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Hackers Extort Victim with SEC Whistleblower Complaint

In an unintended consequence of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) unprecedented rulemaking agenda, a black-hat hacker gang has filed a whistleblower complaint against its victim for not reporting a cybersecurity...more

SIFMA’s After-Action Report on Quantum Dawn VI Cybersecurity Exercise

On March 31, 2022, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”) released its after-action report on Quantum Dawn VI – a global financial-markets cybersecurity exercise....more

FINRA Urges Firms to Heed CISA/FBI “Shields Up” Warning on Russia

The regular “Weekly Update” email from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) had an eye-catching warning February 16, urging broker-dealer member firms to heed the “Shields Up” cyber threat warning from the...more

FINRA Warns on Compliance Phishing

On March 4, FINRA issued a Regulatory Notice warning member firms not to fall for phishing scam preying on compliance fears.  The scam uses a phony email address, supports@finra-online.com, demanding an immediate response to...more

Cyber-Security Awareness Month & Phishing FINRA

Phishing FINRA - October is cyber-security awareness month, so it’s only appropriate that FINRA started it with another Regulatory Notice warning member firms to beware of a false-survey phishing scheme.  The Notice warns...more

SEC Shows It’s Serious About Cyber Security

A week after OCIE announced it would conduct a second round of cyber-security exams, the Commission emphasized the issue by bringing an enforcement action against a non-custodial investment-adviser over a remediated data...more

OCIE to Conduct More Cybersecurity Exams

This week the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) announced a second-round of cybersecurity examinations, continuing its initiatives on the issue. The move follows the SEC’s: March 2014 roundtable...more

FINRA Conducting Cyber-Security Sweep Exam

Reacting in part to recent data-breaches and cyber-attacks on larger retailers, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is conducting a targeted examination of some 20 broker-dealer member firms’ compliance and...more

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