Topic
Phishing
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Vishing Continues to be a Risk Worth Assessing
Phishing, Smishing, Vishing, and QRishing. All of these schemes continue to pose risk to organizations that needs to be assessed and addressed. Vishing made a strong debut during the pandemic…
Your IT Consultant
BitB Attack Makes Phishing Nearly Invisible
By John Simek
Another day, another security headache. Normally, you would have confidence that a website was safe if it was encrypted with “https” in the URL. Not so fast. Threatpost reports that…
Insurance
The Ninth Circuit Hooks a California Policyholder Win Under a Commercial Crime Policy in a Phishing Scam Case
By Jodi Green
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a policyholder insurance coverage win in a phishing case centered in Long Beach, California (home of our California office), in Ernst & Haas…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Phishing Attacks Hit All-Time High Last December: Cybersecurity Trends
By Doug Austin
Trying to get one more regular story in before the craziness starts tomorrow! According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), phishing attacks hit an all-time high last December. The post…
Your IT Consultant
Facebook Users Getting “Real” Phishing Email from Facebook
By John Simek
Perhaps it’s the labor pool quality resulting from the pandemic. Perhaps it’s the lack of attention to detail. Perhaps it’s plain incompetence. No matter what the excuse, Facebook is sending…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery Blog
No surprise that phishing & spearphishing (BEC) attacks are increasing!
By Peter Vogel
Darkreading.com reported that a “new study shows that in 2021 more organizations experienced at least one successful email-based phishing attack than the year before. There were also more opportunistic and…
Eye On Privacy
States Catch Health Care Entities Taking the Bait in Phishing Attacks
By Sara Shanti
The State Attorneys General in New York and New Jersey recently settled with four companies over alleged HIPAA noncompliance following phishing attacks. The New Jersey settlements were brought against three…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
No surprise that phishing & spearphishing (BEC) attacks are increasing!
By Peter Vogel
Darkreading.com reported that a “new study shows that in 2021 more organizations experienced at least one successful email-based phishing attack than the year before. There were also more opportunistic and…
Mike McBride Online
Linked: Large-scale phishing study shows who bites the bait more often
By Mike McBride
They had some interesting findings on gender (doesn't matter) and age (young and older employees seemed more likely), but this is one that I think impacts a lot of what…
Blue Ocean Law Group Blog
Phishing Scams ➲ Business Brand + Personal Protection
This article details how I recently nearly fell victim to an elaborate + convincing "phishing" scam. It also suggests what you can do to mitigate this real + growing risk.…