Financial Crimes, Cybersecurity, Ransomware

Ransomware Unveiled: How the LockBit Breach Exposes the Digital Extortion Economy

HaystackID on 5/9/2025

xThe cybersecurity community has witnessed a significant development with the recent compromise of LockBit’s operational infrastructure, providing extraordinary visibility into one of the most sophisticated...more

[Event] 16th Annual Flagship Conference on U.S. Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance - May 5th - 6th, Washington, DC

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 3/30/2022

ACI’s Annual Flagship Conference on Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance is widely regarded as the premier conference designed for those working in global sanctions compliance, internal audits and investigations,...more

Defending Against Ransomware: OSFI Updated Advisory on Cyber Incident Reporting

Bennett Jones LLP on 3/15/2022

Ransomware continues to present an increasing risk to all organizations. Ransomware attacks can involve the installation of malicious software designed to block access to computer systems and/or steal data, and a...more

Trade Matters - November 2021

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 11/3/2021

1. New Cybersecurity Export Controls From BIS Go Into Effect in January - The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released an interim final rule establishing new export controls on certain cybersecurity items and...more

FinCEN to host second ‘exchange’ on preventing ransomware

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 7/26/2021

The United States Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will hold a second FinCEN Exchange in August to discuss ways to combat increasingly sophisticated cyber and ransomware attacks. The FinCEN...more

FinCEN Publishes No-Action Letter Analysis and AML/CFT National Priorities

WilmerHale on 7/15/2021

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has continued a spate of regulatory activity related to financial crimes compliance matters in the first year of the Biden Administration, recapped in its recent report...more

Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime and Money Laundering

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/29/2020

Today we are very pleased to welcome guest blogger Moyara Ruehsen, PhD, CAMS, CFCS, who is an Associate Professor and Director of the Financial Crime Management Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in...more

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