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On April 10, 2013, Alston & Bird will bring together cybersecurity and cybercrime experts from the government and private sector to discuss the latest developments in the area of cyber and privacy investigations. The experts will also share perspectives on behind-the-scene mechanics in conducting effective and efficient investigations, especially those that result from sophisticated threat […]

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are not a new method employed by cyber criminals to inflict damage on victim entities’ networks. In fact, DDoS attacks were one of the first types of online crimes to appear in the dawn of the Internet age. In the past several years, however, cyber threat actors have rekindled this attack […]

On January 14, 2013, Singapore passed an amendment to the Computer Misuse Act (now renamed the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act), which provided the government with additional authorities to prevent, detect and counter cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. Key aspects of this law include the ability of the government to direct a person or organization […]

Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit halted an attempt by three individuals involved in the ongoing WikiLeaks investigation to make information about the investigation public. Specifically, the three users sought to unseal the prosecution’s request for a court order requiring Twitter to disclose certain user account information, including the […]

Alston & Bird has developed a checklist tool to assist Covered Entities, Business Associates, and Subcontractor Business Associates to plan their implementation of the January 25, 2013 Omnibus HIPAA Rule. The Omnibus HIPAA Rule significantly amended the HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules, as summarized in an Alston & Bird HIPAA Advisory issued on […]