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FinCEN Alerts Financial Institutions on Role in Facilitating Ransomware Attacks

October 2, 2020 By Larry Sommerfeld and Alysa Austin

With an increase in the frequency, sophistication, and cost of ransomware attacks, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory on October 1, 2020 alerting financial institutions to ransomware trends and typologies, and related financial red flags, that may result in a regulatory obligation to report and share information related to ransomware attacks. Based […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Digital Crimes, Enforcement, Financial Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: ransomware

DOJ Charges Seven Individuals in Connection with Global Hacking Campaigns Against More Than 100 Companies

September 18, 2020 By Emily Poole

On September 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that seven individuals believed to be part of a hacking group known as APT41 or “Wicked Panda,” including five Chinese nationals and two Malaysian nationals, have been charged in connection with a global hacking campaign that affected more than 100 companies around the world. […]

Filed Under: China, Cybercrime, Digital Crimes, Enforcement, International Tagged With: APT41, China, dead drop, extradition, hacker, indictment, Malaysia, Microsoft, supply chain attack, Wicked Panda

EU Announces First Sanctions under EU Cyber Sanctions Regime

July 31, 2020 By Emily Poole

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 Amy Mushahwar, Kimberly Peretti and Larry Sommerfeld

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 Jon Knight

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

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