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Phishing
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Cybersecurity Legal Trends & Topics
Making the Case for Continuous Employee Cybersecurity Training
The American Bar Association’s recent cybersecurity webinar reminded us all that the largest source of cyber loss is still people. And for businesses, it is their employees who continue to…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Hunton Insurance Head Casts Insurance Net on Phishing and Whaling Scams
In a recent article appearing in Florida’s Daily Business Review (available here), Hunton Insurance Recovery Practice team head, Walter Andrews, explains why phishing and whaling scams should be covered by…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Russian Hackers Successfully Phished Hundreds of U.S. Companies Last Year
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has indicated that Russian hackers successfully attacked the energy, nuclear, aviation and critical manufacturing sectors through targeted phishing campaigns throughout 2017. According to DHS,…
Employer Law Report
Sixth Circuit finds insurance coverage for phishing losses
By Brian Hall
The risk of loss due to some form of cyberattack should prompt employers to consider insuring against those losses. But, not all cyberinsurance policies are created equal. That point is…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Virginia Bank, Hacked Twice with Phishing Schemes, Losing $2.4 Million
In a lawsuit against its insurance company requesting reimbursement for close to $2.4 million from two different hacking incidents, National Bank of Blacksburg detailed the intrusions, which are instructive of…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #149 – LifeLock Customers Could Be Targeted with Phishing Campaign
We previously reported that LifeLock suffered a data breach and has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission for allegations of misleading customers [view related post], for which it settled…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Hunton Insurance Recovery Practice Head Explains Why Medidata Decision Affirming Phishing Coverage is “Common Sense”
In a July 9, 2018 article appearing in Insurance Law360, Hunton Andrews Kurth insurance recovery practice head, Walter J. Andrews, explains why the Second Circuit’s decision in Medidata Solutions Inc.…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Insurance Catch Of The Day: Phishing Attacks On The Rise
Phishing attacks are on the rise, and they are targeting Microsoft’s flagship cloud-based products. According to a report by specialist data breach insurer Beazley, hackers have increased attempted and successful…
RandyWallace
A new scam email targeting lawyers making the rounds
By Randywallace
Not a day goes by that I don’t receive some sort of scam or spoofed email. Generally the emails read as if they went through google’s translate function and almost…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
GDPR Phishing Scam Directed at Airbbnb Customers!
By Peter Vogel
Darkreading.com wrote about a “new phishing scam capitalizes on the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to trick Airbnb customers into sharing personal and financial data,…” The May 3, 2018…