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May 25 Webcast: AI Readiness – Practical Steps to Prepare for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Incidents
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A US college is shutting down for good following a ransomware attack
Lincoln College says it will close this week in the wake of a ransomware attack that took months to resolve. While the impact of COVID-19 severely impacted activities such as recruitment and fundraising, the cyberattack seems to have been the tipping point for the Illinois institution. The college has informed the Illinois Department of Higher […]
Cybersecurity Docket Announces ‘Incident Response 40’ for 2022
Cybersecurity Docket is pleased to announce its “Incident Response 40” for 2022—our list of the 40 best data breach response lawyers in the business. Bruce Carton, Editor of Cybersecurity Docket, announced the names of this year’s Incident Response 40 at the conclusion of Incident Response Forum Masterclass 2022, which was held as a virtual event on Thursday, April 21, 2022. The lawyers in […]
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April 14 Webcast: Setting the Pace – 5 Key Cyber[security] Issues Impacting the 2022 Corporate Legal Landscape
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Ukraine War Has Insurers Worried About Cyber Policies – WSJ
Like most insurance policies, these have exclusions for acts of war. The aim is to protect insurers from claims tied to cyberattacks by governments, their militaries or groups that work for them. But a judge in New Jersey poked a hole in that exclusion last year in a ruling that essentially said a common acts-of-war […]
Google to acquire Mandiant for $5.4 billion
Google announced Tuesday that it plans to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant for around $5.4 billion as part of an effort to better protect its cloud customers. The Mountain View search giant said it will pay $23 a share for the publicly traded firm, which was founded in 2004. Source: Google to acquire Mandiant for $5.4 billion
Ransomware gang says it has hacked 49ers football team | AP News
The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team’s financial data. The ransomware gang BlackByte recently posted some of the purportedly stolen team documents on a dark web site in a file marked “2020 Invoices.” The gang did not make any of […]
THE PERILOUS REGULATORY VACUUM OF WEB3 | LinkedIn
Some have declared that doing business on digital asset trading platforms, whether trading crypto, NFTs or otherwise, is like bartering and haggling in the Wild West. I disagree. To me, given the startling lack of U.S. regulatory oversight, the best way to describe the entire Web3 marketplace is anarchy. Even worse, it’s thieves robbing thieves […]
Jan. 19 Webcast: The Forecast is Cloudy with a Chance of Breaches
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Cyber Insurers’ Increased Risk Threatens Many Small Firms’ Coverage | Law.com
As cyberattacks grow, cyber insurance is increasingly becoming a cost of doing business at law firms. But securing that cyber insurance is also becoming more difficult. Small law firms are facing insurance carriers that are placing a heavier emphasis on proactive cybersecurity measures, dropping clients, and even exiting the cyber insurance space when the risk […]
Justice Dept. Brings New Charges in Ransomware Attacks – The New York Times
The Justice Department said on Monday that it had brought charges against a Russian national whom it accused of conducting ransomware attacks against American government entities and businesses, including one that temporarily shut down the meat supply giant JBS. In the Biden administration’s latest crackdown on cybercrime, the Justice Department also announced that it had […]
Cyberattacks spurring demand for cyber insurance: Moody’s | CFO Dive
Demand for cyber insurance has surged as companies respond to high-profile cyber attacks, increased regulatory scrutiny, mounting reputational risk and the need for protection against vulnerabilities among supply-chain counterparties, according to Moody’s Investors Service. “Cyber insurance has become an important component of companies’ risk management programs.” Source: Cyberattacks spurring demand for cyber insurance: Moody’s | […]
Why Not Hold Ransomware Attackers Hostage for a Change? – Security Boulevard
But what happens in the case where you are able to identify—either by name, location, computer, IP address, MAC address or otherwise—the individual(s) responsible for the ransomware, extortionware or electronic demand for payment? Right now, a ransomware victim has few options. One: Pay the ransom. Two: Don’t pay the ransom and restore/rebuild. Or, three: Choose […]
Data Security and Privacy Must Play a Part in M&A Due Diligence – Beckage
Things have changed. Gartner reported that by 2022 sixty percent of organizations will consider a target company’s cybersecurity posture as a critical factor in their due diligence process. Acquiring companies have made DSP due diligence a priority because they understand the costly risks of inheriting a target company’s DSP liabilities. Target companies must proactively address […]