Cybercriminals Adopt COVID-19 Themes to Gain Access to Home and Office Networks

(June 13, 2020)  Cybercriminals are following workers to their homes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic to gain access to employer’s networks using COVID-19 themed phishing campaigns. Cyberattacks “in the COVID-19 era are focused on stealing your information and using remote employees as doorways into more valuable networks,” reports Malwarebytes Labs in a new […]
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Cheryl Balough Heads Cyberspace Law Committee

(October 20, 2017) Cheryl Dancey Balough has been appointed chair of the Cyberspace Law Committee of the ABA Business Law Section. The committee provides a forum for the analysis of corporate, transactional, and regulatory issues related to the internet and digital technologies. The committee’s areas of expertise include privacy, information security, cybersecurity, e-commerce, mobile/telecommunications, digital […]
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Cyberattacks on Cars Coming in 2016 and Beyond

(November 22, 2015) Cyberattacks on automobiles will increase in 2016 and beyond, “likely resulting in lost lives” according to McAfee Labs’ 2016 Threats Prediction. The problem is acute because there has been a rapid deployment of hardware in cars connected to the internet and much of the hardware is “built without foundational security principles,” leaving […]
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