Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Ryuk-Wielding Ransom Gang Has Talent, Cash

According to tech security specialist Joshua Platt, ransomware has evolved rapidly from extorting chump change to unlock PCs to holding […]

Data From 200 Police Departments Hacked

In an unusual twist, the hackers’ own public statement seems to have vastly understated the extent of the breach. They […]

A Giant Canary In The Digital Coal Mine

Virtually all law firms and companies with legal departments, and even most businesses with no in-house lawyers, by now are […]

Next Target For Ransomware Attack May Not Be “Data”

It’s described as “a rich and relatively easy target environment,” visible, exposed and essential in every country on earth, and […]

Smartphones Increasingly Targeted As Entry Into Company Networks

An analysis by cybersecurity company Lookout found that there has been a 37 percent increase in mobile phishing attacks worldwide […]

A Ransomware Wake-Up Call For Law Firms

The recent hack of one of the biggest celebrity law firms in the world should be a wake up call […]

Judge Rejects Privilege Claim, Orders Cap One To Turn Data Security Report Over To Plaintiff’s Attorneys

A Judge from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled that Capital One must provide […]

Hackers Stage A Data Auction After Company Refuses To Pay Ransom

The starting price was $50,000, and on the block were some 22,000 files and three data bases stolen from a Canadian company that had balked….

How To Pay A Ransom

You have decided your best option under the circumstances is to pay up. But that decision is far from the last…

In The UK: Virus Passports For Football?

A system that integrates coronavirus testing with a “digital health passport” is said to have been developed by a company […]

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