Topic
Phishing
413 published works
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Cyber criminal’s phishing leads to 4+ years in prison for stealing airline tickets, which employee training could have avoided!
By Peter Vogel
Darkreading reported a 4+ year jail sentence for stealing airline tickets by using “phishing campaigns targeted customers of Travelport and Sabre, causing phishing emails to be delivered to their customers for…
California Employment Law
Scam Targets Defendants in Class-Action Cases
We've discussed before how phishing scams target employers. A new scam focuses on defendants who have settled class-action claims. The scammers send wire transfer instructions that appear to come from…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
DocuSign Breach Leads to Email Malware Campaign Requesting Wire Transfers
Electronic signature technology company DocuSign has admitted that it suffered a breach of one of its computer systems resulting in stolen data including customer and user email addresses. The breach…
The Global Privacy Watch
Protect Your People: Newest Workday Scam Reroutes Employee Direct Deposit Funds
By Emily Dorner, Richard Lutkus, EnCE, EnCEP, CEH
Cross-posted from Carpe Datum Law Another week, another well-concocted phishing scam. The most recent fraudulent activity targeted businesses that use Workday, though this is not a breach or vulnerability in…
Carpe Datum Law
Protect Your People: Newest Workday-Focused Scam Reroutes Employee Direct Deposit Funds
By Richard Lutkus, EnCE, EnCEP, CEH, Emily Dorner
Another week, another well-concocted phishing scam. The most recent fraudulent activity targeted businesses that use Workday, though this is not a breach or vulnerability in Workday itself. Specifically, the attack…
Data Counsel
Deeper Dive: Phishing/Hacking/Malware Attacks Remain Leading Cause of Security Incidents
During 2016, our BakerHostetler privacy and data protection team worked on data security incidents across virtually all industries. For the second year in a row, phishing/hacking/malware attacks have accounted for…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Washington University School of Medicine Victim of Phishing Attack
Another employee falls for a phishing attack. This time, it was an employee of the Washington University School of Medicine The employee received a phishing email on December 2, 2016,…
Technology Law Source
Phishing for tax returns: Where’s your refund?
The use of phishing scams, phone scams and computer hacking seems to multiply daily. The object of the scams and hacks: getting your tax refund. How? By the scammers and…
School Law
IRS Warns Schools of Dangerous Email Scam
By Ray Casella
On March 28, 2017, the IRS warned schools, universities, government entities and tax a-exempt organizations of a dangerous email scam currently circulating nationwide and targeting employers. According to the IRS,…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FTC Study Recommends Wider Implementation of DMARC to Combat Phishing Attacks
On March 3, 2017, the FTC announced the results of a study about online businesses’ use of proper email authentication technology to prevent phishing attacks.