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The Evolution of Cybercrime: How to Stay Safe from AI-Driven Fraud

StoneTurn on 4/24/2025

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal highlights a case that is sadly all too familiar – a family member is in distress, and you must wire them money to help save them. Of course, as the article reveals, the family...more

Don’t Let Cyber Scams Ruin the Holidays: Keep the Holiday Season Festive for Your Organization

K2 Integrity on 12/20/2024

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year”—or is it? Unfortunately, it can be the most wonderful time for criminals, who try to prey on financial generosity through scams and frauds. Extra vigilance is needed during the...more

Privacy Tip #424 – Recent Big Win for Law Enforcement Over Cybercriminals

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/12/2024

I often get asked whether law enforcement is making any headway in catching cybercriminals. Although it is a challenging task, a recent example of a big win for law enforcement deserves celebration....more

The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence: Scams and Frauds

J.S. Held on 12/4/2024

AI is technology that enables computers to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving skills, whereas deepfake is synthetic media that has been digitally manipulated to replace and mimic one person’s likeness. AI has...more

Holiday Cyber Security Scams: Protecting Your Business During the Festive Season Without Being a Grinch

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/2/2024

As the holiday season is upon us, businesses must remain vigilant against the increased threat of cybersecurity hacks and scams. Cybercriminals often exploit the festive atmosphere and increased online activity to target...more

Business Email Compromise Scams: What They Are, and How to Avoid Them

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/25/2024

In an increasingly digital world, the rise in cybercrime involving email scams has become a significant threat to individuals and organizations alike. These sophisticated attacks exploit human psychology and technological...more

‘Tis the Season… for Cybercriminals: A Holiday Reminder for Retailers

Perkins Coie on 11/22/2024

As the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, it also becomes a prime opportunity for cybercriminals to target retailers, their suppliers, and their customers. As The Hacker News reports, criminal use of artificial...more

Privacy Tip #421 – Threat Actors Using DocuSign API to Send Fake Invoices

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/14/2024

DocuSign is a great and efficient way to obtain authentic signatures for contracts and invoices. As with other efficient tools, threat actors will and have found a way to use the DocuSign API to send fake invoices to divert...more

Cybercrime Trends: A Midyear Review

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/25/2024

Cybercriminals continue to outpace the best efforts of regulators, law enforcement, and cybersecurity professionals. Recent reporting from the Federal Bureau of Investigation demonstrates that cybercriminals are increasingly...more

Gone Phishing – Vigilance in the New Scam Era - Kattison Avenue | Issue 12

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/1/2024

"Thank you for your order." "We tried delivering your package." We have all seen these subject lines in our inbox, but some are not so innocent. Business impersonation scams are not new, but some of their tricks are. These...more

Estafas Navideñas Impulsadas Por La Inteligencia Artificial

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 12/12/2023

El 22/11/23, la Oficina de Ciberseguridad y Protección de Infraestructura Crítica del Departamento del Tesoro de los EE. UU. publicó un Aviso que brinda consejos a los consumidores para evitar convertirse en víctimas de...more

Holiday Scams Propelled By Artificial Intelligence

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 12/12/2023

On 11/22/23, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection office released an advisory providing tips to consumers to avoid becoming the victim of cyber or online...more

Be Cyber Aware

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 10/31/2023

Hackers commit financial fraud by creating a fake email address mimicking the vendor’s name and emailing accounts payable saying that the vendor’s account information has been changed. Funds are then sent directly to the...more

Digging Deeper Podcast Episode 2: Tales Of Corporate Scams, Frauds, And A Stolen Dali

K2 Integrity on 2/5/2021

When it comes to scams and frauds, it's not just individuals at risk, but also companies. In Episode 2 of Digging Deeper, Chris Morgan Jones interviews Jordan Arnold about corporate scams, and they even discuss cracking the...more

FBI Alert: Enhanced Threat of Cyber Fraud Tied to COVID-19

Blank Rome LLP on 6/11/2020

As the coronavirus global health emergency continues apace, cyber criminals have continued their concerted effort to exploit this crisis for financial gain via cyberattacks and scams tied to COVID-19. In recent weeks, threat...more

Targeted Cyber Frauds in Today’s Global Crisis

K2 Integrity on 5/28/2020

You receive an email saying that due to COVID-19, a number of regularly scheduled meetings are moving to new dates and times. While hovering over the conveniently provided email link to your calendar, you notice the email...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2020 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/19/2020

Sodinokibi Hackers Switch Payment Mechanism to Monero - The hackers behind the Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware have reportedly switched their demands for payment from Bitcoin or Ethereum to Monero cryptocurrency to try to...more

Cybersecurity and Fraud Risks for Fund Managers in the Wake of Coronavirus

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment on 3/24/2020

COVID-19 has created many new concerns for private fund managers; however, managers should be particularly mindful of heightened cybersecurity and fraud risks. With increased numbers of employees teleworking, there are...more

Client Alert: High Profile Phishing Incident Demonstrates Continued Need for Social Engineering Insurance

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 3/11/2020

Media outlets recently reported that Barbara Corcoran, one of the judges on the popular ABC show "Shark Tank," was the victim of a "spear phishing" scam....more

Predictions for Intrusions and Scams in 2020

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/12/2019

The predictions set forth in Experian’s Seventh Annual Data Breach Industry Forecast make sense and are worth a read. We are starting to see these types of intrusions and scams, and our experience is that once these types of...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2019 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/25/2019

It has been reported by Troy Hunt, the security researcher who provides the "Have I Been Pwned" free breach notification service, that 1.4 million passwords and personal information of customers of GateHub, a cryptocurrency...more

SEC 21(a) Report Warns Public Company Email Scam Victims of Bigger Problems Than Stolen Money

Perkins Coie on 10/26/2018

Known by many names, including business email compromise fraud, CEO or CFO fraud, impersonation attacks, or “Man-in-the-Email” scams, cyber-related frauds involving spoofed or otherwise compromised business electronic...more

SEC Warns Companies of Potential Internal Accounting Control Violations with Business Email Compromise

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/19/2018

• The SEC issued guidance in the form of a rare “21(a) report” this week after investigating a series of email frauds impacting 9 unnamed companies. • These email-based frauds, referred to as “CEO scams” or “vendor scams,”...more

DOJ's Business Email Compromise Takedown Illustrates Pervasiveness of Internet Fraud Schemes

Jones Day on 6/18/2018

On June 12, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the internationally coordinated arrests of 74 individuals involved in a series of multimillion-dollar business email compromise schemes ("BEC"). Although these...more

Social Engineering Losses—Embarrassing Scam or Insured Loss?

Nossaman LLP on 11/20/2015

The term Social Engineering keeps cropping up recently in the new world of cybersecurity—to what does this term refer? To a scam as old as the hills. You know the con: an innocuous person asks you to accept a cashier’s...more

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