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Inside CyberCX’s 2025 DFIR Report: MFA Failures and Espionage Risks Revealed

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The DFIR 2025 Threat Report from CyberCX offers a firsthand view of how cyber adversaries adapted and accelerated their tactics in 2024. Covering incidents across Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Europe, the report...more

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[Webcast Transcript] Anatomy of a Business Email Compromise

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Editor’s Note: This webcast brings together some of HaystackID’s top experts to dissect the intricacies of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks—a rapidly growing threat impacting organizations globally. During the...more

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Recent Ransomware Attacks Highlight the Evolving Challenges in Responding to Cyber Extortion

A spate of recent ransomware attacks illustrates the increasingly difficult calculations that businesses face following the theft or encryption of their data....more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 27

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FBI Seizes Hive Ransomware Servers—Blocks US$130 Million in Demanded Ransoms - On January 26, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Department of Justice dismantled the “Hive” ransomware group, which had...more

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Multi-Faceted Extortion: Insider Look at Ransom Payments and Cyber Defense

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Day 3 at RSA Conference 2022 was filled with fascinating discussions on enhancing our cyber defenses to defeat the ever-proliferating spate of increasingly common and expensive ransomware attacks....more

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US, UK, and Australia Issue Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Ransomware Threat to Critical Infrastructure

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On February 9, 2022 the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory on the “Increased Globalized Threat of Ransomware” against critical infrastructure sectors (“Advisory”).  The Advisory...more

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Ransomware Case Signifies Shift In Cyber Insurers' Stance

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Ransomware attacks are on the rise. Lax security measures, which have become more acute in the work-from-home environment, continue to be exploited. Companies' systems are hacked into, their data is encrypted, and they face...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2021

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CYBERSECURITY - Extortion Doesn’t Work for EA Sports Hackers - According to The Record, Electronic Arts Sports (EA) was the victim of a cyber hacking in June, when hackers posted on an underground hacking forum that they...more

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Extortion Doesn’t Work for EA Sports Hackers

According to The Record, Electronic Arts Sports (EA) was the victim of a cyber hacking in June, when hackers posted on an underground hacking forum that they were in possession of EA data seeking a sale price of $28 million....more

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EU Spotlight: Top 6 Issues All General Counsel Need to Know About Ransomware

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Ransom demands from cyber-attacks show no signs of slowing down, and the costs—both from ransom payments and repairing the damage—are rising precipitously. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team outlines six ways companies...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2020 #3

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Natural Gas Compressor Facility Shut Down After Ransomware Attack - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced this week that a ransomware attack shut down a natural gas compressor facility for two days. While in...more

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Fueling the Fire: How Extortion Has Changed the Face of Data Breaches

Ransomware attackers typically encrypt victims’ data and demand ransom in exchange for the decryption keys. Ransomware is not a new cybercriminal activity. In fact, ransomware attacks are over 30 years old. However, around...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2019

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Vicious malware continues to be deployed by China-based attackers. A new strain of malware, dubbed “HiddenWasp,” which has the ability to remotely infect computers, has been discovered by a security researcher at Intezar. The...more

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Winter is Coming: The HBO Hack, Ransomware Attacks, and Cyber Extortion Coverage

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Cyber extortion and ransomware attacks made headlines across the globe this summer, but the cyber attack at HBO stands out due to the size of the ransom demanded ($6 million). The HBO hack highlights the importance of one of...more

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Purchasing Cyber Insurance? Important Considerations from the Recent Nossaman/ UCI Cyber Symposium

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On October 12, 2015, Nossaman and UC Irvine hosted a Cyber Symposium at the City Club in Los Angeles. The event included four panels of Nossaman lawyers, UCI professors, and private professionals who are experts in the areas...more

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