News & Analysis as of

Hackers Cybersecurity Cyber Insurance

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Hackers Increasingly Leveraging Threats to Patients to Pressure Health Organizations to Pay Ransom

Cyberhackers—potentially frustrated by their limited ability to extort ransom from health care entities in attacks—have started extorting the patients themselves, threatening them with the release of information or...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

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

Ward and Smith, P.A. on

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

Woodruff Sawyer

Looking Ahead: Cyber Liability Insurance Concerns in 2024

Woodruff Sawyer on

Followers of the cyber insurance market over the past two years may be suffering from whiplash—that’s how dramatically the market shifted from 2022 to 2023. A perfect storm of good trends and facts combined to create a soft...more

K&L Gates LLP

The MOVEit Hack, Ransomware Attacks, and Cyber Insurance

K&L Gates LLP on

Ransomware attacks and cyber data theft are an unfortunate fact of life for businesses. Whether through attacks targeting individual companies or widespread campaigns carried out by exploiting vulnerabilities in third-party...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Cyber Mid-Year Market Update: Trends and Hot Topics

Woodruff Sawyer on

In our annual Cyber Looking Ahead Guide published in January 2023, we looked at market trends and prognosticated on issues that would impact the cyber insurance market throughout 2023. As we hit the halfway point of the year,...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Insure Against Data Breaches Suffered By Vendors and Service Providers

Over the last several years several companies, including Marriott, Yahoo and Volkswagen, have been victimized by hackers breaking into a company’s computer network. In some cases, they have put confidential information on the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Cyber Security Incidents als Herausforderung für die Rechtsabteilung - wichtigste Punkte, die Unternehmensjuristen über die...

Latham & Watkins LLP on

Hackerangriffe, Datendiebstahl, Ransomware, Datenpannen und sonstige Cybersecurity Incidents werden immer mehr zu einem zentralen Unternehmensrisiko. Dabei wird oft übersehen, dass dieses Thema nicht nur in technischer,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2023

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review new consumer privacy laws in Tennessee and Indiana, three GDPR rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Union, updates regarding future California Privacy...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Scams and Viruses: Which Email Attachments Are Safe to Open?

Woodruff Sawyer on

Email scams and viruses are nothing new—threats like phishing emails and malware have been around since the days when services like AOL still dominated the internet and email landscape. However, while technology has made a...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Busting Cyber Myths Part 2: I Can’t Afford Cyber Protection

In the second of a three-part series, Buckingham Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Attorney David Myers talks with Andy Jones, CEO, Fortress Security Risk Management, and Bryan Schauer, Vice President at The Schauer Group’s...more

Woodruff Sawyer

6 Things Underwriters Look for in Your Ransomware Protection

Woodruff Sawyer on

While the early days of cyber insurance were often marked by rapid expansion and low losses, recent years have seen the industry weather a vast increase in not just the number of claims but also the severity. The growing...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Cybersecurity Basics Are Key to Combating Ransomware

The onslaught of ransomware attacks by cybercriminals increases unabated every year, affecting everyone from mom and pop shops on Main Street to corporate lions of Wall Street. Hackers infiltrate an organization's computer...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Cyber Insurance Premiums and Demand Surge After Boom of Costly Cyberattacks

The frequency and severity of cyber incidents, particularly ransomware attacks targeting businesses and critical infrastructure organizations, have been on the increase and are unlikely to subside anytime soon. Higher claim...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Nation-State Cyber Attacks and Insurance Response: Revisiting the War Exclusion

Woodruff Sawyer on

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted renewed concerns from many cyber insurance policyholders as to the insurability of nation-state sponsored cyber attacks. In a previous Woodruff Sawyer blog post, we have outlined...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Construction Industry: Data Security Considerations

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

No industry is immune to privacy and cybersecurity risks, and the construction industry is no exception. Those in the construction industry can protect against a potential cyberattack by understanding the risks and...more

Kennedys

Kennedys cybersecurity and privacy (US) 2021 year in review

Kennedys on

As the world emerged from lockdown, it should come as no surprise that cybersecurity and data privacy remained dominant topics in the media and legal industry. Some of 2021 was much like 2020 – ransomware attacks continued to...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

The Price set on Ransomware – Avoiding the Cyber Sucker Punch

Most businesses today understand that the internet can be a dangerous place. As an organization grows beyond the very early stage of one or two employees and a few thousand dollars in sales, the cyber strategy of “security by...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Extended Forecast for 2022: Hot Today. Hotter Tomorrow!

Dechert LLP on

​​​​​Few things are certain, but it is indisputable that in 2022 data will remain big; data driven technologies will create unparalleled opportunity and risk; the frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks will shatter...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Ransomware Attacks Continue to Cause More Underwriter Scrutiny

Woodruff Sawyer on

Continued widespread cyber attacks have leaders in just about every industry wary and watchful, and insurance underwriters are no exception. Given the increase in claims from recent ransomware attacks, cyber insurers are...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

FBI Warns of Heightened Ransomware and Cybersecurity Risks During M&A Transactions and Over the Holidays

Federal agencies are warning businesses and consumers of heightened ransomware risks. On November 1, 2021, the FBI issued a Private Industry Notification, warning businesses that ransomware actors are using significant...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Cyber Risk Insurance in the Wake of the Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack

Husch Blackwell LLP on

On May 7, 2021, pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline Company suffered a ransomware cyberattack on its namesake Colonial Pipeline. Hackers attacked computerized management equipment, effectively freezing one of the largest...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Riding the Wave of Cyber Insurance Claim Payments: A Trend Cresting or Crashing?

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

Ransomware attacks are on the rise. Cyber criminals continue to exploit lax security measures, which have become more acute in the work-from-home environment, and hack into companies’ systems, encrypt their data, and then...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Hacking Is Changing: Should Our Data Security Change?

Womble Bond Dickinson on

In meetings with data security professionals, the same topic tends to arise: Why are we fighting the same security battles now that we fought 20 years ago? The history of network and cyber security seems to be a...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Cyber Insurance Carriers, Increasingly Targeted by Hackers, Impose New Coverage Conditions

Bilzin Sumberg on

Insurers that offer coverage for cyberattacks find themselves playing both offense and defense lately. As they await possible action by Congress to enact federal cybersecurity legislation, the insurance industry has gone on...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Policyholder Best Practices As Cyberattacks Escalate

Flaster Greenberg PC on

Cyberattacks are exploding. The coronavirus pandemic has further exposed cyber vulnerabilities due to remote work and the increasing use of underprotected devices. Ransomware attacks are increasingly becoming the cyberattack...more

157 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 7

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide