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Don’t Get Caught in Scattered Spider’s Web

McCarter & English, LLP on 6/19/2025

The cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is at it again, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. This criminal group is known to focus its cyber attacks on one sector at a time. Last spring, it was the retail...more

Defending Your Law Firm Against Cyber Threats

Guidepost Solutions LLC on 4/9/2024

In an increasingly digitized world, law firms are prime targets for sophisticated cyber threats that can result in substantial financial losses and reputational damage. Recently, a prominent law firm, esteemed for its...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 4, April 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/25/2023

Tech Vendors and Cybersecurity – Are They Responsible? It has long been recommended that when you contract with a technology vendor that you include an indemnity clause in the contract wherein the vendor will indemnify you...more

Cybersecurity Checklist for Vendor Management – Vendor Security

Burr & Forman on 2/15/2023

By now, you have heard many news stories about debilitating cyberattacks that started with the compromise of a vendor's systems and ultimately wreaked havoc on that vendor's customers. As a result, many businesses are seeking...more

Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks for the Construction and Real Estate Industries

Akerman LLP on 9/9/2022

The construction industry has experienced an amazing evolution in recent years thanks to the rapid adoption of new technologies. While all of this new technology has the potential to make companies more productive and more...more

Responding to the Kronos Cyber Attack – What Should Employers Be Thinking About?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/14/2021

According to reports, Kronos, the cloud-based, HR management service provider, suffered a data incident involving ransomware affecting its information systems. Kronos communicated that it discovered the incident late on...more

Vendor Risk Roundup: 3 Huge Breaches (So Far!) This Year

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 8/24/2021

Wherever you look, it feels like cyberattacks are becoming increasingly common. Criminal hackers are making the headlines every day, stealing the personal information of millions of people, ranging from birthdays to Social...more

FDIC Seeks Comment on Supervisory Approach to Examinations During Pandemic

Goodwin on 8/20/2021

In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking information and comment regarding the FDIC’s supervisory approach to examinations during the pandemic; the FDIC’s tech lab, FIDTECH, announced a “tech...more

Is the Real Estate Industry A Target For Cyberattacks?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/21/2021

No industry is immune to privacy and cybersecurity risks, and the real estate industry is no exception. Those in the real estate industry can protect against cyberattack by understanding the risks and vulnerabilities and...more

Tyler Technologies Victim of Cyber-Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/5/2020

As one of the largest information technology service providers to local governments, the cyber-attack on Tyler Technologies (Tyler) in Plano, Texas is a sobering reminder of how a cyber-attack on a third-party vendor can put...more

Fall-Out from Blackbaud Ransomware Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/24/2020

As a follow-up to last week’s post on the importance of due diligence regarding high-risk vendors’ security practices, Blackbaud, a global company providing financial and fundraising technology to not-for-profit entities,...more

Lessons Learned from the Capital One Data Breach (Part I of III)

The Volkov Law Group on 9/10/2019

Not to say, I told you so, but around the same time that the Capital One data breach occurred, I was reminding clients that nearly half of all significant data breaches or cyber-incidents occur because of internal actors. ...more

SEC To Focus on Cybersecurity in 2019

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/28/2019

For the fourth year running, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office continues to list cybersecurity as one of the top enforcement priorities for 2019. As it relates to cybersecurity, the SEC will be focusing on...more

Privacy and Data Security Strategies for Start-Up Companies

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/23/2019

Start-up companies know that, when potential investors kick the tires, they will look carefully at the company’s business model and IP portfolio. These days, investors are also likely to look at whether the company is in...more

Grid Electrification: Addressing Cybersecurity Threats and Mitigating Risk in the Renewable Energy Era - ABA Forum

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/16/2019

Technology and the critical infrastructure that support our personal pursuits and business operations are ripe targets for cyberattacks. In particular, the electrical grid that transmits electricity from its point of...more

What’s Good for the Goose: Protecting against Vendor Cybersecurity Risk

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog on 1/9/2019

Even when you’ve done your utmost to secure your organization’s cybersecurity—you’ve followed the advice of all the experts, you’ve checked all the boxes—you still may have an Achilles’ heel. Your cybersecurity is only as...more

Strategies for Protecting Against Vendor Payment Fraud

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/16/2018

Cybercrime is an ever-increasing threat from which manufacturers are not immune. Although reliable statistics are not available, one particular type of scheme that seems to be on the rise is vendor payment fraud. In cases of...more

Could a Vendor’s Lax Info Security Ruin Your Holiday Sales? Seven Preventative Steps for Retailers

Perkins Coie on 10/26/2015

Many of the largest retailer data security breaches have been caused or enabled by the acts or omissions of retailers’ vendors, such as the widely publicized incident at Target Corporation. Several such breaches occurred...more

Proactive Approach To Cybersecurity: Recent SEC guidance and enforcement actions suggest that reactive firms may be in the SEC’s...

Morgan Lewis on 10/12/2015

In an environment where even the largest and most powerful corporations have fallen victim to data breaches, it can be challenging to fathom how to protect against the sophisticated and ever-evolving threat of cyber attacks....more

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