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CyberSecurity
16 Nov, 2023

Stay Vigilant to Help Prevent Cyberattacks During the Holidays

Cybercrimes tend to increase during the holiday season, as malicious actors take advantage of the increased employee travel and distractions that are more common during the holiday season. To help protect from cyberattacks during the busy holiday season, the FBI and CISA compiled several recommendations that employees can take now to prevent from these kinds of attacks.

CyberSecurity
20 Jan, 2022

Phishing Via Gmail Accounts

A survey conducted by Barracuda surveyed 10,500 organizations and found that 35% of them had at least one bait attack email in September 2021 alone.

CyberSecurity
03 Sep, 2021

SEC Cybersecurity Sanctions: Your Firm Could Be Next

On August 30th, the SEC sanctioned eight firms in three actions for failures in cybersecurity policies and procedures.

The SEC’s Latest Exam and Request List Trends

Some focus areas, like cybersecurity and business continuity, are more relevant than ever with the changes to how business is conducted worldwide.

SEC
21 Jul, 2021

SEC Cybersecurity Sweep Exams? Here is what you need to know.

There has been an increase in SEC Exam requests related to cybersecurity due to surge in supply chain attacks and data breaches.

CyberSecurity
13 Jul, 2021

Kaseya Attack: What You Should Know and How You Should Respond

It was recently discovered that Kaseya’s VSA software had an unknown, zero-day vulnerability in the software which was exploited for an attack.

CyberSecurity
18 Mar, 2021

The New Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act – What Does It Mean for My Firm?

On March 2, 2021, Virginia governor Ralph Northam signed into law the Consumer Data Privacy Act (CDPA), which will take effect in 2023.

CyberSecurity
01 Mar, 2021

Six New Data Privacy Bills That Could Become Law in 2021

State mandated data privacy regulations are constantly evolving to meet the needs of the changing cybersecurity landscape.

Flash Reports
05 Feb, 2021

Lessons from the SolarWinds Breach to Enhance Your Cybersecurity and Vendor Management Programs

Remediation efforts have been underway for two months after the burgeoning SolarWinds attack. Findings indicated the breach affected around 1,800 companies.

Flash Reports
26 Jan, 2021

SonicWall Issues and Retracts Alert of Hackers Exploiting Zero-Day Vulnerability Within SonicWall VPN

SonicWall, a company providing firewalls and other cybersecurity solutions, issued an alert indicating that it had found a probable zero-day vulnerability with its SMA 100 series products on Jan. 22, 2021.

Flash Reports
14 Jan, 2021

Hackers Use Mimecast Certificate to Access Microsoft Accounts

On Jan. 12, 2021, the cloud-based email security and management provider Mimecast disclosed that one of its digital certificates was hacked.