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Oct 20, 2021

Axio Research Report: Why Businesses are so Vulnerable to Ransomware

On October 19, Axio, a cyber risk management software company, released its 2021 State of Ransomware Preparedness Report, which may

Oct 19, 2021

Cybercriminals Deepfake Company Director’s Voice in $35 Million Bank Heist

On October 14, Forbes reported that, in early 2020, a bank manager in the United Arab Emirates received a call

Oct 14, 2021

Cyberinsurance: Steep Price Increases and Decreased Coverage

Insurance Business reported on October 11 that, even with cybersecurity mitigation strategies in place, businesses are finding it impossible to

Oct 13, 2021

58% of Nation-State Cyberattacks Come from Russia According to Microsoft

Dark Reading reported on October 7 that Russia is the source of the majority of nation-state cyberattacks Microsoft has observed

Oct 12, 2021

New York Law Firm Coughlin & Gerhart Suffers Data Breach

On October 5, New York based law firm Coughlin & Gerhart (C&G) LLP filed a notice of a data breach.

Oct 07, 2021

Hacked for Five Years: The Company That Routes SMS for All Major U.S. Carriers

Ars Technica reported on October 5 that Syniverse, a company that routes hundreds of billions of text messages every year

Oct 06, 2021

Mandiant Confirms Name Change from FireEye, Inc. to Mandiant, Inc.

Dark Reading reported on October 4 that Mandiant, Inc., a leader in dynamic cyber defense and response, has announced that

Oct 05, 2021

OFAC Issues New Guidelines on Ransomware Payment Sanctions

Law Firm Clark Hill published a post on September 28 reporting that the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Sep 30, 2021

Washington Post Guide to Privacy Settings for Amazon, Google, Facebook and Venmo

On September 24, The Washington Post published a very handy guide to upping your privacy settings for some of the

Sep 29, 2021

CISA and NSA Issue Guidance on Selecting and Hardening VPNs

On September 28, the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the cybersecurity information

Sep 28, 2021

Legal Tech Predictions for 2022

Legal Reader posted an article on September 24 that warrants reading as we all scramble to predict the future of

Sep 23, 2021

Ransomware Cyberinsurance: More Costly, Harder to Get

I was delighted to find a recent article by our friend Sherri Davidoff entitled, “How to Find Ransomware Cyber Insurance