursa (aka APT 20,...more
7/22/2022
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Malware ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
TikTok ,
Vulnerability Assessments
INRIX, a company that provides location-based data analytics, has been collecting, analyzing, and selling aggregated vehicle, traffic, and parking data for over 17 years. Now, after the Roe v. Wade decision, INRIX is under...more
7/22/2022
/ Abortion ,
Analytics ,
Consumer Information ,
Data Collection ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Geolocation ,
Healthcare ,
Location Data ,
Location Privacy ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personal Data ,
Planned Parenthood ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade
BRINC, a public-safety drone specialist based in Las Vegas, Nevada, announced the formation this week of the BRINC Global Rescue Network, a program committed to aiding in global humanitarian efforts. The network includes 24...more
What To Do When The Government Knocks On Your Lab’s Door -
The volume of federal enforcement actions involving laboratories has increased dramatically over the last few years. Not a month seems to pass without a press...more
7/15/2022
/ Clinical Laboratories ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Price Transparency ,
Virus Testing
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Joint Advisory Warns of MedusaLocker Ransomware -
A recently-issued joint advisory by the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and the...more
This week, North Carolina announced that it will begin long-range health care deliveries by drone in an effort to expand on-demand health care and improve the patient experience in the state. A distribution center will be set...more
6/30/2022
/ Actual Delivery ,
Airspace ,
Commercial Use ,
Drones ,
Healthcare ,
Medical Supplies ,
North Carolina ,
Patient Access ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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Karakurt Extortion Group Auctions Data for Ransom -
On June 2, 2022, CISA (the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), the FBI, the Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes...more
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) recently settled a data breach class action for $450,000 stemming from a 2020 data breach that led to the compromise of about 36,000 UPMC patients....more
Last week, China announced its launching of the world’s first crewless drone carrier, which operates using artificial intelligence to navigate open water autonomously. The Chinese government has said that this vessel will be...more
Recently, San Diego Family Care (SDFC) settled a class action related to a 2020 data breach for $1 million. The class includes all SDFC patients (or their parents/guardians) who received a breach notification in May 2021....more
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Joint Advisory Warns of Chinese-Sponsored Attacks on Telecommunications Companies -
A joint advisory issued June 7, 2022, by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and the National...more
6/10/2022
/ China ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Popular ,
Right to Repair ,
Scams ,
Vulnerability Assessments
It has been over 18 months since Massachusetts voted to approve an update to the state’s ‘right to repair’ law, however, the changes have still not gone into effect. Why? Well, the automakers’ lawsuit that seeks to block the...more
This week, Zipline, a California-based automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and operates drones to deliver vital medical products, announced its new Detection and Avoidance (DAA) system for drones. This is...more
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Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report: A Must Read -
I love Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). I have pored over its content every year since its inception in 2008. (Just...more
6/3/2022
/ California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Vulnerability Assessments
In a first of its kind prosecution, the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) successfully prosecuted a drone operator for a safety violation while flying a drone outside of a former Israeli embassy during a public demonstration....more