Technical, Legal Action Taken to Prevent Abuse of Cobalt Strike, Microsoft Software

Microsoft, Fortra and Health-ISAC have taken legal and technical action to prevent the abuse of the Cobalt Strike exploitation tool and Microsoft software.
The post Technical, Legal Action Taken to Prevent Abuse of Cobalt Strike, Microsoft Software ap… Continue reading Technical, Legal Action Taken to Prevent Abuse of Cobalt Strike, Microsoft Software

New York law firm gets fined $200k for failing to protect health data

A New York law firm has agreed to pay $200,000 in penalties to the state because it failed to protect the private and electronic health information of approximately 114,000 patients. How did the data theft happen? Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy and Bach (HPM… Continue reading New York law firm gets fined $200k for failing to protect health data

$4 billion lawsuit claims Google tracked iPhone users activities

By Deeba Ahmed
The lawsuit alleges that Google secretly tracked iPhone users’ internet activities. Here’s what the details of the lawsuit have revealed so far.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: $4 billion lawsuit claims Google tr… Continue reading $4 billion lawsuit claims Google tracked iPhone users activities

Apple loses lawsuit against cyber security startup Corellium

By Deeba Ahmed
A federal judge dismissed Apple’s claim that virtualization startup Corellium was involved in copyright infringement and violated the DMCA.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apple loses lawsuit against cyber securi… Continue reading Apple loses lawsuit against cyber security startup Corellium

SolarWinds hack spotlights a thorny legal problem: Who to blame for espionage?

Every massive breach comes with a trail of lawsuits and regulatory ramifications that can last for years. Home Depot, for instance, only last month settled with a group of state attorneys general over its 2014 breach. The SolarWinds security incident that U.S. officials have pinned on state-sponsored Russian hackers is unlike anything that came before, legal experts say, meaning the legal liability could take even longer to resolve in court. As Congress, federal government departments and corporations reckon with the vast sweep of the SolarWinds breach, there are still many more questions than answers. Fewer pieces of it are less certain than how it might play out in court, where companies and individuals alike stand to gain or lose. Many millions of dollars, corporate blame and years of finger-pointing are on the line. That’s because the targets — government agencies, and some major companies — aren’t the usual kind of […]

The post SolarWinds hack spotlights a thorny legal problem: Who to blame for espionage? appeared first on CyberScoop.

Continue reading SolarWinds hack spotlights a thorny legal problem: Who to blame for espionage?

VMware files suit against former exec for moving to rival company

Earlier this month, when Nutanix announced it was hiring former VMware COO Rajiv Ramaswami as CEO, it looked like a good match. What’s more, it pulled a key player from a market rival. Well, it seems VMware took exception to losing the executive, and filed a lawsuit against him yesterday for breach of contract. The […] Continue reading VMware files suit against former exec for moving to rival company