Ransomware has been sickening healthcare institutions. It has become a plague.
Healthcare’s Ransomware Epidemic
Tag: Cybersecurity
Archive of all posts about cybersecurity by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness and security training company.
Ransomware on a Rampage
Ransomware is on a rampage! Attacks are happening with ever-increasing frequency, and ransomware is evolving and becoming more powerful. Several major media sites, such as the New York Times, BBC, AOL, and the NFL, were recently infected with malware that directed visitors to sites attempting to install ransomware on their computers. Ransomware has the potential […]
Can the FBI Force Apple to Write Software to Weaken Its Software?
A dramatic legal battle is taking place that will have dramatic implications for the future of technology, privacy, security, and the extent of government power. The FBI obtained an order from a magistrate judge to force Apple to develop software to help the FBI break into an encrypted iPhone.
Information Security Training: Focus on the Human Problem
I created a new poster about information security training, which is debuting at the RSA conference. This poster is based on the fact that the vast majority of information security incidents and data breaches occur because of human mistakes. Information security is only in small part a technology problem; it is largely a human problem. […]
Spot the Privacy and Security Risks Training Game
I’m pleased to announce a new training program: Spot the Risks: Privacy and Security. The program is a Where’s Waldo style risk-spotting game that takes about 5 minutes to complete. Trainees are asked to spot the risks in an office. Feedback is provided about each risk so trainees learn many of the most important best […]
Notable Privacy and Security Books 2015
For several years, I have been posting about notable books on privacy and security, and this post lists some of the notable books from 2015. To see a more comprehensive list of nonfiction works about privacy and security, you might consult this resource page that Professor Paul Schwartz and I maintain: Nonfiction Privacy + Security […]
What Can We Learn From Bad Passwords?
By Daniel J. Solove The SplashData annual list of the 25 most widely used bad passwords recently was posted for passwords used in 2015. The list is compiled annually by examining passwords leaked during a particular year. Here is the list of passwords for 2015, and below it, I have some thoughts and reactions to […]
The Ultimate Unifying Approach to Complying with All Laws and Regulations
Professor Woodrow Hartzog and I have just published our new article, The Ultimate Unifying Approach to Complying with All Laws and Regulations, 19 Green Bag 2d 223 (2016). Our article took years of research and analysis, intensive writing, countless drafts, and endless laboring over every word. But we hope we achieved a monumental breakthrough in the […]
Blogging Highlights 2015: Cybersecurity Issues
I’ve been going through my blog posts from 2015 to find the ones I most want to highlight. Here are some selected posts about security: The Worst Password Ever Created Should the FTC Kill the Password? The Case for Better Authentication
Ransomware’s Dilemma: Pay It or Not?
Ransomware is one of the most frightening scourges to hit the Internet. Ransomware is a form of malware (malicious code) that encrypts a person’s files and demands a ransom payment to decrypt them. If the money isn’t paid, the encryption keys are destroyed, and the data is lost forever. Ransomware began to emerge in 2009, […]