Topic
Phishing
412 published works
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
CrowdStrike Customers Targeted by Threat Actors Using Fake Help Websites
If you are a customer of CrowdStrike, you are working on recovering from the outage that occurred on July 19, 2024. As if that isn’t enough disruption, CrowdStrike is warning…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Full Coverage for Phishing Scam Not Established
The California Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the insured's claim for full coverage after suffering from the phishing scam. Door Sys. v. CFC Underwriting…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Preserving Forensic Artifacts Following Incident Detection
Dear Mary, One of our employees recently fell victim to a phishing attack, allowing unauthorized access to their email account for a brief period. To be safe, we reset everyone's…
Compliance Building
Quishing Attacks
This is a new term to me. Quishing: a business email compromise (BEC) attack that uses QR codes in embedded PDF documents to redirect victims to phishing URLs. There is…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #393 – Phishing, Smishing, Vishing and Qrishing Schemes Continue to Dupe Users
The recent increase in smishing and vishing schemes is prompting me to remind readers of schemes designed to trick users into providing credentials to perpetrate fraud. We have previously written…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #392 – Legitimate Platforms and AI Used to Bypass MFA
Darktrace researchers have outlined a particularly scary scenario of how threat actors are bypassing MFA and using artificial intelligence to launch sophisticated phishing attacks against users. The case study “leveraged…
Healthcare Workplace Update
AI, Phishing Attacks, Healthcare, and a $480,000 OCR Settlement under HIPAA
Phishing has long been a favorite tactic for threat actors (hackers) to commence a cyberattack. The rapid expansion of more adaptable and available artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as natural…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
AI, Phishing Attacks, Healthcare, and a $480,000 OCR Settlement under HIPAA
Phishing has long been a favorite tactic for threat actors (hackers) to commence a cyberattack. The rapid expansion of more adaptable and available artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as natural…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Ransomware attacks cost Canadian organizations a staggering $1.1 million
The average cost of this damaging form of cyberattack has soared 150% in 2 years
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #382 – Beware of Fake Package Delivery Scams During Holiday Season
There are lots of package deliveries this time of year. When shopping online, companies are great about telling you when to expect the delivery of your purchase. Fraudsters know this…