CYBERSECURITY -
Greater Baltimore Medical Center Hit with Ransomware -
The Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) was hit with a ransomware attack over the weekend (December 5-6) that potentially delayed procedures planned...more
12/11/2020
/ Cybersecurity ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Driverless Cars ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Internet of Things ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Spoofing
Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the increase in online holiday shopping due to the pandemic. They know people are buying gifts online and sending the packages to the recipients. Often, the recipients do not know they...more
The Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) was hit with a ransomware attack over the weekend (December 5-6) that potentially delayed procedures planned for Monday. Cyber attacks against medical providers and hospitals are at...more
To file in the “no one is immune from a sophisticated attack,” category, well-known and respected security firm FireEye publicly announced this week that it has experienced an attack by a state-sponsored (which means a...more
Brazilian airplane manufacturer Embraer’s data has reportedly been uploaded on a dark web website hosted by ransomware group RansomExx (a/k/a Defray 777) after Embraer reportedly refused to pay a ransom following a ransomware...more
12/9/2020
/ Aviation Industry ,
Brazil ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Embraer ,
Hackers ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Sensitive Business Information
Although it is logical that cyber attacks have risen during the pandemic, and there is anecdotal evidence that it is occurring, including our own experience, an interesting new report was recently released by Allianz, which...more
12/4/2020
/ Consumer Insurance Products ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Malware ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
Three recent events are prompting me to update our previous blog post on the difficult decision of whether to pay or not to pay ransomware following an attack....more
Baltimore County Public Schools shut down Monday and Tuesday following a ransomware attack that paralyzed the school system’s network last week right before Thanksgiving....more
To assist utilities with assessing and responding to cyber risks, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) recently issued a report on best practices to...more
11/30/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
FERC ,
Hackers ,
Infrastructure ,
NERC ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Risk Management
CYBERSECURITY -
Responding to Cyber-Attacks in the Utility and Energy Sectors -
To assist utilities with assessing and responding to cyber risks, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American...more
11/25/2020
/ Ballot Measures ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
E-Commerce ,
FERC ,
Hackers ,
Home Depot ,
Infrastructure ,
Internet Retailers ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Popular ,
Right to Repair ,
Risk Management ,
Settlement Agreements
Home Depot has agreed to settle a multi-state enforcement action by 46 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. arising from the data breach that occurred in 2014. Home Depot has agreed to pay $17.5 million to put the enforcement...more
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Division of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) issued a health care and public health sector notification this week entitled “Ransomware Activity Targeting the...more
The threat-related statistics of malware and ransomware are mind-boggling. We have regularly reported on the dramatic increase of ransomware, but the statistics on successful exploitation and botnet activities are just as...more
11/20/2020
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Malware ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Just as ending a relationship with an email or a text message is bad form, employers don’t usually terminate employees with an email. Nonetheless, since a message that appears to address a termination is so drastic and final,...more
CYBERSECURITY -
Q3 Coveware Report: Unsettling Update on Ransomware -
We spend a lot of time reporting on ransomware because we are seeing more incidents than ever before, and our readers comment that keeping them up to...more
11/13/2020
/ Biden Administration ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Driverless Cars ,
Hackers ,
OCR ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Wal-Mart
According to Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime is the fastest growing crime in the U.S., with damages expected to reach $6 trillion globally by 2021. Therefore, it is axiomatic that C-Suites continue to address the risk...more
Campari, the Italian drinks company, recently announced that it was hit with a cyber attack that encrypted its data and potentially exfiltrated some data....more
We spend a lot of time reporting on ransomware because we are seeing more incidents than ever before, and our readers comment that keeping them up to date on ransomware tactics is helpful. The ransomware gangs, strains and...more
11/12/2020
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Malware ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments
CYBERSECURITY -
The GEO Group Hit with Ransomware Attack -
The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO), a publicly-held company located in Boca Raton, Florida, announced on November 3, 2020, that it is beginning to notify individuals...more
11/6/2020
/ California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Selling ,
Data-Sharing ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Social Media
The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO), a publicly held company located in Boca Raton Florida, announced on November 3, 2020, that it is beginning to notify individuals following a ransomware attack that “impacted a limited amount of...more
CYBERSECURITY -
Urgent Warning of Imminent Threat to Hospitals Issued by U.S.
Government -
On October 27, 2020, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned the health care industry about “an imminent...more
Hall County, Georgia reported on October 7, 2020, that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that disrupted some of its systems, including email and telephone services in public buildings and the sheriff’s offices....more
The National Security Agency (NSA) issued a Cybersecurity Advisory on October 20, 2020, entitled “Chinese State-Sponsored Actors Exploit Publicly Known Vulnerabilities,” alerting IT professionals to 25 vulnerabilities that...more
It has been widely reported that hackers are taking advantage of the pandemic to perpetrate scams and frauds. We have seen attacks against workers of companies through phishing emails that include an attachment or link...more
On October 8, 2020, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal (AG) announced that his office has entered into a multi-state settlement agreement with Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) stemming from an investigation of a...more
10/16/2020
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Information Technology ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Settlement Agreements