Without belaboring the point, there are many similarities between the COVID-19 pandemic and cybersecurity. We can take lessons from the response to the COVID pandemic and apply them to cybersecurity. 1. We Know It Is Coming For decades, public health planners have...
Cyber Security & Data Breach
US Supreme Court to Decide Whether Employees Who Use Employer Data for Unauthorized Purposes Are Guilty of Electronic “Trespass”
Do you understand your company’s policy on employee access to and use of company email, internet, and data? It probably says something along the lines of “employees may use company resources for company purposes.” Your website’s Terms of Service or Terms of Use...
Time to Update That Privacy Policy: Complying With the CCPA
On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”) went into effect; however, enforcement does not begin until July 1, 2020. The CCPA is a broad-sweeping, comprehensive consumer privacy law (akin to the GDPR passed by the EU in 2016) that...
Is Your Business Prepared for Tax Season Cyber Attacks?
By Kyle Hutnick Every year around this time, the IRS sounds the alarm about threats of stolen identity thanks to crooks looking to con you into handing over your sensitive information. This tax season is no different, with rising reports of social engineering schemes...
Protect Yourself Against Tax Season W-2 Phishing Scheme
By Jennifer Hart and Kyle Hutnick Tax season is upon us, and with it comes plenty of opportunities for hackers to obtain sensitive personal information from employers and individual taxpayers. One particularly cunning scheme is a phishing attack designed to lure...
5 Ways to Protect Your Business from a Cyberattack
Hackers made international headlines last month after executing a global ransomware attack by exploiting a flaw in Microsoft’s Windows operating system. The malware, “WannaCry,” encrypted users’ files and forced users to pay ransom to un-encrypt them. The cyberattack...
Don’t Get Caught by Phishing this Holiday Season
By Jennifer M. Hart On November 28, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued an alert concerning a “phishing” email using OCR’s letterhead and Director Jocelyn Samuels’s digital signature. This hyper-realistic email is...