We’re all getting emails these days from hackers seeking to install malware on our computers and then steal our data. Phishing and spear phishing schemes start with innocent looking email messages, but when an unsuspecting user clicks a link, the result can be a risk...
All the celebrations are over and the decorations put away, but new ransomware by the name of “Merry Christmas” was discovered last week. Unsuspecting victims are sent an email that appears to either be from the Federal Trade Commission or from a court, both saying...
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we’ve chronicled the fight between LabMD and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a large Federal agency charged with protecting consumers from unfair practices. In this article, we examine a recent FTC decision and a subsequent holding...
In Part 1 of this series, we began to tell the story of how one simple breach of a single rule by a single employee sank a $4 million per year company called LabMD, and how the breach triggered very expensive – and extensive – litigation. As LabMD dealt with its new...
This is a rather different story of a cyber breach than what we usually write about. Instead of a company pitted against an unknown hacker whose identity will probably never be known, this one is about the cyber fight of one company, LabMD, with another, Tiversa. It...
