Cybersecurity

The Million Dollar Question In Data Breach Lawsuits

The threshold question for determining if a consumer class action may proceed following a data breach is whether the plaintiffs […]

Big Players, Big Promises, At White House Cybersecurity Conference

Some of the biggest players in the digital universe – including Apple, Microsoft and Google’s parent company, Alphabet – attended […]

New Technique to Fool Ransomware Protection

A novel ransomware technique called “intermittent encryption” has emerged. It compromises Windows Servers using malware that scrambles every alternate 16 […]

New Ransomware Ploy: Bribe An Employee

A San Francisco-based cybersecurity company says it managed to establish communication with a ransomware group that had been contacting employees […]

Should Ransomware Payments Be Banned?

Ransomware attacks have become so extensive, and so expensive, that their effects ripple through the entire economy: They have in […]

New Wrinkle In White Hat Hacking – Ransom Refund

An unidentified hacker who ripped off a decentralized finance platform for $600 million in funny money returned about $260 million, […]

Understand Cryptocurrency? Well, You Don’t Have To In Order To Vote For Taxing Its Brokers

A provision that addresses cryptocurrency survived bipartisan negotiations and remains in the recently passed Senate version of the infrastructure bill. […]