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Phishing
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The D&O Diary
Guest Post: Spy Phishing Attacks Against Lawyers and Litigants
[caption id="attachment_23398" align="alignleft" width="200"] Frank Hülsberg[/caption] [caption id="attachment_23399" align="alignleft" width="200"] Burkhard Fassbach[/caption] In this guest post, Frank Hülsberg and Burkhard Fassbach take a look at a recent Reuters special report…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #336 – Facebook Accounts Stolen Through Phishing Schemes Using Messenger Chatbots
Trustwave has reported a new scheme in which threat actors are using the popular Facebook Messenger platform to steal Facebook login credentials. According to the report, the threat actors are…
Pharmacy & Healthcare Legal Blog
Fraud Alert: sophisticated “phishing” scams to divert pharmaceuticals
Earlier this year, a client reported a very smooth scam. Someone called the pharmacy and represented to be a California Board of Pharmacy inspector who was investigating an anonymous complaint…
Future Lawyer
Do You Know How To Spot A Phishing Scam?
By rickgeorges
The first step in fighting phishing scams is to identify the attempts to make an email or text seeking personal information seem genuine. If you receive an unsolicited email from…
Future Lawyer
Facebook Users – Do You Know Who Is Sending That Message?
By rickgeorges
Phishing scams on social media aren't always easy to detect. I wish I had a dollar for every time I get a message on Facebook from a friend who advises…
Art Law Perspectives
Hackers Go Phishing in Beeple’s Deep Pool of Twitter Followers
By Jana Farmer, Meenka Maharaj
“Stay safe out there, anything too good to be true is a … scam.” Beeple, a popular digital artist, tweeted to his followers, addressing the phishing scam that took place…
Bench & Bar of Minnesota
Smishing Attacks and the Human Element
By Minnesota State Bar Association
I was recently interviewed by KARE-111 on the alarming prevalence of smishing attacks. Smishing attacks (also known as SMS phishing) are phishing messages sent via text. I’m sure most of…
Insurance
An Alaska Court Goes Fishing for Insurance, Hooking Another Policyholder Win in a Phishing Scam Case
By Jodi Green
As an update to our March 8, 2022 blog post discussing coverage for phishing scams in the context of Ernst & Haas Mgt. Co. v. Hiscox, Inc., 23 F.4th 1195…
Gravel2Gavel
Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up 04/13/22
By Pillsbury's Construction And Real Estate Law Team
by Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team Phishing schemes target the mortgage industry, housing prices rise in Europe as Ukrainian refugees flee from their home country, the SEC announces…
Future Lawyer
If The Link Is On LinkedIn It Is Safe, Isn’t It?
By rickgeorges
Cybervillains-Lurk-on-LinkedIn. In the five years since this article was written, computer and online security has been tested even more by phishing scams, data hijacking, and other criminal activity. However, many…