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Troutman Pepper

Restrictions on Paying a Ransom Demand - Dear Mary – Incidents + Investigations Cybersecurity Advice Column

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“Dear Mary” is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related — data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more

Mayer Brown

Cybersecurity Regulations on the March

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Join us on the latest episode of Financial Services Focus as Justin Herring, Jeff Taft and Ana Bruder discuss key cyber threats facing the financial services industry, including third-party risks, sophisticated ransomware,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: February 2024

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has warned that information technology (IT) help desks are being targeted in a social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

NYDFS Amended Cybersecurity Rules: Overview of Upcoming Deadlines

On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced the adoption of amendments to its Cybersecurity Regulation 23 NYCRR Part 500 (“Amended Cybersecurity Rules” or “Amended Rules”). NYDFS...more

Ankura

Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - December 2023

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Malicious Android Apps Used to Target Iranian Banks - An ongoing Android malware campaign targeting users of Iranian financial institutions has expanded to include new abilities to target an even greater number of people...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 45

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The Biden Administration Issues Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence - On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (the “Order”)...more

Akerman LLP

Explainer Things: Episode 9

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Fall is finally in the air as temperatures drop (in some parts of the country, at least) and football season is in full swing. We’ve previously avoided writing about football because our Explainer Things cast can’t agree on...more

Hogan Lovells

FinCEN analysis of BSA filings in 2021 reveals increased number and severity of ransomware attacks

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s most recent financial trend analysis report on ransomware-related Bank Secrecy Act filings for 2021 reveals an increased number of ransomware attacks and that a substantial number of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Reports Staggering Increase in Reported Ransomware Attacks

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued on November 1 a Financial Trend Analysis regarding ransomware-related Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) filings during the second half of 2021 (the “Report”). This...more

BakerHostetler

NYDFS Proposed Amendments to Its Cybersecurity Rules

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​​​​​​​On July 29, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released Draft Amendments to its Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules that include a number of significant amendments to the rules, including notification...more

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FinCEN Urges Financial Institutions to Focus on Detecting Proceeds of Foreign Public Corruption

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) recently issued an advisory urging financial institutions (including certain cryptocurrency businesses) to implement controls to help detect proceeds of foreign public...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Russia Sanctions Update - April 7, 2022

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I. New Executive Order Bans U.S. Investment in Russia - On April 6, 2022, President Biden issued a new Executive Order, “Prohibiting New Investment in and Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to...more

Burr & Forman

SIFMA’s After-Action Report on Quantum Dawn VI Cybersecurity Exercise

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On March 31, 2022, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”) released its after-action report on Quantum Dawn VI – a global financial-markets cybersecurity exercise....more

Polsinelli

Federal Banking Regulators Issue New Guidance for Complying with 36 Hour Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Requirement

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On March 29, 2022, federal banking regulators issued important guidance for how banking organizations can comply with the upcoming requirement to notify regulators within 36 hours of ransomware or other disruptive...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Defending Against Ransomware: OSFI Updated Advisory on Cyber Incident Reporting

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Ransomware continues to present an increasing risk to all organizations. Ransomware attacks can involve the installation of malicious software designed to block access to computer systems and/or steal data, and a...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

FinCEN Crypto & Ransomware Guidance: Will 2022 Bring More Changes?

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) has made clear that businesses engaging in certain activities involving virtual currencies are subject to registration,...more

K2 Integrity

Crypto and Virtual Currency Risks

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The ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference took place January 11-13, with K2 Integrity Managing Director Gabriel Hidalgo, who leads the firm’s Crypto and Fintech Advisory practice, leading an important conversation...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Year-end Crypto Roundup — Five Key Concepts About the U.S. Government’s Recent Actions on Virtual Currency and Ransomware

The innovative use of virtual currencies is hotter than ever, but so is a dark side of these instruments: their exploitation in ransomware schemes. This year, since January 2021, ransomware attacks have increased...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financial Services Report - Winter 2021

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Welcome to the Financial Services Report, holiday style! Banks and non-banks alike started early this year with additions and changes to their regulator stockings. The Senate confirmed Rohit Chopra as the new CFPB Director....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New Strides in Crypto-Asset Regulation

On November 23, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released Interpretive Letter 1179 (the “Letter”), which is the culmination of a review of prior Interpretive Letters on cryptocurrency and related...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

If You See Something, Say Something: FinCEN Updates Advisory on Managing Ransomware Attacks

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In a few short weeks, the global loss attributable to cybercrime is expected to surpass $6 trillion.* Therefore, in an effort to protect financial institutions and consumers from further loss, agencies including the United...more

Polsinelli

Federal Banking Regulators Issue Rule Requiring 36 Hour Notice of Ransomware and Other Disruptive Cybersecurity Incidents

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On November 18, 2021, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint final rule to require banking...more

Goodwin

CFPB Issues Reminder of New Threshold for Reporting HMDA Open-End Lines of Credit Data

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In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reminded institutions of a new threshold for reporting Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data about open-end lines of credit; the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Revised FinCEN Advisory Warns Financial Institutions to Report Suspected Illegal Ransomware Payments

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The U.S. Federal Government through its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) revised last year’s Advisory on the Use of the Financial System to Facilitate Ransom Payments. In short, the U.S. Government is...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: October 2021

Federal and State Financial Regulators Publish New Guidance on LIBOR Transition - The federal banking agencies, the NCUA and the CFPB, in conjunction with the state bank and state credit union regulators, have issued joint...more

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