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 recent indictment of Maksim Silnikau, a Belarusian and Ukrainian national, is a clear reminder that cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and bold....more
“Protect your data! Breaches are on the rise!” These warnings seem to be everywhere – and rightfully so. Threat actors are sophisticated and new breach trends are constantly materializing. Awareness is no longer enough. It...more
The Ankura Cyber Threat Investigations and Expert Services (CTIX) FLASH Wrap-Up is a collection of high-level cyber intelligence summaries pertaining to current or emerging cyber events in December 2023, originally published...more
In late September, two subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives held a joint hearing on responding to ransomware attacks. The hearing—held by the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government...more
Incident response (IR) has undergone a drastic transformation in the past two decades, adapting to the relentless evolution of the cyber threat landscape. In the early 2000s, as the internet became more deeply ingrained in...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
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
Researchers at WithSecure cybersecurity firm have seen two malware attacks against Veeam Backup and Replication servers believed to be initiated by cybercrime group FIN7, also known as Carbon Spider, which has also been...more
The cyber landscape these days can be terrifying. Malware, ransomware, spyware, phishing, cloud-based computing and so much more are enough to keep even a compliance veteran up all night. There are other risks to consider,...more
Le commissaire à l’information et à la protection de la vie privée de l’Ontario (le « CIPVP »), soit l’organisme de réglementation de la protection de la vie privée dans le secteur public et le domaine de la santé de...more
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC), Ontario’s public sector and health privacy regulator, recently released a technology factsheet titled, “How to Protect Against Ransomware.” This factsheet is intended...more
Ransomware has been one of the top cyber threats in the past several years. Thanks to the WannaCry attack of 2017 and others, most people have heard of this type of cyber threat, but many do not know how it works, how to...more
As technology evolves, companies are finding ways to become more nimble and conduct business more efficiently — over remote networks, email on handheld devices, the cloud, and on cellphones. Yet, as technology advances, so...more
It’s a cold, hard fact that hackers don’t really care about their victims or their victims’ data or business. They are greedy, evil human beings that just want the money....more
Ransomware/Malware Activity - Twitter Confirms Data Breach Affecting 5.4 Million Account Profiles - On August 5, 2022, Twitter confirmed it has suffered a data breach after receiving a report of a vulnerability through...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 31 no. 18 (May 16, 2022) - In a version of the future that hopefully never comes, malware is able to remove malignant-looking tumors from CT or MRI scans before they were reviewed by...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
Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 3 (March, 2022) - HHS said in early March that it was not aware of any specific threat to U.S. health care organizations stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “However, in the...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
It may seem that the very term “ransomware” wasted little time going from “newish-sounding threat” to expected, constant presence in the news and IT meetings alike. But, of course, it’s ultimately just a modern word for one...more
On January 31, 2022, the FBI issued a Private Industry Notification entitled “Potential for Malicious Cyber Activities to Disrupt the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics,” warning those associated with the Olympics...more
In part 2 of this series, we continue to discuss the tools that cybersecurity teams use to combat ransomware attacks. Ransomware is a type of malware used by criminal organizations to gain unlawful access to computer...more
Ransomware is a type of malware used by criminal organizations to gain unlawful access to computer networks and encrypt the data stored on those networks and render it unusable. The criminal organization then holds the data...more
As summarized in the first installment of our two-part blog series, President Biden recently issued a sweeping Executive Order aimed at improving the nation’s cybersecurity defense. The Order is a reaction to increased...more
On January 27 and 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two successful operations to disrupt two different strains of malware, Netwalker ransomware and a banking Trojan known as Emotet, which have affected...more