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As tax season begins, cyber crime targeting W-2 forms is on the rise. Criminals want W-2 forms so they can file fraudulent tax returns and cash the refund checks. Victims find out about these scams when they attempt to file their legitimate returns, only to be told that a return has already been ...
02/17/2023
Cyber insurance may not offer the protection you expect. In a case that has far-reaching implications for all policyholders, leading cyber insurance providers challenged a New Jersey court ruling ordering them to pay damages for the 2017 “NotPetya” attack that led to $1.4 billion in losses for ph...
02/10/2023
In a sign of its aggressive new posture against cyber criminals, the United States government infiltrated and compromised the Hive ransomware gang, blocking hundreds of millions in ransomware payments and seizing control of the gang's website. No arrests were announced, but authorities in Germany...
02/01/2023
This is Data Privacy Week, when everyone who uses the Web is encouraged to think about, and limit, the amount of personal data they share online. We often think of data privacy and data breaches in terms of someone stealing information we have shared. During this week, that thinking should be rev...
01/27/2023
Mandatory cybersecurity is coming, according to details published by Slate of the Biden Administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy now circulating in Washington. The document, which is expected to be approved in the coming weeks, details significant, meaningful changes in the way the United...
01/19/2023
A ransomware group known as Vice Society has taken credit for an attack on California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police that saw unredacted police reports published on the Dark Web. A review by NBC News found six documents that included information on endangered children, including names and...
01/17/2023
There is a disconnect between the reality of small- and mid-sized business (SMB) cybersecurity risks, the way SMBs think about them and the services that cyber security companies offer. This disconnect is most obvious for law firms and real estate agencies that may have office WiFi, or even a clo...
01/06/2023
Hackers Had Access for Months Before Launching Ransomware AttackIn another sign that accountability is rising in cyber security, the IT director of the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office in New York has been put on paid administrative leave. An investigation following a September ransomware attack fou...
12/29/2022
Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams netted $2.4 billion in losses during 2021, with 19,954 complaints reported to the United States government. A joint advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI) and the U...
12/20/2022
Don’t Wind Up on a Cyber Criminal’s Nice ListAmid the December maelstrom of planning, parties, shopping and activities lie more opportunities for cyber criminals than any other time of the year. The Grinches running scams like the holidays a lot because they know you have an above-average number ...
12/09/2022