Sarah Anderson
INSIDER THREATS: C-SUITE EXECUTIVES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES
The COVID-19 pandemic forced several lessons onto American Businesses, one of which is to make cybersecurity a top priority in terms of...
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Sarah Anderson
- May 8, 2020
- 3 min
Who's Next? Hospitals and Pharmaceutical Companies Suffer Cyber Attacks
On May 5, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s...
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Sarah Anderson
- May 6, 2020
- 3 min
2 Lessons from Other’s Cyber Law Mi$take$
Unemployment is skyrocketing and businesses are scrambling to lower operating costs to avoid the bankruptcy trustees. In the rush to...
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Sarah Anderson
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
Cyber Attacks Increasing Exponentially – The Targets, the Tactics, and Potential Defenses
Since January 2020, zscaler claims “an increase of 30,000% in phishing, malicious websites, and malware targeting remote users[.]”...
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Sarah Anderson
- May 4, 2020
- 3 min
LockBit: The New “It Girl” of Ransomware
In 2019, the following ransomware strains were dominant in the U.S. according to safetydetectives.com: CryptoLocker, WannaCry, and...
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Sarah Anderson
- May 1, 2020
- 0 min
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 30, 2020
- 3 min
Bank Reaction to Caller ID Spoofing May Attract FTC & SEC Attention
On Tuesday, Krebsonsecurity posted an article describing a new telephone bank scam in which Citibank and a few customers fell victim to...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 28, 2020
- 3 min
5 Ways for Hospitals to Brace for Cyber Impact
Hospitals and healthcare organizations are struggling. Whether plagued by N95 mask shortages or liquidity issues caused by the inability...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 27, 2020
- 3 min
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Compliance – Hurry Up and Wait!
Three months following the initial release of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Version 1.0 from the Office of the Under...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 26, 2020
- 3 min
Cities with Drones Tracking Covid-19 Symptoms - Check the 4th Amendment
In the race to control the spread of Coronavirus and reopen the U.S. economy, many private and public entities seek innovative ways to...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 24, 2020
- 2 min
Report Sextortion Scams under Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
For the last two months, @Lacyberlawblog and every other news and government website published articles and alerts about Coronavirus...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 24, 2020
- 3 min
5 Lessons from Fairfax County Public Schools’ Cybersecurity Failures
On April 21, 2020, the head of Fairfax County Public Schools' (FCPS) IT department resigned after repeatedly fumbling the launch of FCPS’...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
U.S. Supreme Court Reviewing "Anti-Hacking" Case - All Employers Should Watch
The United States Supreme Court (USSC) granted cert to review how modern acts are treated under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA),...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 20, 2020
- 1 min
The Great Cost of a Data Breach or Privacy Error
Whether starting a business, continuing existing operations, or taking a pause during Coronavirus restrictions, consider the back-end...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 19, 2020
- 5 min
Navigating the Privacy Law Mess in the U.S.A
2020 & 2021, especially with COVID-19 monitoring, is likely to bring an avalanche of privacy legislation in the U.S. In the absence of...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 18, 2020
- 1 min
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE - Ransomware & Breaches
Ensure the following parties work together to defend against breaches and develop strategies to respond to and mitigate losses: (1) CISO...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
Hacker lifeblood is social engineering, not better tech.
The tremendous success of COVID-19 cyber scams is the direct result of the predictability of human behavior; specifically, the reptilian...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
STOP USING ZOOM – ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR INFORMATION SECURITY
Zoom continues to suffer massive security and privacy breaches, which are well-reported in national news and online. In short, stop using...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
RANSOMWARE: DON’T RUSH TO PAYMENT
According to CrowdStrike’s Global Threat Report 2020 (released March 2020), ransomware remained the most lucrative enterprise for eCrime...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 13, 2020
- 3 min
PCI-DSS COMPLIANCE WITH REMOTE EMPLOYEES
Despite being ultimately responsible for PCI-DSS compliance, most merchants have never heard of it. So, what is PCI-DSS? PCI-DSS stands...
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