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NYDFS Releases Industry Letter on the Use of Self-Service Password Reset Feature

January 23, 2024 By Kim Peretti, Kate Hanniford, Lance Taubin, Ashley Miller and Colton Jackson

On January 12, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released a new Industry Letter on the use of self-service password reset (“SSPR”) services, which enable users to reset their own password without the assistance of help desk or IT professionals. The Industry Letter discusses the risks associated with the use of […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Crimes Tagged With: Cybersecurity, SSPR

NY AG’s Office Announces Significant Cybersecurity Settlement with Healthcare Company

January 16, 2024 By Kim Peretti, Alysa Austin and Andrew Rice

On January 5, 2024, the New York Attorney General’s Office (“NY AG”) announced a settlement with Refuah Health Center, Inc. (“Refuah”) based on the company’s alleged failures to appropriately safeguard its patients’ information, including failing to encrypt patient information or use multifactor authentication, which allegedly resulted in a May 2021 ransomware attack that impacted approximately […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Security Breach

FBI Cautions Organizations on Dual Ransomware Attacks

October 24, 2023 By Kim Peretti and Alysa Austin

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Private Industry Notification on September 27, 2023, highlighting two concerning ransomware trends and providing companies with guidance on mitigating potential threat actor activity. As of July 2023, the FBI observed multiple ransomware attacks where two attacks against the same victim involving different ransomware variants are deployed often […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Digital Crimes, Ransomware

CISA Releases Advisory Concerning Chinese-Backed Threat Actor

October 9, 2023 By Kim Peretti

On September 27, 2023, The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Japanese National Police Agency (NPA), and the Japanese National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) released a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) concerning the recent activity of […]

Filed Under: Advisories, China, Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Insurance Data Security, National Security, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Data Protection

California Proposes Annual Audits to Assess Sufficiency and Compliance of Company Cybersecurity

September 18, 2023 By Kim Peretti and Kristen Bartolotta

In late August 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA” or “Agency”) released a discussion draft of proposed regulations under California’s data privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). Importantly, the proposed regulations set forth more detailed obligations for company cybersecurity programs, including routinely assessing and filing audits with the CPPA. Though these draft […]

Filed Under: California, CCPA, CPPA, CPRA, Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Regulation Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Audit, Data Protection

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