A former Ohio insurance agent was sentenced this month to five years of probation for thefts exceeding $1.4 million. Rhonda Chandler, of the Columbus area, stole and misappropriated funds, including premiums for pre-need life insurance policies, commonly known as burial or funeral insurance, according to an investigation by the Ohio Department of Insurance. The misused … Read more
By Michael Menapace, Esq., Wiggin and Dana LLP When I first wrote here about insurance coverage related to cryptocurrency theft, I discussed whether these digital assets were securities (as suggested by the SEC) or property (as suggested by the IRS) and how that might impact insurance coverage under a typical homeowners policy. I also discussed whether … Read more
Supply chain software giant Blue Yonder says it is investigating claims of data theft after a ransomware gang threatened to publish troves of data stolen from the company. Arizona-based Blue Yonder, which provides supply chain management software to thousands of organizations including DHL, Starbucks and Walgreens, was hit by a cyberattack on November 21. The … Read more
Nov 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cyber Threat Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed six security flaws in the Ollama artificial intelligence (AI) framework that could be exploited by a malicious actor to perform various actions, including denial-of-service, model poisoning, and model theft. “Collectively, the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to carry out a wide-range of malicious actions … Read more
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of ongoing phishing campaigns that abuse refresh entries in HTTP headers to ship spoofed e mail login pages which can be designed to reap customers’ credentials. “Not like different phishing webpage distribution habits by means of HTML content material, these assaults use the response header despatched by a server, which happens … Read more