Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

They Can Hack But They Can’t Haggle

September 16, 2021

Some ransomware gangs are threatening to destroy the data they’ve encrypted if the victim company calls in professional negotiators to […]

The Million Dollar Question In Data Breach Lawsuits

September 14, 2021

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

Apple Employees Say Company Is Invading Their Privacy

September 13, 2021

A former firmware engineer at Apple says he was required to link his personal Apple ID and work account when […]

Big Players, Big Promises, At White House Cybersecurity Conference

September 10, 2021

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

September 2, 2021

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

August 30, 2021

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?

August 20, 2021

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

August 20, 2021

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

August 19, 2021

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

The Dicey Question Of Transparency After A Cyberattack

August 19, 2021

Solar Winds is said to have gone public the day after it learned from cybersecurity company FireEye about the spectacular […]

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