In the wake of the recent July 4th flooding tragedy in Texas, scammers and criminals are reaching out to victims to take advantage of their vulnerability. Unfortunately, this is not the first time criminals have used natural...more
If you own an electric vehicle, keep an eye on cybersecurity issues that may affect your car and its accessories. You wouldn’t think that an electric vehicle charger could include a vulnerability that allows threat actors to...more
According to Cybersecurity Dive, “Americans lost $16.6 billion to cyber fraud and internet crimes last year (2024), up 33% from the previous year. Phishing, spoofing and extortion topped the list of complaints, but investment...more
The SafePay ransomware group has been active since fall 2024 and has increased its activity this spring and summer. According to NCC Group, SafePay hit the most victims of any threat actor in May 2025—it is linked to 248...more
Malwarebytes recently reported that it has found scammers hijacking websites of name brands, including banks, software companies, and social media platforms to trick victims into calling a fraudulent telephone number instead...more
Incogni recently issued its “Gen AI and LLM Data Privacy Ranking 2025” where it “delved deep into the most popular LLMs and developed a set of 11 criteria for assessing data privacy risks associated with advanced machine...more
On June 27, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning on X to the airline and transportation sectors that the notorious cyber criminal ring Scattered Spider is attacking those sectors....more
On June 30, 2025, a Joint Advisory was issued by the National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center issued...more
When assessing cybersecurity risk in your organization, it is important to understand your users and their behavior. A new study by Keepnet sheds light on new hire behavior concerning phishing susceptibility. According to its...more
We are seeing an increase in cybersquatting incidents. What is cybersquatting and how can it affect you?
According to Sentinel One, cybersquatting, or domain squatting, “involves the registration, selling, or use of an...more
We have previously outlined several cases where lawyers have been sanctioned by courts for citing fake cases generated by artificial intelligence (AI), also known as “hallucinations.”...more
Cybersecurity firm CSC recently issued its CISO Outlook 2025 Report, which predicts cybersecurity challenges CISOs will face in the next year. The report, from a survey of 300 CISOs and cybersecurity professionals globally,...more
Smishing schemes involving Departments of Motor Vehicles nationwide have increased. Scammers are sending SMS text messages falsely claiming to be from the DMV that “are designed to deceive recipients into clicking malicious...more
On June 3, 2025, a bipartisan group of 260 state lawmakers sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate expressing “strong opposition to the provision in Subtitle C, Part 2 of the tax and budget...more
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 13 other Attorneys General filed suit in October 2024 against TikTok “for misleading the public about the safety of its platform and harming young people’s mental health.” TikTok...more
Google recently issued its June Android Security Bulletin that is designed to patch 34 vulnerabilities, all of which Google designates as high-severity defects. The most serious flaw the patch is designed to fix in the...more
CYBERSECURITY - U.S. Retailers Bracing for Scattered Spider Attacks - Google sent out a warning that the cybercriminal group Scattered Spider is targeting U.S.-based retailers. Scattered Spider is believed to have been...more
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A new survey from Intapp, titled “2025 Tech Perceptions Survey Report,” summarizes findings from a survey of fee-earners that there has been a “surge in AI usage.” The professions surveyed included accounting, consulting,...more
Never underestimate an operating system update from any mobile phone manufacturer. This week, Apple issued iOS 18.5 which provides enhancements to the user experience, but also fixes bugs and flaws....more
Google sent out a warning that the cybercriminal group Scattered Spider is targeting U.S.-based retailers. Scattered Spider is believed to have been responsible for the recent attack on Marks & Spencer in the U.K. A security...more
On May 21, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its order with GoDaddy over allegations that GoDaddy “failed to implement standard data security tools and practices to protect customers’ websites and data.” In a...more
Everyone thinks they can spot a phish. Whether it is an email, SMS text, or QRish phishing, people have an overinflated view of their capabilities to detect them....more
On Monday, May 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the “Take It Down Act” into law. The Act, which unanimously passed the Senate and cleared the House in a 409-2 vote, criminalizes the distribution of intimate images of...more
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts has charged a student at Assumption University with hacking into two U.S.-based companies’ systems and demanding a ransom....more
Healthcare system Ascension has notified 437,329 patients of a data breach exposing “demographic information, such as name, address, phone number(s), email address, date of birth, race, gender, and Social Security numbers, as...more