In its continued effort to keep industry apprised of threats facing companies in the U.S., CISA recently issued a Cybersecurity Advisory: 2022 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities that is helpful to get up to speed on top...more
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SEC Adopts New Cybersecurity Rules for Public Companies -
In a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new cybersecurity rules yesterday (July 26, 2023) applicable to public...more
7/28/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
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Information Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new cybersecurity rules yesterday (July 26, 2023) applicable to public companies.
The rules, which will become effective thirty days after publication in...more
7/28/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 8-K ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Required Forms ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
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Patch Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerabilities Being Exploited in the Wild ASAP -
Adobe has issued alerts on three vulnerabilities affecting its ColdFusion product. The first alert, issued on July 11, 2023,...more
7/24/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Drones ,
EU ,
Hackers ,
Machine Learning ,
Vulnerability Assessments
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Unpatched Fortinet Vulnerability Being Exploited by Threat Actors -
According to cybersecurity researchers at Bishop Fox, “hundreds of thousands” of FortiGate firewalls have not been patched against a...more
According to cybersecurity researchers at Bishop Fox, “hundreds of thousands” of FortiGate firewalls have not been patched against a known vulnerability and are at risk of being attacked by threat actors using the unpatched...more
7/10/2023
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Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Vulnerability Assessments
CISA and FBI have issued a joint advisory on the MOVEit transfer vulnerability that should be on the radar of CISOs and IT professionals. The CLOP ransomware organization has been reportedly exploiting an SQL injection...more
6/16/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments
EyeMed Vision Care, LLC has agreed to settle allegations lodged against it by four state Attorneys General for $2.5 million stemming from a data breach that occurred in 2020 and effected 2.1 million people....more
On May 16, 2023, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released three advisories applicable to Industrial Control Systems (ICS). The Alerts cover vulnerabilities of Snap One OvrC Cloud, Rockwell...more
5/19/2023
/ Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Threat Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Threat actors never cease to find innovative ways to extort their victims. If only threat actors would use their creativity for good causes....more
OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, has stated that it suffered a potential data breach in ChatGPT’s source code due to a vulnerability in the software. OpenAI “took ChatGPT offline…due to a bug in an open-source library which...more
Researchers at Meta, the owner of Facebook released a report this week that indicated that, since March 2023, Meta “has blocked and shared with our industry peers more than 1,000 malicious links from being shared across our...more
Researchers at WithSecure cybersecurity firm have seen two malware attacks against Veeam Backup and Replication servers believed to be initiated by cybercrime group FIN7, also known as Carbon Spider, which has also been...more
5/4/2023
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Malware ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Threat Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments
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FDD Suggests Space Systems be Designated as Critical Infrastructure -
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) issued a Report late last week entitled Time to Designate Space Systems as Critical...more
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Clop Claims Zero-Day Attacks Against 130 Organizations -
Russia-linked ransomware gang Clop has claimed that it has attacked over 130 organizations since late January, using a zero-day vulnerability in...more
3/31/2023
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hackers ,
Ransomware ,
Russia
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on March 27, 2023 that she had levied a fine against law firm Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach LLP for failing to secure personal and health information of clients exposing the...more
3/30/2023
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Data Breach ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fines ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Legal Representatives ,
New York ,
PHI ,
State Attorneys General
Russia-linked ransomware gang Clop has claimed that it has attacked over 130 organizations since late January, using a zero-day vulnerability in the GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool, and was successful in stealing...more
3/30/2023
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Information Security ,
Information Technology ,
Ransomware ,
Russia ,
Vulnerability Assessments
CYBERSECURITY FBI, CISA + MS-ISAC Warn of LockBit 3.0 Ransomware The FBI, CISA and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MSISAC) recently released a joint cybersecurity advisory, warning organizations about...more
3/24/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
TikTok ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Hackers are always looking for the next opportunity to launch attacks against unsuspecting victims. According to Cybersecurity Dive, researchers at Proofpoint recently observed “a phishing campaign designed to exploit the...more
3/24/2023
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Depository Institutions ,
FDIC ,
Hackers ,
Phishing Scams ,
Receivership ,
Silicon Valley ,
Vulnerability Assessments
The FBI, CISA and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) recently released a joint cybersecurity advisory, warning organizations about indicators of compromise, and tactics, techniques, and...more
3/24/2023
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
Joint Statements ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Threat Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments
HIPAA requires that covered entities notify the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of any breaches of unsecured protected health information that affects less than 500 individuals in a calendar year within 60 days following the...more
2/24/2023
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Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Breach ,
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Statutory Deadlines
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World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook for 2023 Is Bleak -
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but remember that I am only the messenger. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global...more
2/9/2023
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Popular ,
Social Engineering ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but remember that I am only the messenger. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 23 Insight Report (published in collaboration with Accenture), although...more
2/3/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
World Economic Forum
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Chick-Fil-A Sued for Sharing Data through Meta Pixel -
While plaintiffs’ attorneys were initially focused late last year on suing health care entities for using Pixel and other tracking technology to share...more
1/27/2023
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Chick-Fil-A ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Popular ,
Scams ,
Statutory Violations ,
T-Mobile ,
Web Tracking
On January 22, 2023, T-Mobile was sued in federal court in California alleging negligence, unjust enrichment, breach of express contract, breach of implied contract, and invasion of privacy over the recently-disclosed data...more
1/26/2023
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Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Express Contract Terms ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Negligence ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
T-Mobile ,
Telecommunications ,
Unjust Enrichment ,
Wireless Industry