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More on 201 CMR 17 - Get that WISP

Posted by Cathie Briggette on Thu, May 11, 2017

 

In February 2010, Massachusetts raised the bar in security for businesses keeping it's residents’ information, by creating the most comprehensive data protection and privacy law in the United States – 201 C.M.R. 17;  also, known as the Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth. This regulation issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs requires all businesses that license or own personal information of a Massachusetts resident to comply with the minimum-security standards set forth in the regulation.

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Topics: 201CMR17.00, cybersecurity

Airline Phishing Attack

Posted by Steven Lai on Tue, May 02, 2017

 

There is another cyber attack out there and it is toward airline clients and their employees. This new cyber campaign is attacking companies involved with shipping goods and employee traveling.

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Topics: Disaster Recovery, cybersecurity

New Web Browser promises privacy

Posted by Steven Lai on Mon, May 01, 2017

A brand new web broswer promises privacy for web searching! The web browser is called Brave. The browser promises to provide an option that leaves no trace of or history to the web sites that have been visit.

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Topics: Data Security, cybersecurity

Notorious Russian Hacker Caught & Arrested by FBI

Posted by Steven Lai on Sun, Apr 30, 2017

 

A Notorious Russian hacker on the run for years, has finally been caught by the FBI.  The arrest was made during a vacation with has family in Spain.
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Russian hacker (Peter Levashov) is known for his huge cyber criminal activity. All of Peter's cyber criminal activity included draining other people's bank accounts and stock fraud. Furthermore, Peter Levashov is known for running a spam campign that included continuously sending emails that would advertise convincing counterfeit pharmaceuticals and remedies for erectile dysfunction.
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Topics: cybersecurity

A new ransomware that deletes ALL of your backup files

Posted by Steven Lai on Fri, Apr 21, 2017

You have a backup plan to store your files.. just in case your main device is hacked... You think you are safe.... Yet, now there is another type of attack, a cyber attack, called Samas Ransomware that can and will decimate all of your backup files, so are you truly safe?

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Topics: Data Security, anti virus, cybersecurity