Sollers College to Cancel $3.4 Million in Student Debt to Resolve Charges It Used Deceptive Ads to Lure Prospective Students into Illegal Contracts

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Phishing: What’s in a Name?

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October 18, 2023,Recent news is filled with stories of companies being compromised, a pattern that goes back years, if not decades. The compromises might lead to attackers deploying ransomware, or other types of malicious activity like the theft of intellectual property and customer data. Stories of these compromises often start the same way, namely through

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CISA, NSA, FBI, and MS-ISAC Release Phishing Prevention Guidance

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Today, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint guide, Phishing Guidance: Stopping the Attack Cycle at Phase One. The joint guide outlines phishing techniques malicious actors commonly use and provides guidance for

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US Department of Labor recovers $56K for 35 employees of Los Angeles restaurant that illegally allowed manager to take portions of tips

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Employer:      BBQ Ookook Inc., operating as Oo-Kook Korean BBQ                        3385 W. Eighth St.Los Angeles, CA 90005                                                                                                        Investigation findings: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the Koreatown restaurant employer allowed a manager to take portions of the tips left by customers, a violation of tip pool requirements under the Fair Labor Standards

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US Department of Labor recovers $224K in back wages from two contractors for 37 electricians denied full wages on federally funded project

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ORLANDO, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $224,113 in lost wages and benefits for 37 Florida workers after finding two employers failed to pay fringe benefits and prevailing and overtime wages to employees working on a new Veterans Affairs multi-specialty outpatient clinic in Daytona Beach.The recovery follows investigations by the department’s Wage and Hour

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