No Password Required: Chief Adversarial Officer at Secure Yeti, a DEF CON Groups Global Ambassador, and a World-Class Awkward Hugger
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: When Cyber Attacks Hit Home
Overview of Cybersecurity in Government Contracts
Cybersecurity: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know
No Password Required: The Teenage CEO of Girls Who Hack and Secure Open Vote, Who Is as Comfortable Behind a Mic as She Is Behind a Keyboard.
No Password Required: The Sailing CTO of Sylint Group Who Routinely Defends Against Nation-State Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
Webinar Recording - Crypto Breaches: Legal & Regulatory Update
No Password Required: A Cybersecurity Education Specialist, Whose Passions Include the Forest, DIY, and Deviled Eggs
Cyberside Chats: Everyone wants to be Batman. Hacking Back & Cybersecurity Law
Defense In-Depth: Cybersecurity For Energy
Greetings and Felicitations - Aly McDevitt on Ransomware Case Study, Part 2
Not If, but When: A Data Protection Roadmap for Legal Teams in a Post-Pandemic World
How to Protect your Organization From a Cybersecurity Attack
Phishing: Cybersecurity’s Biggest Threat
No Password Required: An Infowar Expert Paved the Path From Rock-And-Roll to Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Webinar Series: Password Protected: Essential Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Planning for Your Small Business
CF on Cyber: The Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack - Part 2
CF on Cyber: The Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack - Part 1
Fighting Cyber Crime: The $1 Trillion Invisible Threat
Podcast: How Can Companies in the Health Care and Life Sciences Industries Strengthen Their Cybersecurity Posture? - Diagnosing Health Care
On October 27, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) published a final rule expanding data breach notification requirements for certain financial institutions (Final Rule). Federal Register, will require entities...more
The UAE is committed to ensuring the safety and security of its citizens and residents through a series of strategic initiatives. These efforts encompass various aspects of law enforcement, public engagement, and legal...more
ETH Staking Data Published, Blockchain Solutions Launch for Financial Services - According to a recent report, Ethereum’s ether (ETH) staking rewards “hit a record 8.6% post-Merge, with validators earning $46 million in...more
The Massachusetts State Police Commonwealth Fusion Center (CFC) believes that cyber actors may use the current bank failures for future phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. Cyber actors often use current...more
Montenegro Announces CBDC Pilot, BIS Compares CBDCs to Stablecoins - According to a recent press release, “The Central Bank of Montenegro (CBCG) has agreed to collaborate with the enterprise crypto and blockchain solutions...more
Recently, Ally Bank customers have been reporting a significant increase in the number of incidents involving unauthorized activity on their debit cards. While the company has yet to confirm any type of data breach, an Ally...more
U.S. Bank Seeks to Launch Stablecoin; New Crypto Payments Data Released - A well-known digital payments consortium sold its technology platform this week to a U.S.-based bank known for its cryptocurrency-related offerings....more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) has made clear that businesses engaging in certain activities involving virtual currencies are subject to registration,...more
Two major U.S. financial institutions, Morgan Stanley and Capital One, recently agreed to resolve separate class action lawsuits by paying, in the aggregate, hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for massive data...more
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On November 18, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) adopted a rule that will require banking organizations and their bank service providers...more
On November 18, 2021, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint final rule to require banking...more
Traditional Financial Firms Pursue Crypto and Blockchain Market Offerings -Earlier this week, a major Dutch financial institution reportedly became the sixth broker-dealer to join forces with the first blockchain-based...more
OSFI, the Canadian Federal Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, on August 13, 2021, issued new guidance on Technology and Cyber Security Incident Reporting, replacing prior guidance of March 2019....more
If 2020 has a lesson for anyone, it is not to make any predictions. That said, predictions do offer people the chance to take stock and sense what the priorities are for the coming months, and where they need to focus their...more
CYBERSECURITY - NYDFS - Cybersecurity Certificate of Compliance Due April 15, 2021 The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS), which regulates certain covered entities and licensed persons in the financial...more
Employers in the financial services sector are facing an unprecedented number of cybersecurity attacks during the pandemic crisis. To put this in perspective, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued...more
In the News. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) proposed rules to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); the Conference of State Bank Supervisors...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a civil forfeiture complaint detailing two hacks of virtual currency exchanges by North Korean actors. These actors stole millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency or other...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a civil forfeiture complaint detailing two hacks of virtual currency exchanges by North Korean actors. These actors stole millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency and...more
As we previously reported, Capital One Financial Corporation announced in July 2019 a major data security breach when an individual gained unauthorized access to personal information about Capital One credit card customers. ...more
CYBERSECURITY - Maze Continues to Strike Companies - It is being reported by ZDNet that the Maze ransomware group has attacked two companies that, apparently, refused to pay the requested ransom, so Maze, as it...more
Dramatically escalating the growing tension with China (despite considerable ambiguity in its language), the White House issued executive orders that would “ban all ‘transactions’” with ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok,...more
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced this week that it has entered into a Consent Order and fined Capital One $80 million for the data breach the company experienced last year....more
McDermott Will & Emery, in partnership with Alvarez & Marsal is hosting a tailored webinar, discussing the cyber security threats and mitigations facing private equity firms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the...more