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Jul 26, 2018

Lawyer Charged With Directing Cyberattacks Against Review Sites

This story was reported on July 23rd by The American Lawyer and you must click on the link if just

Jul 25, 2018

Cybersecurity: This Way There Be Dragons!

The ancient mariners were pretty sure there were dragons and other sea monsters in uncharted waters. And that certainly is

Jul 24, 2018

Cybercriminals Stole GBP 11 Million From Law Clients in 2017

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a report about cybersecurity aimed particularly at law firms and companies,

Jul 23, 2018

NIST: Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Job

NIST (The National Institute of Standards and Technology) recently released a draft guidebook called Cybersecurity is Everyone's Job. It is

Jul 19, 2018

Ponemon Institute: Average Cost of a Data Breach Exceeds $3.8 Million

The 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study is available for download from IBM here. The study was done by

Jul 18, 2018

Sharon Gets a Sextortion Email

It's always nice to be one of the cool kids. On July 13th, I read Naked Security's post on a

Jul 17, 2018

North Carolina Federal Court Allows a Treble Damages Claim in an Employee Data Breach Suit

In the "What's Fair?" blog of Ellis & Winters LLP, there was an intriguing post about a North Carolina federal

Jul 16, 2018

FBI Announces That Business Email Compromise Has Become a $12 Billion Scam

On July 12th, the FBI published a Public Service Announcement which included new statistical data about Business Email Compromise (BEC)

Jul 12, 2018

Insurers Sue Trustwave for $30,000,000 Over Heartland Data Breach

As Dark Reading reported recently, insurers have sued Trustwave for a whopping $30 million for its 2008 Heartland data breach.

Jul 11, 2018

Defending Against Phone Call Attacks and Scams

I am fond of the SANS "OUCH! Newsletter" (so much so that I signed up) and was struck by a

Jul 10, 2018

Twitter Deletes Millions of Fake Accounts to Fight Election Influencing

On July 9th, The Washington Post published a post (I like The Cybersecurity 202 – you might want to subscribe)

Jul 09, 2018

EFF Has a Plan to Curb E-mail Snooping

As Naked Security reported recently, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has a new plan to curb e-mail snooping. The post