Would Your Employees Notice Millions in Fraud? The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced indictments against two individuals suspected of familiar fraud schemes that led to $8 million in losses for Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority commuter rail operator Keolis between July 2014 and November 2021. Both the scope and the longevity of these schemes…
Like Big Papi said “This is our f–king city.” It’s the 10th anniversary of that beautiful – tragic day. The new Netflix documentary “American Manhunt; The Boston Marathon Bombing”, has me sobbing in my kitchen. I’ve watched the movie Patriots Day with Mark Wahlberg countless times. This week I was asked to speak at a high school on…
It took less than 5 months for a significant ChatGPT breach. This is not surprising, given the incredible pace of the software’s adoption. On February 1, Reuters reported that ChatGPT had reached 100 million active monthly users in the two months since its launch, citing data from UBS. Any platform as new as ChatGPT with a userbase…
Comprehensive Program Includes Personal Security and Cyber Security Certification DENVER, CO – April 4, 2023 – Protect Now, a leading provider of cyber security training and solutions, today announced an agreement with RE/MAX, LLC, a global real estate franchisor with more than 140,000 agents in almost 9,000 offices and a presence in more than 110…
Last week, AT&T reported the latest in a series of high-profile data breaches. The company announced that approximately 9 million customer records, including names, email addresses, phone numbers and account numbers, were stolen from a third-party marketing firm that had been given access to the data by AT&T. How do these large-scale data breaches happen?…
Valentine’s Day kicked off a big week for software patch fans, as Apple sent out a patch for its operating systems and Microsoft pushed a flurry of patches for Windows. If you are not a software patch fan, you should be. The seconds you spend patching work and personal devices can save thousands of dollars and dozens of hours…
As tax season begins, cyber crime targeting W-2 forms is on the rise. Criminals want W-2 forms so they can file fraudulent tax returns and cash the refund checks. Victims find out about these scams when they attempt to file their legitimate returns, only to be told that a return has already been filed. The…
Cyber insurance may not offer the protection you expect. In a case that has far-reaching implications for all policyholders, leading cyber insurance providers challenged a New Jersey court ruling ordering them to pay damages for the 2017 “NotPetya” attack that led to $1.4 billion in losses for pharmaceutical company Merck & Co, The Wall Street…
In a sign of its aggressive new posture against cyber criminals, the United States government infiltrated and compromised the Hive ransomware gang, blocking hundreds of millions in ransomware payments and seizing control of the gang’s website. No arrests were announced, but authorities in Germany and The Netherlands were able to seize the ransomware gang’s servers. Hacking the…
This is Data Privacy Week, when everyone who uses the Web is encouraged to think about, and limit, the amount of personal data they share online. We often think of data privacy and data breaches in terms of someone stealing information we have shared. During this week, that thinking should be reversed: Ask what you…
