Early this month, New York’s Department of Financial Services, the regulator for banks and insurance companies, issued guidance on cybersecurity insurance. Unfortunately, the guidance was not to insurance customers; it was for insurance companies. The regulator is concerned that big breaches may cause insurance companies to go out of business. DFS advised insurers against paying […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Parler is Back Online After being down for a month after getting kicked off Amazon, Parler is back online. Existing accounts can log in now; new accounts can be created next week. They have a new interim CEO after the board fired the last one. It does not appear that old content was moved over […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last October Wilmington Surgical Associates was dealing with a ransomware attack. Allegedly, the Netwalker ransomware group stole 13 gigabytes of data, which in today’s world easily fits on a flash drive, and leaked that data online. The patients of the North Carolina clinic whose data was stolen and leaked are seeking “redress for its unlawful […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Law Firm Goodwin Procter Hacked Goodwin Procter managing parnter Mark Bettencourt confirmed that some of their clients’ data was compromised. But not to worry; it only affected a small percentage of their clients. One more time, we have a “supply chain attack”. While the vendor was unnamed, I suspect it was Accellion. They suffered a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Are You the Victim of Covid Fraud? As if Covid wasn’t bad enough, there are widespread stories of people getting tax forms for their Covid unemployment benefits -benefits they never applied for and never received, but which are considered taxable income. In California alone, crooks stole at least $11 billion in unemployment benefits by stealing […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As I have reported before, retailers don’t really care whether the smart devices that you buy are secure. Home Depot is one of those vendors and when asked about dumb smart devices, they said: “We require all vendors to follow applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards”. Of course, there are virtually no laws, regulations or […]
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