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Preparing for the Cybersecurity and Fraud Risks of Deepfakes: What Executive Teams Need to Know

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The widespread availability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools has enabled the growing use of “deepfakes,” whereby the human voice and likeness can be replicated seamlessly such that impersonations are impossible to detect...more

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Why Executive Teams Should Prepare for the Cybersecurity and Fraud Risks of Deepfakes

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The widespread availability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools has enabled the growing use of “deepfakes,” whereby the human voice and likeness can be replicated seamlessly such that impersonations are impossible to detect...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Wire-Fraud, Data Breach, and Phishing: A Live Action Role Play for In House Counsel

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At the recent In-House Counsel Seminar, three Ward and Smith attorneys presented a realistic role play response to an incidence of wire fraud, addressing red flags associated with fraudulent communications, corporate incident...more

Adams and Reese LLP

Don’t Fall Prey to “The $43 Billion Scam”: Business Email Compromise Schemes on the Rise for Construction Companies

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As updated statistics from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center show, business email compromise (BEC) schemes increasingly put funds transfers at risk. Between June 2016 and December 2021, reported exposed dollar loss...more

Smith Gambrell Russell

FBI Goes After Cyber Criminals With RAT

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Did you know that the FBI has an Internet Crime Complaint Center called IC3? And did you know that IC3 has a Recovery Asset Team called RAT that, in 2021 alone, used its Financial Fraud Kill Chain (FFKC) to successfully...more

Clark Hill PLC

Be Vigilant for Fraudulent Emails – Even if They’re From the FBI

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The FBI has reported that an email system was compromised and used to send out thousands of fraudulent emails about a fake cybercrime investigation to over 100,000 inboxes....more

Alston & Bird

FBI Releases IC3 2020 Internet Crime Report Showing Record Increase in Cybercrime

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The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (“IC3”) recently released its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report (“Report”), which gathers statistics from nearly 800,000 complaints of suspected cybercrimes that the...more

Blank Rome LLP

FBI Alert: Enhanced Threat of Cyber Fraud Tied to COVID-19

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As the coronavirus global health emergency continues apace, cyber criminals have continued their concerted effort to exploit this crisis for financial gain via cyberattacks and scams tied to COVID-19. In recent weeks, threat...more

K2 Integrity

Targeted Cyber Frauds in Today’s Global Crisis

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You receive an email saying that due to COVID-19, a number of regularly scheduled meetings are moving to new dates and times. While hovering over the conveniently provided email link to your calendar, you notice the email...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Law Firm Cyber Alerts

Beware of Fraudsters Posing as Government Investigators to Obtain Protected Health Information

Risk Management Question - What precautions can law firms, along with their lawyers and staff, take when they receive an unexpected request for protected health information (PHI) from someone claiming to be a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Business E-mail Compromise Scam v2.0

In March, we reported on the Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) scam where criminals target employees responsible for wiring company money, and trick them into wiring money under false pretenses to fraudulent accounts...more

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