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Deeper Dive: Understanding the 2023-24 Crypto Threat Landscape

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As the Web3 and digital assets ecosystem continues to grow, hacks, scams and other threats remain a major cause for concern and a potential impediment to broader adoption. Data from various sources indicates that after a year...more

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

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Immediate vs. Slow Burn Risks: A Balanced Cybersecurity Strategy

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The consequences of a cyberattack can be catastrophic, as we saw in the previous blog of this series. Cybersecurity is a business-wide responsibility that demands a proactive strategy extending far beyond technical solutions...more

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NYAG Settles with Personal Touch for $350,000 over Phishing Incident

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According to a press release, Personal Touch, a home health company located on Long Island, has reached a settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James for $350,000 for a data breach that occurred in January of 2021...more

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Cyber Crime - Protecting Yourself from Publishing Scams in the UAE

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Introduction: In the rapidly advancing digital age, cybercrime has become a serious global concern, and the UAE is not immune to this threat. Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, using tactics such as fake calls,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Overview of Cybersecurity in Government Contracts

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The first episode of cybersecurity attorney Eric Crusius’ podcast, "Regulatory Phishing," provides an overview of the latest cybersecurity issues facing government contracting and how significant cybersecurity attacks that...more

Ankura

Ransomware: The Top 5 Myths and Misconceptions

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Ransomware has become a major threat to businesses across the world as cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, resulting in devastating financial damage for companies that fall victim. Not only are important...more

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The Breaches and Threat Actors that Defined 2022

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In 2022, threat actors and hacker groups made their mark on the digital world by causing unprecedented data breaches that left organizations of all sizes and sectors vulnerable. Even with improved cybersecurity measures in...more

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Ransomware Attacks Against Healthcare Providers Continue to Increase

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The systems healthcare providers use to provide safe and reliable patient care, and their confidential patient information, provide attractive targets for hackers using ransomware to extort payment....more

Ankura

Emerging Middle Market Cyber-Attack Vectors: Are You at Risk?

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The concept of “security by obscurity” is officially outdated. In recent years, cyber-attacks have become increasingly sophisticated, destructive, and indiscriminate. In today’s landscape, cyber threats can come from internal...more

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Malware, Spyware, and Ransomware: How They Differ and How to Respond

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Malware is an umbrella term for all malicious software. What is malware? Malware is an umbrella term that includes all types of malicious software, including viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, and spyware. These...more

BakerHostetler

Top NFT-Related Cybersecurity, Phishing, Hacking and Other Risks in 2022

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The continued growth of the market for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) in 2022 has helped shape the zeitgeist of what has been referenced colloquially by some as the “fourth industrial revolution,” defined largely by network effect...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Ransomware and Phishing Dangers On the Rise

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Internet users have (mostly) learned to avoid scams by supposed Nigerian princes looking to share a vast inheritance, and there has been a rise in awareness of other common signs of phishing attempts, such as poor spelling...more

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Acronis Reports Ransomware Damages Will Exceed $30B by 2023

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In its Mid-Year Cyberthreat Report published on August 24, 2022, cybersecurity firm Acronis reports that ransomware continues to plague businesses and governmental agencies, primarily through phishing campaigns. According...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Scams and Viruses: Which Email Attachments Are Safe to Open?

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Email scams and viruses are nothing new—threats like phishing emails and malware have been around since the days when services like AOL still dominated the internet and email landscape. However, while technology has made a...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2022 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - Twilio Hit with Social Engineering Smishing Scheme - We’ve explained smishing schemes before. Smishing is like phishing, but uses SMS texting to deliver malicious code to users’ phones, or tricks the user...more

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Cybersecurity Best Practices: Disclosure Requirements for Risk Management, Strategy, and Governance

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In previous posts on the Porter Hedges Anti-Corruption & Compliance Blog, our team has discussed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) proposal to amend its rules and require disclosures related to...more

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Privacy Tip #336 – Facebook Accounts Stolen Through Phishing Schemes Using Messenger Chatbots

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Trustwave has reported a new scheme in which threat actors are using the popular Facebook Messenger platform to steal Facebook login credentials. According to the report, the threat actors are using a phishing email to...more

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Karakurt Extortion Group Auctions Data for Ransom

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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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Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report: A Must Read

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I love Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). I have pored over its content every year since its inception in 2008. Just goes to show how long I have been working on data breaches. It is always written in...more

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Busting Cyber Myths: I’m Not a Target (and other lies you tell yourself)

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In the first of a three-part series, Buckingham Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Attorney David Myers talks with Andy Jones, CEO, Fortress Security Risk Management and Eric Smith, recently retired Special Agent In Charge of the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 3. Privacy Briefs: March 2022

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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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Ransomware Attacks in 2022 – Things are NOT Getting Better: A Call to Arms

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The success of ransomware attacks in 2021 has only emboldened cyber threat actors around the globe to continue these nefarious attacks on innocent victims. Ransomware attacks are only going to be growing in 2022. This...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Ransomware Attacks Continue to Cause More Underwriter Scrutiny

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Continued widespread cyber attacks have leaders in just about every industry wary and watchful, and insurance underwriters are no exception. Given the increase in claims from recent ransomware attacks, cyber insurers are...more

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Fraudulent Wire Transfers: Who Bears the Loss and How to Prevent Becoming A Victim

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Cybercriminals exploited remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In 2020, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) saw a record 70% increase in the number of reported internet scams and losses exceeding $4.2...more

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