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National Cyber Security Centre Forecasts Upcoming Cyber Threats with AI Use for Attacks

January 26, 2024 By Kim Peretti and Alysa Austin

On January 24, 2024, the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a new report, The near-term impact of AI on the cyber threat, detailing how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will impact the effectiveness of cyber operations for 2025 and beyond. According to the report, threat actors are already using AI in cyber attacks and the […]

Filed Under: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Crimes, Ransomware

NY AG’s Office Announces Significant Cybersecurity Settlement with Healthcare Company

January 16, 2024 By Kim Peretti, Alysa Austin and Andrew Rice

On January 5, 2024, the New York Attorney General’s Office (“NY AG”) announced a settlement with Refuah Health Center, Inc. (“Refuah”) based on the company’s alleged failures to appropriately safeguard its patients’ information, including failing to encrypt patient information or use multifactor authentication, which allegedly resulted in a May 2021 ransomware attack that impacted approximately […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Security Breach

Ransomware Group, in Midst of Extortion Attempt, Files Regulatory Notice with SEC

November 17, 2023 By Kim Peretti, Kate Hanniford, Alysa Austin and Lance Taubin

Just a month before the Security and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) Material Cybersecurity Incidents Rule is set to take effect, a ransomware group has apparently taken compliance with reporting requirements into its own hands.  On November 15, 2023, the ransomware group known as BlackCat (also known as “AlphV”) posted a notice on its leak site alleging […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Ransomware, SEC, Security Breach

FBI Cautions Organizations on Dual Ransomware Attacks

October 24, 2023 By Kim Peretti and Alysa Austin

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Private Industry Notification on September 27, 2023, highlighting two concerning ransomware trends and providing companies with guidance on mitigating potential threat actor activity. As of July 2023, the FBI observed multiple ransomware attacks where two attacks against the same victim involving different ransomware variants are deployed often […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Digital Crimes, Ransomware

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Released for Public Comment

August 28, 2023 By Dorian Simmons, Alysa Austin and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On August 8, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the initial draft of its Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and draft Implementation Examples for public comment. This marks the first significant update to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (“Framework”) since its initial release in 2014, which is intended to address current and future cybersecurity […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, FTC, NIST Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Data security, NIST

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