It is important to note that, since this guidance was issued in the late days of the Trump administration, the Biden administration will likely review this guidance. It is not uncommon for guidance to be delayed, revised, and/or rescinded as part of the review process. On January 12,…

Over the course of the past year, the world has witnessed an unprecedented reliance on technology. Digital transformation proliferated across industries, necessitated by the need to remain connected and maintain productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, organizations saw a significant uptick in cyberthreats. Successful hacks like…

If you need even more proof (and really, at this point, it should be obvious) that Biglaw firms with their treasure trove of high confidential information on all manner of clients are a target for cyber attacks, well, here you go. Goodwin Procter, a firm ranked No. 22…

Feb. 3, 2021 at 9:06 am Updated Feb. 3, 2021 at 10:10 am By Seattle Times political reporter The legal claims are flying over the massive unemployment-data breach involving Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy’s office.A Seattle law firm on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Accellion, the California company…

Home Daily News Goodwin Procter reports data breach from… Cybersecurity By Debra Cassens Weiss February 3, 2021, 10:57 am CST       Image from Shutterstock.com. Goodwin Procter was hacked through a third-party vendor used for large file transfers, the law firm has revealed in an internal memo.…

Breach Notification , Incident & Breach Response , Security Operations Company: Social Security Numbers and Other Data May Have Been Exposed Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • February 3, 2021     Embedded software vendor Wind River Systems is investigating a security incident and possible data breach, according to a…

Home News Privacy Security (Image credit: Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock) If you happen to have an account with the website EscortReviews.com, you’d better change your password right away. A database containing information on more than 472,000 site members has been posted online, reports Bleeping Computer.The database includes usernames, email addresses,…

In October, PupBox (a company owned by animal supplies giant Petco that delivers products and training information for puppies) sent out a security alert. This alert warned PupBox customers that the company had experienced a data breach that affected roughly 30,000 accounts. This breach began in February and…

Dr Jason R.C. Nurse is an Associate Professor in Cyber Security at the University of Kent, and a Visiting Academic at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on the socio-technical aspects of cyber security, privacy and trust. Jason has channelled years of research into a concise, evidence-led…

Adam Bannister 03 February 2021 at 15:17 UTC Non-profit alleges that web hosting platform failed to apply security patchesThe Florida Healthy Kids Corporation (FHKC), a US provider of children’s health insurance, has traced a data breach affecting thousands of individuals to a cyber-attack on its web hosting platform.“Several…