Collaborate Disseminate
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic companies are increasingly calling on employees to work from home. Hospitals, clinics, and doctor’s offices are preparing for massive infections, not only of patients but of healthcare workers. Colleges and Universities are sending students home en masse. Sporting events are considering playing in empty arenas. Airlines and other…
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On March 15, 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, hackers attacked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) servers. In the past, computers belonging to hospitals, doctor’s offices, and other medical providers have been a particular target for ransomware purveyors who lock computers or files and demand the immediate payment of ransom…
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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are increasingly calling on employees to work from home. Hospitals, clinics and doctor’s offices are preparing for massive numbers of infections, not only of patients but also healthcare workers. College… Continue reading Dealing With Viruses, Computer and Biological
Will California’s bill to force cyber insurance be a harbinger for the rest of the U.S.? On Feb. 15, California Assemblyman Ed Chau, representing the Western San Gabriel Valley (near President Nixon’s old stomping ground of Whittier) introduced … Continue reading California Proposal for Mandatory Cyber Insurance
Can AT&T be held liable for identity theft resulting from SIM swapping? In June 2017, Michael Terpin, a prominent cryptocurrency trader from Puerto Rico, turned on his cell phone and found it didn’t work. Apparently, hackers had gone to various AT… Continue reading SIM Swap Crypto Lawsuit Goes Forward in Los Angeles
Is the practice of tumbling or mixing bitcoin actually illegal? That’s a tricky question Larry Dean Harmon of Akron, Ohio, operated a company called Helix which, together with the DDW marketplace AlphaBay, operated as a market to permit people t… Continue reading Bitcoin Tumbling Leads to Multicount Indictment
The buying and selling of personal data means more entities are able to conduct surveillance without needing a warrant There’s an old joke that in communism that the government represses rights, takes away liberties and makes life generally unbearable… Continue reading Personal Data Collection: Outsourcing Surveillance
Do you have cyber risk insurance? Are you sure? If the answer to that question is uncertain (and it should be uncertain), then there’s a huge, uncalculated risk. Not just to you, but to your insurance company. The UK’s main insurance regulator, the Ba… Continue reading UK Warns Insurers About Cyber Risks
New legislation being introduced by Sen. Lindsay Graham ostensibly to prevent the spread of child porn and other child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) may have the effect of prohibiting the kinds of good security practices that prevent unauthorized acce… Continue reading Bill to Prevent Child Porn Could Kill Encryption
Should insurance companies be on the hook to cover losses for cyberfraud? If you are the victim of a business email compromise (BEC) and are induced to wire-transfer a client’s funds to the wrong account, who pays for the damages? And if you have insu… Continue reading When Scams Collide: E-Mail Fraud and Insurance