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CFTC Division of Enforcement, FY 2023: A Year in Review and Looking Ahead

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/15/2023

On November 7, 2023, the Division of Enforcement ("Division") of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") released its annual report of the results of its enforcement efforts, announcing that it had...more

Threat Groups Using Translation Tools in Phishing Attacks

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/24/2023

It used to be that one of the sure ways to identify a phishing email was to notice grammatical errors or broken English in the text of the communication. Thanks to new translation tools like Google Translate, that are...more

Social Media Enables Social Engineering Scams

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/3/2023

The more one uses and shares on social media, the more information is publicly available for cyber attackers to use to exploit users’ personal and professional information....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/11/2020

CYBERSECURITY - Greater Baltimore Medical Center Hit with Ransomware - The Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) was hit with a ransomware attack over the weekend (December 5-6) that potentially delayed procedures planned...more

Cyber Coverage in the Age of COVID-19 Need Not Result in Pandemonium

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/30/2020

While businesses and their employees continue to operate in the “new frontier” of working-from-home during the COVID-19 pandemic and the gradual reopening of the economy, a serious risk continues to present itself: the threat...more

Looks Phishy? It Probably Is: Tech Safety During The COVID-19 Outbreak

McManis Faulkner on 4/21/2020

These are truly unprecedented times. With the coronavirus outbreak, most of the nation is sheltering in place, and only essential businesses remain open. Even just a few months ago, if you had mentioned “global pandemic,”...more

Court Rejects Coverage for Phishing Loss Under Financial Institutions Bond, Calls for More Briefing on Computer Systems Fraud...

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 2/18/2020

A New Jersey federal district court held last week that losses arising out of a phishing scam were not covered under a bank's Financial Institutions Bond. In Crown Bank JJR Holding Co. v. Great Am. Ins. Co., 2020 U.S. Dist....more

Conflicts in Circuits’ Approach to Email Scams Hold Lessons

Zelle LLP on 2/11/2020

With unprecedented activity online, cybercrime is growing in frequency, sophistication and aggregate effect. Despite the increased visibility of cybercrime, cybersecurity continues to lag behind this curve. Cybercriminals...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - October 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/4/2019

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the California attorney general's draft regulations on the California Consumer Privacy Act, the CJEU's clarified rulings on the use of cookies, the...more

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/3/2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

Fool Me Twice…SEC’s latest Cyber-Fraud ROI Indicates Future Enforcement Against Hacker Victims

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/29/2018

In the aftermath of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) latest Report of Investigation (“Report”) regarding cyberattacks via “spoofed or manipulated electronic communications,” companies should prepare to adjust...more

Can a Cyber Breach Be a Violation of Internal Controls? The SEC Says, ‘Maybe’

A&O Shearman on 10/30/2018

On October 16, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a report outlining an investigation conducted by the SEC’s Division of Enforcement related to the internal accounting controls at nine public companies...more

SEC 21(a) Report Warns Public Company Email Scam Victims of Bigger Problems Than Stolen Money

Perkins Coie on 10/26/2018

Known by many names, including business email compromise fraud, CEO or CFO fraud, impersonation attacks, or “Man-in-the-Email” scams, cyber-related frauds involving spoofed or otherwise compromised business electronic...more

SEC Investigative Report on Cybersecurity Emphasizes Internal Controls

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/22/2018

On October 16, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Report of Investigation (Report) detailing an investigation by the SEC’s Enforcement Division into the internal accounting controls of nine issuers...more

Don’t Let Spoofing Fool You – SEC Says Internal Accounting Controls Should Address Cyber Threats

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/19/2018

On October 16, 2018, the SEC released an Investigative Report detailing recent email spoofing schemes that caused nine public companies to lose a total of nearly $100 million. Building on its February 2018 guidance about the...more

SEC Warns Companies of Potential Internal Accounting Control Violations with Business Email Compromise

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/19/2018

• The SEC issued guidance in the form of a rare “21(a) report” this week after investigating a series of email frauds impacting 9 unnamed companies. • These email-based frauds, referred to as “CEO scams” or “vendor scams,”...more

HIPAA and Accounting Cybersecurity Update

Winstead PC on 10/18/2018

It is a strange combination of events today, but two different agencies released reports on cybersecurity issues that all companies should consider when looking at their systems, controls and checks. The U.S. Department of...more

Cyber Insurance: Court’s Recent Decisions May Change What Your Policy Covers

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/3/2018

Cyber incidents can take many forms—phishing, insider theft, SQL injection, malware, denial of service, session hijacking, credential farming, or just old fashion “hacking.” Although many of these attack vectors employ...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/7/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine Brazil's new data protection regulation, the French data protection authority's warning to two companies of potential GDPR violations and the U.S....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2018

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/6/2018

Russian Hackers Successfully Phished Hundreds of U.S. Companies Last Year - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has indicated that Russian hackers successful attacked the energy, nuclear, aviation, and critical...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/2/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine California's new sweeping privacy law, two U.S. agencies' report on "botnet" threats and the European Parliament's call to suspend the Privacy Shield....more

Two New Federal Decisions Are Beacons for Policyholders Navigating Computer Fraud Claims for Spoofing Losses

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog on 7/25/2018

On insurance coverage issues, sometimes the boat seems to be listing in the wrong direction. For example, insurers have long tilted the decks to avoid coverage for “spoofing” attacks and similar kinds of email fraud by...more

Second Circuit Holds Phishing Email Using PHP Script is Covered “Computer Fraud”

White and Williams LLP on 7/9/2018

Scams from business compromise emails (BECs) have been labeled by the FBI as a “$5 billion” problem. Sometimes known as “CEO Fraud,” BECs are where an email, purportedly coming from a high-ranking company official or vendor,...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/3/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the EU's General Data Protection Regulation going into effect despite some member states lacking in local necessary legislation, a pair of U.S. states'...more

Gone Phishing: Employer Faces Liability for Mistakenly Disclosing W-2 Forms to Scammer

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP on 4/26/2018

Phishing. Spoofing. - These words may sound silly, but for employers, they are anything but. Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive electronic information—such as usernames, passwords, or financial...more

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