No Password Required: SVP at SpyCloud Labs, Former Army Investigator, and Current Breakfast Champion
Monumental Win in Data Breach Class Action: A Case Study — The Consumer Finance Podcast
FBI Lockbit Takedown: What Does It Mean for Your Company?
Privacy Officer's Roadmap: Data Breach and Ransomware Defense – Speaking of Litigation Video Podcast
Cybersecurity in Video Games & Esports
2023 DSIR Deeper Dive: Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Are Trying to Assert a New Cause of Action Against Universities Based on an Old Law Regulating Videotape Service Providers
Podcast: A Conversation with Andy Rotherham on Hot Topics in Education for 2023
No Password Required: Threat Intelligence Analyst at Recorded Future, the Ransomware Sommelier, and a Guy With a Mildly Exciting Expense Account
Compliance & Disaster Preparedness
2023 DSIR Report Deeper Dive into the Data
Episode 282 -- CISO and CCOs -- The Evolving Partnership
No Password Required: Threat Researcher at Cisco Talos and a Veteran of the Highest-Profile Cyber Incidents Who Roasts His Own Coffee Beans
Innovation in Compliance - The Role of Backup Systems in Cybersecurity Defense with Curtis Preston
Cyber Threats
No Password Required: The Teenage CEO of Girls Who Hack and Secure Open Vote, Who Is as Comfortable Behind a Mic as She Is Behind a Keyboard.
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV – Cybersecurity Third and Final Part: Ransomware
Can Cyber Investigations Be Canned? - Unauthorized Access Podcast
[Podcast] NSA Cybersecurity Services for Defense Contractors
Understanding the Additional Risks When Making a Ransomware Payment
2022 DSIR Deeper Dive: Ransomware
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
Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoy this issue and thank you for reading. Sector by Sector: How Data Breaches are Wrecking Bottom Lines - “Data...more
Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more
The UK government has launched a public consultation on proposed measures to combat ransomware — a growing cyber threat with serious economic and security implications — and seeks input from businesses, cybersecurity...more
You've been hit by a ransomware attack, and a cybercriminal group is demanding a cryptocurrency payment in exchange for your data's safe return. Should you pay? Deciding whether to pay a ransom is an internal business...more
The widespread and debilitating impacts of the recent faulty Crowdstrike® software update has caused businesses to evaluate processes and examine potential claims and defenses related to the deleterious commercial impacts of...more
Anecdotally, we know that cybercriminals hailing from Russia are a significant risk to U.S.-based and world companies and governmental entities. With two convicted Russian cybercriminals being released this week in the...more
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently warned the health care sector about the Akira ransomware group that has been hitting health care organizations since May of 2023. In an Analyst Note dated...more
The Most Significant Developments in Cybersecurity and Cyber-Related Liability Risks - As we reflect upon 2023, it will unfortunately be remembered as a record-breaking year for ransomware and cybercrime....more
CYBERSECURITY - Hackers Steal $4.4M Crypto Using Data Linked to LastPass Breach - According to Bleeping Computer, crypto fraud researchers at ZachXBT, and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan have reported that on October 25,...more
You may be Entitled to Financial Compensation…for Your Data - “Without all of our writings and photos that AI companies are using to train their models, they would have nothing to sell.” Why this is important: This...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important SEC enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary resources...more
Amidst the recent surge in ransomware attacks on U.S. businesses—with crypto criminals and sometimes State actors invading and encrypting computer and operating systems and extorting funds in exchange for the decryption...more
Companies are increasingly choosing not to pay ransom for ransomware and extortionware due to the growing associated risks. In fact, a recent report by crypto-crime analyst firm Chainalysis found that payments to threat...more
Some policyholders mistakenly assume that all cyber insurance policies provide coverage for much the same type of losses. But unlike many other types of commercial insurance, cyber has not become standardized in the years...more
In the last week of December 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court published a much-anticipated decision in the EMOI Services LLC v. Owners Insurance Co. case. The decision was bold, and the court made no attempt to limit its holding...more
Universities Share Lessons Learned from Ransomware Attacks "According to a recent Sophos poll of IT professionals, 44 percent of educational institutions suffered ransomware attacks in 2020, and 58 percent of those hit...more
Crime policies cover theft of money, tangible property, and securities by employees and others. The crime market is currently stable. But could it be the calm before the impact of the work-from-home storm is fully known?...more
Editor’s Note: On May 18, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast developed to highlight the foundational basics of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs and to present practical considerations for the investigational...more
In this week’s News of Note, ransomware continues to ravage institutions—including a 157-year-old college and the government of Costa Rica—AI learns to accurately predict a patient’s race based on their medical images,...more
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
War in the Time of Crypto - "In the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which side is crypto helping? Both." Why this is important: The world continues to watch Russia's invasion of Ukraine as it dominates news outlets. An...more
Apple’s portal to the metaverse could be nearing, Sony’s AI ups its game(play), a hospital resorts to pen and paper to thwart ransomware, and more in this week’s News of Note!...more
Workplace law has changed dramatically over the past two years of the pandemic. Unfortunately, 2022 (or is it “2020 too”?) is shaping up to be another year full of new rules and regulations within this volatile area of law....more