Arkansas Online reports: The Little Rock School District is continuing to seek an attorney general’s opinion on the legality of holding private school board meetings when reacting to a cyber- or ransomware attack on a district’s electronic information systems. Little Rock Superintendent Jermall Wright sent a lengthy letter in January to the attorney general’s office…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Hong Kong: Data Security Measures Guidance published by the PCPD
Anna Gamvros (HK) and Edward Yau (HK) of Norton Rose Fulbright write: As data breaches and cyber attacks continue to surge and attackers become more sophisticated, organisations are well aware that the need for robust data security measures is becoming increasingly important. In Hong Kong, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (the PCPD)…
Supreme Court Hears Healthcare Identity Theft Case
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court seem ready to restrict federal prosecutors’ use of a federal law criminalizing identity theft after hearing a case challenging its application in a Medicaid fraud case. Traditional identity theft involving appropriation of personal information for criminal ends, such as obtaining fraudulent prescriptions or submitting fake…
CrowdStrike: Threat actors shifting away from ransomware
Alexander Culafi reports: Threat actors are shifting away from traditional ransomware and toward malware-free cyber attacks, according to a new report from CrowdStrike. The cybersecurity vendor this week published its “2023 Global Threat Report,” which annually compiles CrowdStrike’s research related to cybercrime, or “eCrime,” from the previous year. Major topics covered in the 2023 report include malware-free…
Forget the spy balloon. China-linked hackers collect far more information, report finds.
Larry Mayer reports: Even as the Chinese spy balloon floated across the U.S., China-linked hackers were gathering far more information by breaking into computer networks in America and around the world, according to a new report by a leading cybersecurity firm. CrowdStrike says in its annual global threat report that it observed China-linked cyberespionage groups targeting 39 industries on…
How Offensive Action is Countering Ransomware
Intel471 writes: Ransomware attacks have crossed a red line for many countries with continued merciless attacks. The threat to national economies and critical infrastructure marked a turning point. Governments are fighting back, and one of the strategies now routinely employed is infiltrating the servers and infrastructure of ransomware gangs. A recent offensive action against a…