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The 'Butler Attack' — Delivering Prompt Data Breaches Direct From Your Mailbox

Ankura on 8/15/2025

Forget the “Barbarians at the gate,” we may have bigger issues to deal with from the “Butler’s serving us at our Banquets.” While Business Email Compromise (BEC) and/or ransomware attacks have been effective cyber-crimes to...more

[Webcast Transcript] Anatomy of a Business Email Compromise

HaystackID on 11/6/2024

Editor’s Note: This webcast brings together some of HaystackID’s top experts to dissect the intricacies of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks—a rapidly growing threat impacting organizations globally. During the...more

FinCEN analyzes BEC threat patterns and trends in the real estate sector

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/5/2023

On March 30, FinCEN released a Financial Trend Analysis examining threat patterns and trends identified in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data relating to business email compromise (BEC) in the real estate sector during 2020 and...more

Threat Groups Using Translation Tools in Phishing Attacks

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/24/2023

It used to be that one of the sure ways to identify a phishing email was to notice grammatical errors or broken English in the text of the communication. Thanks to new translation tools like Google Translate, that are...more

Cybersecurity To-Dos in 2023

Polsinelli on 2/14/2023

Introduction - The cybersecurity threat landscape continues to evolve and present new challenges pertaining to the protection of electronically stored information. Innovative “hacking” tactics constantly emerge and...more

Cybersecurity Risks for Business- A Primer on Prevention

Goldberg Segalla on 10/10/2022

As technology evolves, companies are finding ways to become more nimble and conduct business more efficiently — over remote networks, email on handheld devices, the cloud, and on cellphones. Yet, as technology advances, so...more

[Webinar] 2022 WORKing Lunch Series: Protecting Your (Human) Resources: Fighting Business Email Compromise and Ransomware -...

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 10/6/2022

HR employees are, willingly or not, the guardians of the company’s most sensitive collection of data—its employee’s personal information. Cybercriminals often perceive the human resources department as the perfect gateway...more

SEC Publishes Sample Climate Change Comment Letter

Goodwin on 9/24/2021

In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a sample comment letter on climate change disclosures; the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is conducting a review of brokerage firm...more

Recent Cybersecurity Incidents on the Campaign Trail Highlight Risks for Ordinary Companies

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 11/3/2020

Although this is no ordinary campaign, recent news shows how politicians have many of the same worries as typical businesses. On Thursday, October 29, 2020, the Wisconsin Republican Party reported that it had been victimized...more

Not If But When: Cybercrime Targets Telework

Fisher Phillips on 10/7/2020

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans have deserted the physical workplace. Modern technology and remote access capabilities have made it possible to transform almost any job to a telework position. As...more

Business Email Compromise Scams: What You Should Know and What You Can Do To Be Prepared

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 9/9/2020

Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams have become increasingly commonplace and financially destructive. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 2019 was the worst year on record for BEC scams — both in terms...more

FinCEN Issues Advisory on Cyber-Enabled Crime Fueled by COVID-19

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/31/2020

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) just issued yet another Advisory regarding fraud threats faced by financial institutions, as exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This Advisory pertains to “Cybercrime and...more

FBI Warns Companies to Be Vigilant as COVID-19-Themed BEC Scams Continue to Grow

Blank Rome LLP on 6/4/2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause chaos across the globe, cyber attacks seeking to exploit the crisis on the rise as well. In particular, the frequency of COVID-19 business e-mail compromise (“BEC”) schemes—a...more

Cyber Risk Update for Construction Companies

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog® on 11/12/2019

Scammers are always seeking new ways to target victims for Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, where they leverage email to try to convince you to give them credentials, send them confidential information like W2s, send...more

Blockchain Week in Review - September 2019 #3

Perkins Coie on 10/9/2019

U.S. Developments - REGULATORY - House Passes Bill to Review How Blockchain Technology Can Improve FinCEN - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) that requires the Director...more

Business Email Compromise: Protect Your Company From This Common Scam

Bennett Jones LLP on 10/8/2019

Between 2016 and 2019, Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams cost American organizations US$3.1 billion in losses and Canadian organizations US$33.6 million. This type of pervasive scam targets large and small businesses...more

FinCEN Director Blanco Addresses “Cyber Hygiene”

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/27/2019

FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco delivered prepared remarks on September 24 at the 2019 Federal Identity (FedID) Forum and Exposition in Tampa, Florida. Director Blanco summarized the topics of his remarks by stating the...more

Vermont Supreme Court Holds “False Pretense” Exclusion Ambiguous in Phishing Scam

White and Williams LLP on 1/3/2019

Last week, the Vermont Supreme Court in Rainforest Chocolate, LLC v. Sentinel Insurance Company, 2018 VT LEXIS 240 (Vt. Dec. 28, 2018), held that the “False Pretense” exclusion in a business-owner policy did not exclude loss...more

Trick or Treat: Does the SEC’s October Report Signal a New Shift in Cybersecurity Enforcement?

White and Williams LLP on 10/29/2018

On October 16, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Enforcement issued a report on Cyber-Related Frauds Against Public Companies and Related Internal Accounting Controls Requirements (the Report)...more

SEC 21(a) Report Warns Public Company Email Scam Victims of Bigger Problems Than Stolen Money

Perkins Coie on 10/26/2018

Known by many names, including business email compromise fraud, CEO or CFO fraud, impersonation attacks, or “Man-in-the-Email” scams, cyber-related frauds involving spoofed or otherwise compromised business electronic...more

SEC Warns Companies of Potential Internal Accounting Control Violations with Business Email Compromise

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/19/2018

• The SEC issued guidance in the form of a rare “21(a) report” this week after investigating a series of email frauds impacting 9 unnamed companies. • These email-based frauds, referred to as “CEO scams” or “vendor scams,”...more

Five Questions (And Possible Good Answers) Boards of Directors Should Ask About Cybersecurity

White and Williams LLP on 10/2/2018

Data privacy and security can feel overwhelming for a company’s executive management. Unfortunately, that overwhelming feeling can prevent constructive dialogue and action toward improving a company’s cybersecurity program....more

Sixth Circuit Finds Coverage Under Crime Policy for Business Email Compromise

McGuireWoods LLP on 7/20/2018

For the second time in ten days, a federal appeals court ruled a crime insurance policy provides coverage for losses arising from a business email compromise. In American Tooling Center, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety...more

Second Circuit Holds Phishing Email Using PHP Script is Covered “Computer Fraud”

White and Williams LLP on 7/9/2018

Scams from business compromise emails (BECs) have been labeled by the FBI as a “$5 billion” problem. Sometimes known as “CEO Fraud,” BECs are where an email, purportedly coming from a high-ranking company official or vendor,...more

DOJ's Business Email Compromise Takedown Illustrates Pervasiveness of Internet Fraud Schemes

Jones Day on 6/18/2018

On June 12, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the internationally coordinated arrests of 74 individuals involved in a series of multimillion-dollar business email compromise schemes ("BEC"). Although these...more

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