Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Are You Required To Report a Ransomware Attack?

Whether a ransomware attack constitutes a reportable data breach under any data breach disclosure laws, regulations or other requirements is […]

Univ. of Utah Pays Ransomware Gang

The attack was a classic – a criminal group stole sensitive files from the University of Utah before encrypting their […]

Robocall Defense Outfit Gets Hacked, Customer Data Stolen

A company that helps telemarketing companies avoid “TCPA predators” has been hacked. Information leaked included email addresses, phone numbers and […]

How To Foil a Ransomware Attack In the Planning Stage

It takes two to four months for a ransomware attack to move from the initial security breach to delivery of […]

Wave of Cyberattacks Hits Health Care

Covid19 has hit hospitals and other health care institutions particularly hard, infecting workers, drastically reducing revenue and tearing into security […]

Cap One Sanctioned For Lax Security, Hacker/Stalker To Face Trial

Capital One will pay $80 million to settle regulators’ claims that its cybersecurity protocols were lax and inefficient. A Seattle-based […]

Gateways Into Corporate Networks Hacked

A hacker has published a list of plaintext usernames and passwords, along with IP addresses for more than 900 (as […]

State Dept Puts $10M Bounty On Election Meddlers

The Diplomatic Security Service of the U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million “for information […]

Cyberattack Takes Down Michigan Bar Exam

ExamSoft, one of the three vendors offering the online exam that certifies potential attorneys in Michigan, says its test was […]

“Offline, Immutable & Air-Gapped”: Ransomware Defense, State Of The Art

For a ransomware attack to be successful, two things are necessary. The attacker must penetrate a target, and that target […]

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