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According to the FBI, it has “seen a huge increase in the number of cases involving children and teens being threatened and coerced into sending explicit images online,” also known as sextortion....more
Cyberattacks are a growing threat, with children being among the most vulnerable of targets. The internet serves as a platform for criminals to access children under the guise of anonymity...more
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
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
It’s the call you hope you never get. Your company has been hit with a ransomware attack. Your systems are offline. Your customer data was stolen by an unknown threat actor who is threatening to leak it. You have lots of...more
On February 17, 2022, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a significant step in advancing its cryptocurrency-related enforcement priorities by naming the first leader of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement...more
In the Biden Administration’s latest effort to respond to the growing threat of ransomware attacks, on September 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) announced new sanctions and ransomware guidance in an...more
Following the creation of the DOJ’s Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task Force in April 2021 and on the heels of the Biden administration’s characterization of ransomware as a national security threat, on June 7, 2021, the...more
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
This summary covers the last two weeks which includes news about continued enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) involving fraudulent digital asset transactions, dismissal of a securities...more
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
Summer vacation is almost here for school-age children, which means that kids will have more free time to roam the Internet. Unfortunately, according to the FBI, this means that the threat of online predators is high and the...more
New additions to the FBI’s Cyber’s Most Wanted List show “the line between ordinary criminal hackers and potential national security threats is increasingly blurry,” according to Assistant Attorney General for National...more
The feds have been busy on the cyber prosecutions front. First, on March 18, 2016, the FBI announced that a multi-agency collaborative effort blew up an identity theft ring whose leader was an inmate in a Georgia prison. The...more
Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Dennis Hastert entered the well of a courtroom in the Northern District of Illinois earlier this week to enter a plea of not guilty to charges that he structured...more