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Proactive Defense: A Step-by-Step Guide To Assessing Your Organization's Cyber Risk

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In the continuously evolving landscape of cyber threats, organizations must be proactive in identifying and mitigating potential risks to their digital assets and operations. A critical step in building cyber resilience is...more

HaystackID

Alarming Insurance Gaps and Soaring Breach Rates Call for a United Front in Cybersecurity

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Editor's Note: The convergence of CYE's and Surfshark's analyses reveals a critical juncture in the fight against cyber threats. With the U.S. leading global data breaches and businesses facing significant insurance coverage...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

Treasury Department Warns Financial Institutions to Prepare for AI-Age Fraud — AI: The Washington Report

Pursuant to President Biden’s October 2023 AI executive order, the US Department of Treasury (Treasury) released a report on cybersecurity risks in the financial services sector in March 2024. While recognizing the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Evolution of the Chinese Hacking Threat: Risks for Government and Industry

On May 24, 2023, Microsoft announced the detection of a direct threat to critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and elsewhere in the United States. The alert attributed observed malicious activity to a state-sponsored...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

House Subcommittees Hold Hearing on Combating Ransomware Attacks

In late September, two subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives held a joint hearing on responding to ransomware attacks. The hearing—held by the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FIN7/Carbon Spider Attacks Veeam Backup Servers

Researchers at WithSecure cybersecurity firm have seen two malware attacks against Veeam Backup and Replication servers believed to be initiated by cybercrime group FIN7, also known as Carbon Spider, which has also been...more

Woods Rogers

Ransomware – What it is, how to avoid it, and what to do if you are infected.

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Ransomware has been one of the top cyber threats in the past several years. Thanks to the WannaCry attack of 2017 and others, most people have heard of this type of cyber threat, but many do not know how it works, how to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Hackers Experimenting with Deploying Destructive Malware

It’s a cold, hard fact that hackers don’t really care about their victims or their victims’ data or business. They are greedy, evil human beings that just want the money....more

StoneTurn

Cyber Threat Actors 2022 – Understanding the Drivers of Crisis

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Moving towards more predictive postures, leveraging multiple sources of information such as cyber threat, business, and geopolitical intelligence, allow organizations to gain a better handle on crises before they occur. By...more

Burr & Forman

FINRA Warns Against Russian-Sponsored Cyber Attacks

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In its April 27 Weekly Update, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (“FINRA”) National Cause and Financial Crimes Detection program urged FINRA member firms to review a cyber-threat alert arising from Russia’s...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

The Many-Headed Threat of Ransomware

It may seem that the very term “ransomware” wasted little time going from “newish-sounding threat” to expected, constant presence in the news and IT meetings alike. But, of course, it’s ultimately just a modern word for one...more

Lighthouse

Cybersecurity Defense: Recommendations for Companies Impacted by the Biden Administration Executive Order

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As summarized in the first installment of our two-part blog series, President Biden recently issued a sweeping Executive Order aimed at improving the nation’s cybersecurity defense. The Order is a reaction to increased...more

Alston & Bird

U.S. Takes Part in Multinational Efforts to Disrupt Netwalker Ransomware and Emotet Malware

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On January 27 and 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two successful operations to disrupt two different strains of malware, Netwalker ransomware and a banking Trojan known as Emotet, which have affected...more

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[Virtual Event] 2021 Alaska Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 26th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm AKST

Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more

Clark Hill PLC

Notorious Malware Threat Emotet Returns as Windows Update Attachment

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Emotet, arguably one of the most active malware threats of the past five years, took a bit of a break during the summer months to receive an update and has returned now as a Windows Update attachment....more

Alston & Bird

UK National Cyber Security Centre Advisory: Russian Attackers, APT29, Targets Companies Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Development

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The UK National Cyber Security Centre and Canada’s Communications Security Establishment released an advisory linking APT29 (also known as, ‘the Dukes’ or ‘Cozy Bear’) to attacks against COVID-19 vaccine development in...more

Baker Donelson

Human Resources and Employment Counsel Beware: Increase in Malware Attacks Raising New Concerns for Employers

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Human resources can no longer just rely on their IT and legal counsel to focus on the concerns and issues surrounding cyberattacks. As more companies re-open and unemployment rates grow, cyber criminals are continuing to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Emerging Cyber-Security Threats for 2020: The Rise of Disruptionware and High-Impact Ransomware Attacks

Disruptionware is defined by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) as a new and “emerging category of malware designed to suspend operations within a victim organization through the compromise of the...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Obvious Partnership — Compliance and Cybersecurity

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Cybersecurity compliance, like the compliance profession, is rapidly growing. The forces pushing cyber compliance are two-fold: the ever-increasing and changing nature of cyber threats and harms, and the logical application...more

Hogan Lovells

Malware Capable of Shutting Down Electric Grids Confirmed

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Malware was recently identified that appears to have been designed and deployed by a nation-state to target and shut down electric grids. According to published reports, this malware currently appears to be capable of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Take-Aways from WannaCry

We have read multiple reports on WannaCry and if you are reading this and don’t know what WannaCry is, Google it for the background story. The clear message is this is not the last major attack we will see, and future attacks...more

K2 Integrity

Is The Most Frightening Cyber Trend Numbness Leading to Complacency?

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Today’s new cyber world necessitates protection of what is most important to you. The cyber landscape continues to change on a near daily basis and shows no signs of slowing. K2 Intelligence’s Jeremy Kroll and Austin...more

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