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Spoofing Cyber Insurance Cyber Crimes

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Business Email Compromise Scams: What They Are, and How to Avoid Them

In an increasingly digital world, the rise in cybercrime involving email scams has become a significant threat to individuals and organizations alike. These sophisticated attacks exploit human psychology and technological...more

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Conflicts in Circuits’ Approach to Email Scams Hold Lessons

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With unprecedented activity online, cybercrime is growing in frequency, sophistication and aggregate effect. Despite the increased visibility of cybercrime, cybersecurity continues to lag behind this curve. Cybercriminals...more

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Second Circuit Holds Phishing Email Using PHP Script is Covered “Computer Fraud”

Scams from business compromise emails (BECs) have been labeled by the FBI as a “$5 billion” problem. Sometimes known as “CEO Fraud,” BECs are where an email, purportedly coming from a high-ranking company official or vendor,...more

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Court Holds Crime Policy Covers Business Compromise Email Loss

The “business compromise email” is what the FBI calls the “$5 billion scam,” but apparently an insurance company did not agree with an insured company that they had been the victim of a crime....more

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Testing the Limits – Cyber Coverage Litigation Update

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The growing percentage of businesses that purchase cyber security and data privacy insurance portends a growing number of claims and, inevitably, litigation over some of those claims. Wells Fargo’s 2015 Cyber Security and...more

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