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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

Looks Phishy? It Probably Is: Tech Safety During The COVID-19 Outbreak

McManis Faulkner on 4/21/2020

These are truly unprecedented times. With the coronavirus outbreak, most of the nation is sheltering in place, and only essential businesses remain open. Even just a few months ago, if you had mentioned “global pandemic,”...more

The Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter - Recent Developments in Risk Management - March 2019

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 3/20/2019

Insurance Coverage – Computer Fraud – E-Mail “Spoofing” - Medidata Sols., Inc. v. Fed. Ins. Co., 729 Fed. Appx. 117 (2d Cir. 2018), 2018 U.S. App. Lexis 18376, 2018 WL 3339245 - Risk Management Issue: Is e-mail “spoofing”...more

Cyberfraud Victims May Have Violated SEC Internal Control Requirements: Adding Insult to Injury

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/9/2018

Just when you thought the hazards of cyberfraud couldn’t get worse, the SEC recently issued a Report of Investigation (more on that later) stating that nine recent corporate victims of cyberfraud may have compounded their...more

Can a Cyber Breach Be a Violation of Internal Controls? The SEC Says, ‘Maybe’

A&O Shearman on 10/30/2018

On October 16, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a report outlining an investigation conducted by the SEC’s Division of Enforcement related to the internal accounting controls at nine public companies...more

Don’t Let Spoofing Fool You – SEC Says Internal Accounting Controls Should Address Cyber Threats

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/19/2018

On October 16, 2018, the SEC released an Investigative Report detailing recent email spoofing schemes that caused nine public companies to lose a total of nearly $100 million. Building on its February 2018 guidance about the...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/3/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss all 50 states now having data breach notification laws, state attorneys general and their opposition to a federal data breach notification law, the FBI...more

FINRA’s 2017 Regulatory & Exam Priorities

Burr & Forman on 1/6/2017

On January 4, new President and CEO Richard Cook issued FINRA’s Annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter. This year’s list in summary is: New for 2017: Targeted electronic off-site reviews “on select...more

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