Cyberlaw - Security Boulevard https://securityboulevard.com/category/blogs/cyberlaw/ The Home of the Security Bloggers Network Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://securityboulevard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/android-chrome-256x256-1-32x32.png Cyberlaw - Security Boulevard https://securityboulevard.com/category/blogs/cyberlaw/ 32 32 133346385 China Cyberwar Coming? Versa’s Vice: Volt Typhoon’s Target https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/china-cyberwar-coming-versas-vice-volt-typhoons-target/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:57:30 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2029126 A Chinese flag flies on a high pole

Xi whiz: Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame.

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‘Terrorgram’ Telegram Terrorists Trash Transformers — Grid in Peril https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/telegram-terrorgram-grid-richixbw/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:19:11 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028965 Sign reads, “Danger: High Voltage!”

Should’ve listened to Edison: After the arrest of Pavel Durov—the Telegram CEO—comes news of domestic extremists using the chat app to organize.

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Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/shan-hanes-htsb-ceo-pig-butchering-richixbw/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:54:40 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028729 A pig in a muddy farm field

Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam.

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Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: AG Sues GM for $18 BILLION https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/texas-sues-gm-privacy-richixbw/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:41:35 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027824 DonkeyHotey (cc:by-sa)

KP♡TX PII: “General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ pri­vacy … in unthinkable ways,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured).

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FBI Disrupts Operations of the Dispossessor Ransomware Group https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/fbi-disrupts-operations-of-the-dispossessor-ransomware-group/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:07:26 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027535 ransomware Dispossessor takedown

The FBI and law enforcement agencies from the UK and Germany seized servers and domains belonging to the Dispossessor ransomware gang, which had emerged into the spotlight following a similar operation against the notorious LockBit gang in February.

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WTH? DPRK WFH Ransomware Redux: 3rd Person Charged https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/dprk-it-workers-knoot-richixbw/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:55:00 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027467 North Korea

North Korean army of remote IT workers enabled by Matthew Isaac Knoot, alleges DoJ.

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Biden-Harris Campaign, Trump Operative Stone Also Target of Hackers https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/biden-harris-campaign-trump-operative-stone-also-target-of-hackers/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:52:48 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027506 Iran Trump Biden Harris campaign hack cybersecurity

Hackers, possibly from Iran, sent phishing emails to the Biden-Harris campaign and Trump operative Roger Stone hoping to gain access into the systems of both presidential campaigns. It worked with Stone, who compromised email account opened the door to the Trump campaign infrastructure.

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The Cybersecurity Industry is Under Scrutiny Yet Again https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/the-cybersecurity-industry-is-under-scrutiny-yet-again/ https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/the-cybersecurity-industry-is-under-scrutiny-yet-again/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:02:41 +0000 https://www.ciso.inc/?p=18012 Jerald Dawkins, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at CISO Global  In the weeks following the CrowdStrike global tech outage, cyber companies and their end-users alike are evaluating their incident response plans. It likely won’t be long until we see changes in cyber insurance eligibility requirements too… Unfortunately, the cybersecurity industry has been in the crosshairs once […]

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The HealthEquity Data Breach: Key Takeaways https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/the-healthequity-data-breach-key-takeaways/ https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/the-healthequity-data-breach-key-takeaways/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.cimcor.com/blog/the-healthequity-data-breach-key-takeaways HealthEquity Data Breach

In a recent podcast interview with Cybercrime Magazine's host, David Braue, Cyber Expert, Author of "Hacked Again," and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Scott Schober discusses the potential repercussions of the HealthEquity data breach. The podcast can be listened to in its entirety below. 

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TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/tiktok-sued-doj-ftc-coppa-richixbw/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:19:09 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2026655

For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction.

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