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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain.

North Korean Scammers are Posing as IT Freelancers: Here’s How You Can Protect Your Business

Fisher Phillips on 5/15/2025

Businesses should be aware of growing security risks from North Korean IT workers targeting freelance contracts from businesses in the U.S. and other countries. Typically, these workers fraudulently claim they are from the US...more

Cyber Threats in Public Finance: Protecting Transactions from Wire Fraud

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/3/2025

A recent cyberattack on a Michigan township has exposed weaknesses in the bond-closing process. In this incident, hackers stole over $25 million in bond proceeds by using spoofed email addresses to provide fraudulent wire...more

Privacy Tip #429 – Threat Actors Continue to Use QR Codes for Fraudulent Purposes

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/31/2025

We have repeatedly warned our readers about malicious QR codes and their use by threat actors. Threat actors are now using these codes to disguise packages as gifts....more

AI versus MFA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/9/2025

Ask any chief information security officer (CISO), cyber underwriter or risk manager, or cybersecurity attorney about what controls are critical for protecting an organization’s information systems, you’ll likely find...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

DOJ Announces New Cyber-Fraud Initiative Promoting False Claims Act Enforcement Against Contractors and Grantees Failing to Follow...

Foley Hoag LLP on 10/18/2021

As we anticipated last spring, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has signaled that it will utilize civil enforcement of the False Claims Act (FCA) to address new and emerging cybersecurity threats. On October 6, 2021, Deputy...more

Cybersecurity: How to Protect Yourself and Your Company

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. on 7/25/2019

Just recently, Equifax had the largest-ever settlement for a data breach. They are to pay at least $575 million, and potentially as much as $700 million, to settle allegations over its massive 2017 data breach. What we tell...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

Jones Day on 6/5/2017

New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

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