Company also went after business owners with threats of violence The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against two New York-based companies engaged in small-business financing, along with several of Read more…
A new report by Digital Shadows Photon Research Team examines a newly launched DDoS protection filter mechanism dubbed EndGame advertised on the dark web community forum Dread, which required a combined effort Read more…
A new report from Corvus found a 75-percent increase in reports of ransomware attacks on healthcare entities from H1 2019 to H2 2019.
A rogue payment processor and its owners agreed to be permanently banned from payment processing in order to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Ohio that Read more…
Security awareness training is no longer a “nice-to-have” for organizations. End users have become a critical component of effective security postures. Employees must have a strong understanding of cybersecurity best Read more…
Convincing C-suite executives to approve budgets for security system upgrades may be difficult in the best of times. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting financial upheaval it caused may make Read more…
Federal Trade Commission investigators, working undercover in five states, found failures to disclose timely itemized pricing information, as required by the Funeral Rule, in 17 of the 90 funeral homes Read more…
In a Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 report filed with Congress last week, the White House says the number of cybersecurity incidents recorded at US federal agencies in Read more…
Lockdowns and social-distancing measures aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus seem to have shortened the influenza season in the northern hemisphere by about six weeks, says a new study.
Letters to six companies target deceptive claims in response to pandemic The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has sent six letters warning multi-level marketing companies (MLMs) to remove and Read more…