Cyber Threats
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV – Cybersecurity Part One: Data Breach Notification
Defense In-Depth: Cybersecurity For Energy
Cyberside Chats: There is a war in Europe. What does that mean for your cyber insurance policy?
CF on Cyber: The Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack - Part 2
CF on Cyber: The Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack - Part 1
Cyber Insurance 101: What It Is And Why You Need It
Phishing and Vishing and Smishing (Oh my!): New Types of Scams Require Increased Vigilance
K&L Gates Triage: Cyber Insurance Issues for the Healthcare Industry
The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) recently published a new report “Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI,” which is well worth the read. The report shares findings on how government-backed threat actors use and misuse...more
The recent indictment of Maksim Silnikau, a Belarusian and Ukrainian national, is a clear reminder that cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and bold....more
The rise of ransomware attacks has prompted the international community to explore a range of approaches to deter these attacks, including the use of sanctions, the further development and instantiation of norms governing...more
Health and Human Services Organization Discloses Ransomware Attack and Breach from Early 2022 - On January 5, 2023, Maternal & Family Health Services (MFHS) disclosed that a ransomware attack occurred on April 4, 2022, and...more
Prestige Ransomware Emerges, Targets Ukraine and Poland - A new ransomware variant has emerged in the wild, being used in targeted attacks against the logistics and transportation sectors within Ukraine and Poland. The...more
The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent opinion in Construction Industry Laborers Pension Fund et al. v. Bingle et al., C.A. No. 2021-0494-SG (Del. Ch.) dismissing claims asserted against members of SolarWinds Corporation’s...more
Ransomware is the “business pandemic.” Warnings have been issued by multiple agencies around the world to alert businesses to increase their protection and awareness. Most recently, the Department of Health and Human...more
The U.S. Department of State has announced a $10 million reward for “information leading to the identification or location of any person who, while acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government,...more
The Ankura Cyber Threat Investigations & Expert Services (CTIX) team conducted a technical analysis of historical and ongoing adversarial activity associated with the current Ukrainian/Russian conflict. In doing so, the CTIX...more
Le 24 février 2022, les forces russes ont donné l’assaut à plusieurs villes ukrainiennes, faisant éclater un conflit armé qui est en cours. Avant ces attaques physiques, diverses organisations et infrastructures ukrainiennes...more
On February 24, 2022, Russian forces initiated a series of deadly attacks on Ukrainian cities, resulting in an ongoing military conflict. Preceding these physical attacks were a number of cybersecurity attacks directed at...more
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been characterized by strategic and significant use of cyberattacks to support its military objectives. In the days to come, there is likely to be a sharp increase in cyberthreat activity...more
Companies should be aware that, as a result of increasing geopolitical instability, there is a heightened risk of cyber-attacks. Particularly in light of the Merck case, they should therefore consider closely examining the...more
On Feb. 24, 2022, Russia launched a large-scale military incursion into Ukraine. By all accounts, the Russian offensive attacked on multiple fronts, including against Ukraine’s network computers and communication systems. The...more
CYBERSECURITY - CISA/FBI Advisory Warns of Destructive Malware Used Against Ukraine - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI issued a joint advisory this week alerting organizations of...more
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI issued a joint advisory this week alerting organizations of destructive malware that is being used to target organizations in Ukraine, with the ongoing...more
Fears of cybersecurity attacks are mounting in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. From the war itself, a number of malware variants have been created and are circulating on the internet....more
Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 2 (February, 2022) - Tensions between the U.S. and Russia could lead to a heightened risk of Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks on U.S. interests, including health care organizations,...more
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - SEC Proposed Rule Will Require Private Funds to Report Certain Cyber Events On January 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to enhance hedge fund...more
Threat intelligence firm Mandiant released findings about a new Russian based hacking group dubbed FIN12, which is targeting the health care industry and companies with revenue over $300 million. Mandiant said that FIN12 is...more
The SolarWinds cyber-attack was devastating in scope and impact. If any lesson can be learned from this event, the SolarWinds case presents all the pitfalls, enforcement and reputational damage, rolled into one tragic series...more
CYBERSECURITY - NYDFS - Cybersecurity Certificate of Compliance Due April 15, 2021 The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS), which regulates certain covered entities and licensed persons in the financial...more
CEP Magazine (January 2021) - The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions against the State Research Center of the Russian Federation FGUP Central Scientific Research...more
In the fall-out, the Department of Justice, which includes the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the U.S. Marshal’s Service, announced this week that 3 percent of its employees’ emails were compromised as a result of the...more
Cybersecurity does not just pose technical challenges; companies must always keep their eye on the human component of cyber risk. For example, even the most damaging and sophisticated hacks – such as the recent Twitter hacks...more