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The UK’s Ransomware Strategy: What the UK Government’s Response Signals

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Following the UK Government's launch of a public consultation on its proposed legislative measures to combat the threat of ransomware (see Goodwin’s January 2025 analysis), the UK Government published its response to the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Surge in Ransomware Incidents Prompts Federal Cybersecurity Guidance and Enforcement Across Sectors

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the latest federal agency to signal it is monitoring companies’ cybersecurity practices and their susceptibility to cyber-attacks. ...more

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EU Commission Proposes Revised Cybersecurity Act to Bolster EU Cyber Resilience

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On January 20, 2026, the EU Commission unveiled a new Cybersecurity Package (the "Package") designed to reinforce the EU's cyber resilience in response to an increasingly complex and sophisticated threat environment....more

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HIPAA Enforcement: A Look Ahead at 2026 Informed by 2025's Inflection Points

The healthcare ecosystem has closed the book on a volatile 2025, and HIPAA enforcement has moved into 2026 with sharper edges, wider apertures, and higher stakes. Regulators spent 2025 refining the tools they use, broadening...more

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FCC Urges Communications Providers to Strengthen Ransomware Defenses

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On January 29, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC” or the “Commission”) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued a Public Notice (DA 26-96) to highlight best practices that communications providers...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New EU cybersecurity package: What the proposed reforms mean for companies in the EU

Although presented as a simplification exercise, the proposed NIS2 amendments would amount to a substantive recalibration. The emphasis is on legal certainty and convergence, while formally retaining NIS2 as a...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Congress Reauthorizes CISA 2015 Through September – But Then What?

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The landmark Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) has been reauthorized retroactively from its original September 30, 2025 expiration for a limited one-year period. This development was the result of the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Issues Cybersecurity Best Practices for Defending Against Ransomware Attacks

The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) recently released a public notice (Notice) emphasizing the threat of ransomware to communications networks and urging providers...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Episode 3: Beyond the Malware: The Leadership Test Hiding Inside Every Ransomware Event

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What determines whether a ransomware event becomes a controlled disruption or a full blown crisis? In this episode of The Cyber Periscope, Pam Signorello sits down with Dr. Stephen Boyce, CEO and President of The Cyber...more

Clark Hill PLC

Cannabis Group Series | Securing the Seed: Cybersecurity Challenges in the Cannabis Industry

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As the cannabis industry continues to grow and evolve, so do the challenges it faces, particularly in the realm of cybersecurity. With increasing digitization, cyber threats pose a significant risk to cannabis businesses,...more

DLA Piper

EU: NIS2 Update – EU Moves to Harmonise Cyber Controls, Refine Scope, and Add New In-Scope Entities

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The NIS2 Directive continues to evolve – and organisations must keep pace. On 20 January 2026, the Commission unveiled a set of targeted amendments to the NIS2 Directive (“the Proposal“), signalling the next phase of its push...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Cyber Threat Actor Group, Nitrogen, Unveils New Countermeasure in Ransom Negotiations

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Through the combined efforts between Dinsmore’s cybersecurity team and Armada Growth Partners (AGP), new intelligence on the Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures (TTP) for the Nitrogen ransomware group has been identified....more

Hinckley Allen

2025 Year in Review and Predictions for 2026 in the Cyber, AI, and Privacy Frontier

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2025 brought seismic shifts in the cyber, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and privacy landscape, marked by an explosion of AI-powered cybercrime and intensifying regulatory enforcement, targeting compliance with data...more

A&O Shearman

Managing cyber risk under escalating threat and enforcement pressure

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Cyber law and practice have continued to evolve over the past 12 months. New laws and regulations have been unveiled or come into force, while enforcement authorities have sharpened their focus on issues including board...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Ransomware Attacks Keep Climbing

The Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team recently released its Ransomware 2026 report that contains helpful intelligence into the state of ransomware attacks and insight into how they are evolving, despite law...more

Clark Hill PLC

Right To Know - January 2026, Vol. 37

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

RegFi Episode 84: Grappling With Cyber Risk, Now and in a Post-Quantum World

Orrick’s James Chou joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk for a wide-ranging discussion on how cyber risk is evolving for financial services providers. The conversation explores the growing sophistication of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Ransomware: What You Need to Know as Attacks, Regulation and Enforcement Increase

Ransomware attacks continue to evolve in sophistication, disrupting operations and commanding the urgent attention of regulators, law enforcement and government agencies....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Three cyber trends we’ll be seeing in the new year – plus Data Privacy Day!

The new year is already off to a fast start in the world of cybersecurity and privacy. With Data Privacy Day approaching next week (January 28), we will look at three trends that we expect to see in the coming year. The...more

Perkins Coie

Privacy and Data Security Recap 2025—National Security

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2025 saw a range of activity at the intersection of privacy, data security, and national security, including new types of threats, significant U.S. regulatory actions by multiple agencies, legislative lapses and new...more

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Dental/DSO Intelligence Monthly Report: December 2025/January 2026

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Dental support organizations (DSOs) sustained notable expansion activity in late 2025. The November 2025 DSO Deal Roundup highlights that multiple platforms grew through both affiliations and de novo practice openings in...more

Haynes Boone

Making a List, Checking it Twice: Avoiding Cyber Attacks During the Holidays

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What’s the Concern? During the holiday season—specifically, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day—there tends to be a spike in cyber attacks on companies. Cyber attackers target this time of year...more

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On the Sixth Day of Data… CISA, CIRCIA, and the Future of Critical Infrastructure Security

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This holiday season—following a year of headline breaches, surging supply-chain attacks, and major regulatory changes—cyber resilience tops every corporate wish list. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Has Ransomware Peaked? FinCEN Data Shows Slight Downward Trend In Incidents.

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The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released its latest Financial Trend Analysis (FTA) this month, reporting data from banks and other financial institutions showing that, following...more

Haynes Boone

Crisis Management Academy California Key Takeaways

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Crisis Management Academy - California: Resilience in Action brought together global leaders in emergency management, incident response and legal crisis strategy to explore the evolving landscape of organizational resilience....more

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