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Episode 282 -- CISO and CCOs -- The Evolving Partnership
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No Password Required: The Sailing CTO of Sylint Group Who Routinely Defends Against Nation-State Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
Understanding the Additional Risks When Making a Ransomware Payment
Fighting the Constantly Evolving Threat of Cybercrimes
Greetings and Felicitations - Aly McDevitt on Ransomware Case Study, Part 2
No Password Required: A Former Police Officer Who Embodies All the Qualities of a Great Leader
Not If, but When: A Data Protection Roadmap for Legal Teams in a Post-Pandemic World
No Password Required: An Infowar Expert Paved the Path From Rock-And-Roll to Cybersecurity
JONES DAY TALKS®: The eBay Cyberstalking Case: Mitigating the Compliance Risks of Employee Misconduct
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
No Password Required: A Corvette-Driving Research Scientist Who Built His Own Video Games
TRADE TIP OF THE MONTH: New Companies Have More Time To Report Ownership- The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a final rule in late November to delay the deadline for newly created...more
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) on August 8, 2022, imposed sanctions against the popular decentralized virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash alleging that it has been used to launder...more
Continuing with both its crackdown on cybercriminals and illicit digital marketplaces, along with its continued economic pressure on the Russian Federation, OFAC has sanctioned two entities that fit both criteria. On April...more
Speaking at last week’s Munich Cyber Security Conference, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the formation of a new FBI unit dedicated to blockchain analysis and virtual asset seizure – the Virtual Asset...more
During the first half of 2021, 68 different ransomware attacks extracted approximately $600 million from victims across the United States. The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) says that the...more
Last year, as employees clicked away at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, ransomware attacks surged, with hospitals and other health care providers the top target. This year will be worse—2021 has already seen more...more
We have all read about the high-profile malicious cyber-attacks and ransomware demands and payments. The Colonial Pipeline case demonstrated how responsive law enforcement can be in tracking down perpetrators and recovering...more
On Friday, OFAC published a compliance guide aimed at the virtual currency industry, which promotes sanctions compliance amid the rise of ransomware attacks. Similar to OFAC’s recent advisory, this compliance guide is yet...more
On September 21, 2021 OFAC issued its first sanctions designation against a virtual currency exchange by designating the virtual currency exchange, SUEX OTC, S.R.O. (SUEX) “for its part in facilitating financial transactions...more
On September 21, 2021, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions on SUEX OTC, S.R.O, a cryptocurrency exchange, for its role in laundering money to ransomware attackers. According...more
Ransomware attacks are frequent and escalating as we speak. Double extortion scams are hitting companies at a dizzying pace, and catching companies, large and small, off-guard. U.S. President Joseph Biden warned Russian...more
Crypto Payment Options Announced, Federal Reserve Official Addresses Bitcoin - Late last week, BitPay, a leading provider of cryptocurrency payment services, announced that U.S. users of its prepaid debit card, which allows...more
Three recent events are prompting me to update our previous blog post on the difficult decision of whether to pay or not to pay ransomware following an attack....more
On October 1, 2020, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to alert Financial Institutions (FI) relating to “predominant trends, typologies, and potential indicators of ransomware and associated...more
The US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued an advisory to remind US businesses about some aspects of ransomware scams and attacks. ...more
The prevalence, sophistication, and severity of ransomware attacks have increased anti-money laundering risks faced by financial institutions both as targets of ransomware attacks and as potential intermediaries in...more
National Veterinary Associates (NVA), a large network of veterinary hospitals and clinics, has reportedly been the victim of a ransomware attack. According to the reports, NVA employs more than 2,600 veterinarians, with over...more
The FBI recently published its 2017 Internet Crime Report highlighting trends and statistics compiled by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (“IC3”) during 2017. The report compiles data from a total of 301,580...more
FBI Issues Flash Alert on Apache Struts Vulnerability - The Apache Struts vulnerability has been mentioned frequently in the media over the past month, as it is believed to have been involved in one of the largest and most...more
This is not a drill. Companies and law enforcement agencies around the world have been left scrambling after the world’s most prolific ransomware attack hit over 500,000 computers in 150 countries over a span of only 4...more
Ransomware is a type of malware that locks access to a computer and its drives. Many forms of ransomware take complete control of the computer system, encrypt all of the files, and deny access to the system and any files...more