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Weekly Blockchain Blog - September 2024

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Crypto Payments Firms Announce New Integrations and Initiatives - According to reports, fintech bank Revolut recently announced a partnership with Ledger, a major crypto hardware wallet provider, to make it easier for...more

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Protecting Against Wire Fraud Scams

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On March 10, 2023, the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took control of the assets of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In light of SVB’s closure, many venture firms and emerging companies are establishing new accounts with...more

White & Case LLP

COVID-19 crisis in France: beware of fraudulent international wire transfers

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The COVID-19 crisis has triggered a resurgence of fraudulent international wire transfers. Companies and banks should therefore be extra vigilant when dealing with international wire transfer orders....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

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

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

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FBI Warns of Continuing Threat from “ATM Cashout” Scheme

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The FBI is warning banks to be on guard against possible attacks on ATMs. In an alert sent to banks on August 10th, the FBI warned banks that it had “obtained unspecified reporting indicating cyber criminals are planning...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Virginia Bank Hacked Twice with Phishing Schemes Losing $2.4 Million

In a lawsuit against its insurance company requesting reimbursement for close to $2.4 million from two different hacking incidents, National Bank of Blacksburg detailed the intrusions, which are instructive of a sophisticated...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

When it Looks Like a Strad but Isn’t: Protecting Yourself from Wire Fraud in Your Real Estate Transaction

Fine violins do not have serial numbers, but they do typically have a label inside identifying the maker and frequently the year and location where the violin was made. Many violin makers, or luthiers[i] as they are known,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

HaoBao Malware Hitting Banks Scans for Bitcoin Activity

Lazarus, the well-known hacking group responsible for the WannaCry ransomware attack from last year, as well as the attack on the Bangladesh Central Bank and Sony, is now targeting global financial firms and Bitcoin adopters...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - December 2016"

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine modifications to New York state's proposed cybersecurity regulations for financial institutions, a 5th Circuit ruling that a phishing scam is not...more

Locke Lord LLP

[Webinar] Business E-mail Compromise Scams - Practical Perspectives - January 12th, 10:30am EST

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An increasing number of businesses are targeted by very sophisticated email scams designed to convince company employees responsible for executing financial transactions to wire funds to overseas accounts controlled by...more

Stinson LLP

Emerging Trends Newsletter - Q2

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We are thrilled to bring you the 2nd installment of Stinson Leonard Street's Emerging Trends newsletter. Recent Delaware Supreme Court Opinion Limits General Personal Jurisdiction for Foreign Corporation - Recent...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Phishing for Christmas

As the Wall Street Journal noted yesterday, banks are being deluged with phishing attacks. These attacks are especially fierce around the holiday season, when more personnel are absent and normal procedures are ignored or...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy Tuesday - October 2014

A new month, a new Privacy Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase: Baiting the Hook for Phishers - Cybercrime researchers say that the 83 million customer records (76 million consumer and 7 million small business) swiped from...more

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