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[Webcast Transcript] From Breach to Insight: Incident Response & PII Recovery

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Editor’s Note: In this informative webcast, Christopher Wall, DPO and Special Counsel for Global Privacy and Forensics at HaystackID, moderates a compelling discussion titled “From Breach to Insight: Incident Response and PII...more

Baker Donelson

Hackers Can Securely Enter Your Networks with XZ

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A security researcher found an intentionally placed backdoor in a software library called XZ Utils on April 2. This backdoor allows hackers to hijack secure sessions, or create their own, on devices within an organization's...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Corporate Boards Mulling Effects of SEC Cyber Enforcement and CISO Exposure, and Possibly Hacker Complaints to SEC

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According to a New York Times story this weekend, the Security Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against SolarWinds is driving discussions in boardrooms and corporate security departments of large organizations about the handling...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Digital Planning Podcast Episode: When Cyber Attacks Hit Home

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Cyber security impacts everyone who has a computer, tablet, mobile device, or on-line presence. With cyber-attacks occurring every day, we are all potential targets who should constantly be monitoring our cyber behaviors. In...more

Hogan Lovells

Building a resilient tech strategy: Cyber attacks

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Being an innovative business comes with its challenges and legal risks. In recent years, there has been a major increase in cyber attacks, and this is a real risk for every business. Aside from the cyber attack itself,...more

Goldberg Segalla

Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts: The Scourge That Is Business Email Compromise

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In June 2014, the CEO of Omaha-based Scoular Company sent a series of emails to his company’s controller to let him know that the company was in negotiations to buy a Chinese company. The emails highlighted the sensitivity of...more

Foley Hoag LLP

[Webinar] How to Prevent and Respond to Business Email Compromises - April 26th, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ET

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Please join us for a discussion and Q&A regarding the growing threat of business email compromises (a.k.a. man-in-the-middle attacks). Attorneys Chris Hart and Yoni Bard, litigators with experience in privacy matters and...more

Fisher Phillips

Shields Up: 10 Proactive Steps Employers Can Take to Prevent Russian Cybersecurity Attacks

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Tensions have been heightening in the Russia-Ukraine crisis given the Russian military invasion that took place late last night – and while this conflict seems to be thousands of miles away, its effects on your business could...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Discerning Data Cyber Vulnerability Alert: Log4j

According to numerous government and media sources, malicious cyber actors are targeting a new “zero day” vulnerability on a massive scale. This vulnerability, referred to as “Log4j” or “Log4Shell,” has resulted in widespread...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Webinar Series: Password Protected: Essential Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Planning for Your Small...

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With almost daily news of top firms impacted by data breaches or ransomware attacks, there is no doubt that effective cybersecurity and data privacy are essential to any business. And small businesses are not immune....more

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[Webinar] Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Series: Password Protected: Essential Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Planning for Your Small...

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With almost daily news of top firms impacted by data breaches or ransomware attacks, there is no doubt that effective cybersecurity and data privacy are essential to any business. And small businesses are not immune....more

Lighthouse

Cybersecurity Defense: Biden Administration Executive Order a Great Start Towards a More Robust National Framework

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On May 12, President Biden issued a landmark Executive Order (“the Order”) aimed at improving the country’s cybersecurity threat defense. This Order is an attempt to create a “whole of government” response to increasingly...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Cybersecurity Compliance Programs for Law Firms

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Law firms process sensitive information on a daily basis. Confidential client data is targeted by hackers and insiders for a variety of reasons including financial gain or retaliatory purposes. When a law firm has a security...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Incident Response Plans and Preparedness

I know I sound like a vinyl record that has a scratch in it, but I write it as I see it. And right now, I am seeing that the companies hit with cyber-attacks, ransomware attacks, double extortion attacks, and data theft are...more

King & Spalding

Ransomware on the Rise in Critical Infrastructure Sector

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Recent ransomware attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure, which includes the energy sector’s production of oil and natural gas, and other sources of electricity and power, have shed a spotlight on the importance of...more

Baker Donelson

Cyber Criminals Now Have the Keys to Your "House"

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On Tuesday, December 8 one of the nation's leading cyber defense vendors (FireEye) announced it suffered a recent cyber-attack from a "highly sophisticated threat actor, one whose discipline, operational security lead us to...more

Fisher Phillips

Not If But When: Cybercrime Targets Telework

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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans have deserted the physical workplace. Modern technology and remote access capabilities have made it possible to transform almost any job to a telework position. As...more

Hogan Lovells

(Discussion Recap) A Perfect Storm? Panel Discussion on Handling a Cybersecurity Incident

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Using a hypothetical case study, revealed in a series of short animations, Hogan Lovells partners Philip Parish, Arwen Handley, Nicola Fulford and Peter Marta considered topics such as good cyber incident preparedness, board...more

Carlton Fields

Canna We Talk Cannabis? Cybersecurity Risks Bring Growing Pains to Cannabis Businesses

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In this episode, Carlton Fields attorneys Kevin McCoy and Joe Swanson discuss the circumstances involved in a recent data breach involving the cannabis industry. We explore cybersecurity and data privacy issues that all...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCAM). NCAM serves as a timely reminder to continue to assess and improve organizational cybersecurity. In honor of NCAM, here are five fundamental steps that every...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Cybersecurity: How to Protect Yourself and Your Company

Just recently, Equifax had the largest-ever settlement for a data breach. They are to pay at least $575 million, and potentially as much as $700 million, to settle allegations over its massive 2017 data breach. What we tell...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

As Cyberattacks Rise, U.S. Business Readiness Falls

Two recent reports reflect that cyberattacks and resulting data breaches continue to threaten U.S. companies and public entities. The Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report (April 23, 2019), compiled from a survey of more than 1,000...more

Verrill

Is Cybersecurity on Your 2019 Work Plan?

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On December 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) closed out the year by releasing long-awaited voluntary cybersecurity guidelines for the health care industry. The four-volume publication,...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

Auto-ISAC announces automotive cybersecurity best practices

Members of the Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC) recently released an overview of comprehensive Automotive Cybersecurity Best Practices developed as a proactive measure to further enhance vehicle...more

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