Topic
Malware
183 published works
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Cybersecurity Alert: monetization of malware is one of the 7 biggest threats!
By Peter Vogel
There’s no substitute for training employees to avoid opening obviously suspect email and attachments, and HP Enterprise (HPE) issued a report which disclosed “a continued rise in attackers’ success at…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Good advice from the FBI -9 ways to avoid Ransomware including not using the “same password for everything”!
By Peter Vogel
Ransomware is in the news every day, so it makes sense to follow the FBI’s warning to avoid paying a ransom of “hundreds to thousands of dollars” for “a type…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
New malware steals banking credentials and holds data ransom
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have reported that malware dubbed Xbot is targeting devices in Australia and Russia but predict that the malware may become widespread. It is particularly worrisome…
New Jersey Criminal Lawyer Blog
Hacking: The New Frontier of Criminal Activity
This month Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital disclosed that hackers infiltrated its computer system, and they infected them with malware making the computer system inaccessible. The hackers originally demanded 3.4 million to remove…
Technology Law Dispatch
Cyber Ransom: It could happen to you
By Andy Moss
Ransomware and malware could potentially cripple your company and personal networks. Our previous post, Companies can insure against cyber ransom, states, “Ransomware is a form of malicious software, or ‘malware,’…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Hyatt Corporation notifies customers of “malware activity”
Hyatt Corporation announced on December 23, 2015, that it recently identified malware on computers that operate its payment processing systems. It stated that as soon as the activity was discovered,…
ILN IP Insider
BOTNET TAKEDOWN: FIRST WARRANT ISSUED UNDER CANADA’S ANTI-SPAM LAW
By Monica Sharma of Clark Wilson LLP, Kelsey Marshall (Articled Student) of Clark Wilson LLP
Canada’s anti-spam law (“CASL”) outlines violations, enforcement mechanisms, and penalties aimed at protecting online consumers against spam, electronic threats, and misuse of digital technology. CASL’s anti-spam rules came into effect…
Triage Health Law
Malicious Malware Brings On a Major HIPAA Headache
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently entered into a $750,000 resolution agreement with the University of Washington (UW) following an investigation. The investigation was prompted…
Data Protection Report
Canada uses anti-spam law to take down Toronto botnet
By Admin
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced on Thursday, December 3, 2015, that it had served its first-ever warrant under Canada's anti-spam law (CASL, enacted July 2014) to take…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Starwood Hotels hit with payment card malware attack
Last Friday (November 20, 2015), Starwood Hotels announced that it was hit with a payment card malware attack affecting 50 of its North American hotels. The president of Starwood Hotels…