Eyeglass manufacturer and retailer Warby Parker recently settled a 2018 data breach investigation by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for $1.5 million. According to OCR’s press release, Warby Parker self-reported that...more
According to a new LayerX report, most users are logging into GenAI tools through personal accounts that are not supported or tracked by an organization’s single sign on policy. These logins to AI SaaS applications are...more
3/6/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Machine Learning ,
Privacy Policy ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
SaaS ,
Software
On February 21, 2025, a federal district court judge from the Southern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction against the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE), access to Treasury Department payment...more
2/28/2025
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Government Agencies ,
Payment Systems ,
Personal Data ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State Attorneys General ,
U.S. Treasury
The Trump administration has systematically fired federal privacy- and security-focused employees since taking office.
Three members of the bipartisan, independent agency, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board...more
2/28/2025
/ Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Employees ,
FOIA ,
Government Agencies ,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Risk Management ,
Trump Administration ,
Veterans
The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) staggering unfettered access to all Americans’ personal information is highly concerning. DOGE employees’ access includes databases at the Office of Personnel Management, the...more
2/21/2025
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
U.S. Treasury
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center released an advisory on February 19, 2025, providing information on Ghost...more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on February 14, 2024, that his office has opened an investigation into DeepSeek’s privacy practices. DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence company with ties to the People’s Republic...more
According to a highly critical article recently published by TechCrunch, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Trump’s advisory board headed by Elon Musk, has “taken control of top federal departments and...more
2/14/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Elon Musk ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Trump Administration
New York, Texas, and Virginia are the first states to ban DeepSeek, the Chinese-owned generative artificial intelligence (AI) application, on state-owned devices and networks....more
2/14/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Executive Orders ,
Information Technology ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Social Media ,
Technology Sector
Soon after the Chinese generative artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek emerged to compete with ChatGPT and Gemini, it was forced offline when “large-scale malicious attacks” targeted its servers. Speculation points...more
2/7/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Management
On January 22, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint advisory related to previous vulnerabilities in the Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance,...more
MGM Resorts agreed to pay $45 million to settle over a dozen class action lawsuits concerning 2019 and 2023 data breaches. A federal court in Nevada preliminarily approved the settlement, which, according to lawyers, covers...more
We have repeatedly warned our readers about malicious QR codes and their use by threat actors.
Threat actors are now using these codes to disguise packages as gifts....more
1/30/2025
/ Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraud ,
Identity Theft ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Scams
Former President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity” on January 16, 2025. The EO is designed to...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed settlement order against GoDaddy alleging that it “has failed to implement reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect and monitor its website-hosting...more
CyberArk, an identity security provider, has issued a new report on employee risk that is a must-read for IT Professionals and executives. The report highlights several findings that are directly related to the risks...more
American Addiction Centers (AAC) has notified 422,424 individuals that their personal information was stolen in a cyber-attack attributed to the Rhysida criminal organization. The incident was discovered on September 26,...more
We previously reported that Ascension Health detected a cyber-attack on May 8, 2024, that affected clinical operations in Ascension facilities in six states....more
Adobe recently issued a patch for a high-severity vulnerability for ColdFusion versions 2023.11 and 2021.17 and earlier; according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), “an attacker could exploit this...more
On November 12, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Security Agency, along with its security partners in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the...more
This week, Schneider Electric confirmed that it is investigating a security incident involving its JIRA internal development platform. The attacker group, “Grep,” allege that it stole 40 GB of data from the JIRA platform by...more
Apple product users—update your new Apple security patches now!
Apple released security patches iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1 on October 27, 2024, and patches to iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 on October 28, 2024, to address...more
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced on October 21, 2024, that his office has settled a data breach case against Guardian Analytics, Inc. for $500,000. The data breach affected the personal information of...more
10/25/2024
/ Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Assessment ,
Settlement
October is always a busy month for cybersecurity professionals. For the past 21 years, October has been an especially busy month for me as it is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This means lots of employee education and...more
As a Rhode Islander, I am a big fan of our former Governor and now Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo. She has always had her eye on the ball of the rapidly developing data privacy and cybersecurity risks and threats to...more