Concern over the spreading coronavirus from China is legitimate and real. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus a global health emergency, and the United States and other countries are limiting...more
2/5/2020
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Information Security ,
Malware ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Public Health ,
Vulnerable Victims ,
World Health Organization
I am on vacation this week in beautiful Jackson Hole. The skiing is epic, the restaurants amazing, 1921 silver dollars inlaid in the tops of two bars, elk and moose abound, and I’ve had a sighting of several coyotes, a...more
A new report published by Coveware concludes that companies hit with ransomware attacks spend an average of 16 days recovering from the attack. Think about being offline and unable to do business for 16 business days. It is...more
It’s getting difficult to keep up with the jargon of all of the new digital scams. The SaaSes in the beginning became regular business terms, such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and Business Processes-as-aService (BPaaS)....more
1/24/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
NIST ,
Online Platforms ,
Personal Data ,
PHI ,
Risk Management ,
SaaS
It’s getting difficult to keep up with the jargon of all of the new digital scams. The SaaSes in the beginning became regular business terms, such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and Business Processes-as-a-Service (BPaaS)....more
1/24/2020
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Apple Pay ,
Compliance-as-a-Solution (CaaS) ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Financial Transactions ,
Malware ,
Payment Processors ,
PayPal ,
Phishing Scams ,
SaaS ,
Scams ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Vulnerable Victims
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a heightened likelihood of Iranian cyber-attacks following the escalation of tension between the U.S. and Iran. This follows the warning last week by the Department of...more
1/17/2020
/ Assassinations ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Information Management ,
Infrastructure ,
Iran ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Retaliation ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Department of Homeland Security Warns of Cyber-Attacks by Iran -
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a grave warning to U.S. businesses and critical infrastructure operators on January 6, 2020, alerting the...more
1/10/2020
/ Assassinations ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Relations ,
Hackers ,
Information Sharing ,
Iran ,
Microsoft ,
NYDFS ,
Operating System Developers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Pretty much the only time I don’t feel like I am Chicken Little predicting a massive cyber-attack is when I am with my colleagues at the FBI, Secret Service, NSA and my students in the Brown Executive Masters of Cybersecurity...more
1/10/2020
/ Assassinations ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Foreign Relations ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Iran ,
Malware ,
NYDFS ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Following the escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran in the past week, the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC) is warning hospitals and health systems that Iran could attack health...more
1/10/2020
/ Assassinations ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Infrastructure ,
Iran ,
Municipalities ,
Phishing Scams ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Social Media ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Vulnerability Assessments
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning critical infrastructure operators to be on high alert for Iranian backed cyber-attacks because of the vulnerability of state and municipal computer systems, they are at...more
1/10/2020
/ Assassinations ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Hackers ,
Iran ,
Municipalities ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Vulnerability Assessments
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a grave warning to U.S. businesses and critical infrastructure operators on January 6, 2020 alerting the public that Iran poses a cyber terrorism threat to the United States...more
1/9/2020
/ Assassinations ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Hackers ,
Iran ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards activated the State’s cybersecurity team recently after several State offices’ computers started acting strangely. The IT team identified an intrusion of Ryuk ransomware and which programs...more
12/13/2019
/ Connected Items ,
Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Municipalities ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Ransomware ,
Smart Devices ,
State and Local Government ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Just hours after the shooting incident at the Pensacola Air Station last week, city officials in Pensacola discovered that the city was the victim of a ransomware attack....more
Arizona-based Banner Health has agreed to settle for up to $6 million a class action case filed against it following a 2016 incident that compromised the personal information of 3 million individuals....more
12/13/2019
/ Class Action ,
Credit Monitoring ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Settlement Agreements
The predictions set forth in Experian’s Seventh Annual Data Breach Industry Forecast make sense and are worth a read. We are starting to see these types of intrusions and scams, and our experience is that once these types of...more
12/12/2019
/ Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Hemp Related Businesses ,
Identity Theft ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Point of Sale Terminals ,
Scams ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Wifi
Approximately 3,000 customers of the Fort Worth Water Department were notified recently that their credit card information may have been compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by its vendor, Click2Gov....more
12/12/2019
/ Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Hackers ,
Infrastructure ,
Mobile Payments ,
Municipalities ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
State and Local Government
National Veterinary Associates (NVA), a large network of veterinary hospitals and clinics, has reportedly been the victim of a ransomware attack. According to the reports, NVA employs more than 2,600 veterinarians, with over...more
12/11/2019
/ Aviation Industry ,
Beneficiaries ,
Biometric Information ,
Bitcoin ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicare ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Virtual Currency
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards activated the State’s cybersecurity team recently after several State offices’ computers started acting strangely. The IT team identified an intrusion of Ryuk ransomware, what programs were...more
National Veterinary Associates (NVA), a large network of veterinary hospitals and clinics, has reportedlybeen the victim of a ransomware attack. According to the reports, NVA employs more than 2,600 veterinarians, with over...more
It has been reported by Troy Hunt, the security researcher who provides the "Have I Been Pwned" free breach notification service, that 1.4 million passwords and personal information of customers of GateHub, a cryptocurrency...more
11/25/2019
/ Charging Stations ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Hackers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Mobile Device Management ,
Passwords ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Scams
Security researchers Intezer and IBM X-Force have identified a new ransomware that is seriously vicious. It’s PureLocker—named because it is programmed in PureBasic language, which is apparently unusual....more
11/14/2019
/ Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
IBM ,
Information Technology ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Cyberliability insurance provider Beazley Insurance Company has analyzed its internal breach response data and determined that in its experience, there has been a thirty-seven percent (37%) increase in ransomware attacks this...more
Energy Sector’s Reliance on IoT Increases Cyber Vulnerabilities -
CyberX recently released its 2020 Global IoT/ICS Risk Report (Report), which compiles survey questions and answers from 1,821 production networks of...more
11/4/2019
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Energy Sector ,
FBI ,
Internet of Things ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ransomware ,
Veterans ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Vulnerable Victims
TrialWorks, a legal case management software platform announced to its customers on October 13, 2019, that it was experiencing a hosting outage at their data center and that they would provide updates as they learned more...more
A recent Ponemon Institute study finds that small and mid-sized businesses continue to be targeted by cybercriminals, and are struggling to direct an appropriate amount of resources to combat the attacks.
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10/18/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Network Security ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Virtual Private Networks ,
Vulnerability Assessments