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EU Announces First Sanctions under EU Cyber Sanctions Regime

July 31, 2020 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On July 30, 2020, the European Council announced sanctions against six individuals and three organizations for their involvement in a series of cyber-attacks that have caused significant damage in the EU and around the world over the last several years. The announcement follows the EU’s adoption last year of Decision (CFSP) 2019/797, which established the […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Enforcement, International, National Security Tagged With: APT10, China, Cybersecurity, European Union (EU), North Korea, Russia, Sanctions, Sandworm

UK National Cyber Security Centre Advisory: Russian Attackers, APT29, Targets Companies Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Development

July 17, 2020 By Kim Peretti and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Yesterday, the UK National Cyber Security Centre and Canada’s Communications Security Establishment released an advisory linking APT29 (also known as, ‘the Dukes’ or ‘Cozy Bear’) to attacks against COVID-19 vaccine development in Canada, the US and the UK.  The Advisory stated that APT29 is “almost certainly part of the Russian intelligence services.”  APT29/Cozy Bear was […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Digital Crimes, National Security

DOJ Releases Guidance On Gathering Threat Intel From The Dark Web

March 4, 2020 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The Cybersecurity Unit (“CsU”) of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice (“CCIPS”) has released its guidance on “Legal Considerations when Gathering Online Cyber Threat Intelligence and Purchasing Data from Illicit Sources” (“Guidance”).  The CsU prepared the Guidance—with input from the FBI, the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Dark Web

FBI Releases IC3 2019 Internet Crime Report

February 20, 2020 By Alysa Austin

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (“IC3”) has released its 2019 Internet Crime Report (“Report”) on trends and statistics of suspected cybercrimes from 2019. The Report gathers data from 467,361 complaints, an increase from prior years, with dramatic losses in excess of $3.5 billion. In addition to an explanation of the IC3’s history and operations, […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Crimes Tagged With: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Law Enforcement, Ransomware

NIST Publishes Privacy Framework Version 1.0

January 17, 2020 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On January 16, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) published Version 1.0 of its Privacy Framework:  A Tool for Improving Privacy through Enterprise Risk Management (“Privacy Framework”). A draft version was initially published for public comment on September 6, 2019. The new Privacy Framework is designed to support organizations in building customer’s […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Workplace Privacy

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