InfoSec News Nuggets 09/07/2021

Mass. Lawmakers Set To Examine Cybersecurity After Recent Attacks The hearing follows several cyberattacks in Massachusetts and throughout the country. A malware attack forced the state's auto inspection system to shut down for nearly three weeks in the spring, and cities and towns across Massachusetts continue to face the challenge of combatting cyber threats, Finegold said. According to FBI data, residents in Massachusetts lost around $100 million from reported cybercrimes in 2020 alone, Finegold said.…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 02/18/2021

Jones Day is latest major law firm affected by vendor data breach Jones Day confirmed Tuesday that a file transfer platform it used was recently compromised, and that the firm is investigating the breach and talking with affected clients. Hackers that go by the name Clop claim to have stolen files belonging to Jones Day and posted screenshots on the dark web, according to by DataBreaches.net, which posted redacted images of firm correspondence over the…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 5/20/2020

Apple details its plan to safely reopen retail stores Apple’s head of retail Deidre O’Brien has posted a letter on the company’s website detailing how it plans to safely restart operations at its retail stores. Apple shut all of its stores outside Greater China in March as COVID-19 spread worldwide; all the Greater China stores reopened that same month, while Apple is still in the process of taking careful steps elsewhere. “Our commitment is to only move…
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