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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Cybercrime Trends: A Midyear Review

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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

Hogan Lovells

FBI obtains 7,000 LockBit decryption keys providing some victims relief

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Victims of LockBit ransomware attacks can reach out to the FBI for decryption keys and all companies can prepare against ransomware attacks. The FBI secured 7,000 LockBit decryption keys, providing victims of LockBit...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

AI, Phishing Attacks, Healthcare, and a $480,000 OCR Settlement under HIPAA

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Phishing has long been a favorite tactic for threat actors (hackers) to commence a cyberattack. The rapid expansion of more adaptable and available artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as natural language...more

Alston & Bird

FBI Develops Decryption Tool to Combat Blackcat Ransomware

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On December 19, 2023, the Justice Department (“DOJ”) announced a disruption campaign against the Blackcat ransomware group.  In the same press release, they also stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) had...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Estafas Navideñas Impulsadas Por La Inteligencia Artificial

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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

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Holiday Scams Propelled By Artificial Intelligence

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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

Alston & Bird

FBI Cautions Organizations on Dual Ransomware Attacks

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Private Industry Notification on September 27, 2023, highlighting two concerning ransomware trends and providing companies with guidance on mitigating potential threat actor...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Urgent Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Atlassian Vulnerability Issued

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI, and MS-ISAC recently released an urgent Joint Advisory on the Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2023-22515. According to the Alert, “this critical vulnerability...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CISA + FBI Issue Joint Advisory on AvosLocker Ransomware

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on October 11, 2023, urging companies (particularly those in the critical...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: October 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 10 (October, 2023) Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals will pay California $49 million to resolve allegations that they unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Joint Advisory Warns of Snatch Ransomware

The FBI and CISA issued a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory “#StopRansomware: Snatch Ransomware” on September 20, 2023. The Advisory outlines the indicators of compromise and observed tactics, techniques, and procedures of Snatch...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Texas enacts new data privacy rules focused on protection of minors

As a former Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation who investigated cybercrimes involving children, I know from experience that the topic of increasing online protections for minors provoked intense debates...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

#StopRansomware in its tracks

The national impact of ransomware is expanding. Following a dip in the recorded number of ransomware attacks for 2022, there have been multiple nationwide events with devastating effect in 2023. Given the damage across...more

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Federal Agencies Publish New Version of the #StopRansomware Guide

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On May 23, 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a second edition of the #StopRansomware Guide (the Guide). The Guide, first published in September 2020, aims to help organizations reduce...more

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CISA and Partners Update the #StopRansomware Guide, Developed through the Joint Ransomware Task Force

On May 23, 2023, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) published an updated version of the #StopRansomware...more

Ankura

ESXiArgs Ransomware Campaign Facilitated by Exploiting VMware Vulnerability

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Cybersecurity research agencies around the world are warning organizations using VMware ESXi servers to patch an almost two (2) year old vulnerability to prevent being compromised by threat actors in the "ESXiArgs" ransomware...more

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FDA Authorized to Establish New Cybersecurity Standards for Medical Devices: What it Means for Industry

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed a new statute that will significantly impact medical device cybersecurity regulation. Section 3305 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“Section 3305”) authorizes the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

CISA Announces Launch of Ransomware Prevention Initiative

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the formation of a new program aimed at identifying and preventing ransomware attacks. The initiative is known as the Ransomware Vulnerability Warning...more

Burr & Forman

Hacking the Hive: How It Can Help Businesses

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Businesses can breathe a little easier now that one of the world’s top five ransomware networks, the Hive, has been infiltrated and disbanded by the FBI....more

Dechert LLP

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

McGlinchey Stafford

Stay atop emerging threats to fight cybercrime

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It is a relentless battle to protect your data from hackers, fraudsters and even nation-states that commit cyberattacks against the financial services sector. Legal requirements for data security come from a variety of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FBI + CISA Warn Companies (Especially Health Care) About Zeppelin Ransomware

The FBI and CISA recently issued a Cybersecurity Alert entitled “#StopRansomware: Zeppelin Ransomware” providing an alert to organizations about the proliferation of Zeppelin ransomware attacks and information on the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FBI Warns Higher Ed Sector of Compromised Credentials on Dark Web

In a recent Private Industry Notification to the higher education sector, the FBI warned that U.S. college and university credentials are being advertised “for sale on online criminal marketplaces and publically [sic]...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Karakurt Extortion Group Auctions Data for Ransom

On June 2, 2022, CISA (the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), the FBI, the Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a joint Cybersecurity Alert warning companies of the...more

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FBI Goes After Cyber Criminals With RAT

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Did you know that the FBI has an Internet Crime Complaint Center called IC3? And did you know that IC3 has a Recovery Asset Team called RAT that, in 2021 alone, used its Financial Fraud Kill Chain (FFKC) to successfully...more

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