Topic
Phishing
415 published works
Mike McBride Online
Linked: Over half of organizations were successfully phished in 2019
By Mike McBride
Granted, these numbers are from a survey done by ProofPoint, and aren’t likely to be scientifically sound, but they still are overwhelming. Clearly a lot of security professionals are dealing…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Crime-as-a-Service Targets Popular Platforms
It’s getting difficult to keep up with the jargon of all of the new digital scams. The SaaSes in the beginning became regular business terms, such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
2019 HIPAA BREACHES: THE BOX SCORES
It’s that time again for year-in-review articles. On December 16, 2019, Modern Healthcare has published an infographic that compares HIPAA breaches which occurred in 2019 to aggregate breach statistics from…
Future Lawyer
Phishing Scams – Don’t Take The Bait
By rickgeorges
How a Password Manager Protects You From Phishing Scams. By now, you should already be aware that clicking links in email, when you are aren't certain of the source, can…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Insurer on the Hook for Loss Resulting From Phishing Scheme
By Lawrence J. Bracken II, Michael S. Levine, Adriana A. Perez
On December 9th, the Eleventh Circuit held that a loss of over $1.7 million to scammers was covered under a commercial crime insurance policy’s fraudulent instruction provision. In Principle Solutions…
Policyholder Perspective
Are Losses Resulting from Phishing Incidents Covered by Crime Policies Insuring Against Computer Fraud?
By Patrick Loi
It is an all-too-common dilemma. As phishing schemes have become more prevalent and more sophisticated, businesses of all sizes have fallen victim to these attacks where a fraudster will use…
Ride the Lightning
Avoiding Phishing and Social Engineering Attacks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently revised its advice for avoiding phishing and social engineering attacks. The November 15thupdate is blessedly concise (3 pages) and a good start…
Ride the Lightning
Los Angeles Superior Court Hacked To Send Two Million Phishing Emails
Bleeping Computer reported on October 22 that a Texas man was sentenced to 145 months in federal prison for hacking the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) computer system and using…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Continue to Be Targeted by Cybercriminals
A recent Ponemon Institute study finds that small and mid-sized businesses continue to be targeted by cybercriminals, and are struggling to direct an appropriate amount of resources to combat the…
Future Lawyer
We Are All Phish…Get Over It.
By rickgeorges
Bikers, jaguars, and Twitter hacks: When tech journalists fall prey to phishing attacks | ZDNet. When scammers send out fake emails, or other nefarious ploys to get our personal information,…