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Treasury Announces Sanctions Against Cybercriminal Group Behind ‘Dridex’ Malware, Offering Mitigation Strategies for Businesses

December 11, 2019 By Emily Poole

On December 5, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued sanctions against Evil Corp, a Russian cybercriminal organization that is known for distributing the Dridex malware. Dridex is a banking trojan that has been used to target financial institutions across the globe and has resulted in more than $100 million […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Digital Crimes, Enforcement, International, National Security Tagged With: Department of Justice (DOJ)

Critical Audit Matters Disclosure Implicates Information Technology and Security

November 6, 2019 By Kate Hanniford

As independent auditors to public companies and business development companies begin to make required disclosure of Critical Audit Matters (CAMs) to the audit committee, such reports are beginning to include discussion of information security programs and information technology controls.  Independent auditors have treated material weaknesses in certain information technology controls as material weaknesses in internal […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Data Security, Regulation Tagged With: cybersecurity, disclosure, PCAOB, Securities and Exchange Commission

SHIELD Act Overhauls New York’s Data Breach Notification Framework

October 25, 2019 By Privacy & Data Security Team

On October 23, 2019, New York’s new breach notification provisions came into effect, a result of New York’s passage of the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) in July. That Act overhauled New York’s data privacy framework, expanding the list of data elements that are considered “private information” while growing the […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy

New Hampshire Passes Insurance Data Security Law

August 23, 2019 By Dorian Simmons

New Hampshire recently passed its Insurance Data Security Law based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law.  The law will go into effect January 1, 2020.  New Hampshire is one of several states, including Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, and South Carolina, that has passed an insurance data […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Insurance Data Security, Legislation, Security Breach

The CCPA Could Reset Data Breach Litigation Risks

August 21, 2019 By Kaeley Brown

While much has been written about the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the focus has primarily been on the new rights it affords California consumers to have access to and control use of their data and opt out of many transfers to third parties. While this is a sea change in data privacy legislation in […]

Filed Under: California, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Breach Litigation, Data Security, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Security Breach

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