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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

UPDATE: Organizations Using the Salesloft Drift AI Chat Agent Must Check It for Compromise

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On August 28th, Mandiant issued an update to its previous Salesloft Drift advisory. Therein, Mandiant discussed that Salesloft issued a security notification on Aug. 26 regarding its Drift application. At that time, it...more

Alston & Bird

CISA, FBI, NSA, and International Partners Issue Joint Cybersecurity Advisory for Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities in 2023

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On November 12, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), National Security Agency (“NSA”) and certain international partners (including the Australian...more

Jenner & Block

Evolving Caremark Duties Related to Cybersecurity Risks

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In the recent case Construction Industry Laborers Pension Fund on behalf of SolarWinds Corporation, et. al v. Mike Bingle, et al. (2022), the Delaware Chancery Court considered whether the directors of SolarWinds Corporation,...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New Zero-Day Vulnerability for Log4j is the Next Cybersecurity Nightmare

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On December 10, 2021, multiple media outlets, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administration (CISA), and the director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency (NSA) began alerting to a significant...more

Carlton Fields

Ransomware Attack Replacement Costs Are Covered “Direct Physical Loss or Damage” Under Standard Business Owner’s Policy, According...

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A Maryland federal court recently weighed in on the still-murky world of insurance coverage for cybersecurity losses, finding replacement costs necessitated by a ransomware attack were “direct physical loss or damage” to a...more

Morgan Lewis

United Kingdom Establishes IoT Security Principles

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The UK government recently released a policy paper outlining proposed requirements for makers of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to take certain actions to better protect IoT devices from growing cybersecurity threats....more

McGuireWoods LLP

German Case Fails to Address Key Issue Regarding Software ‘Copyleft’

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Caution remains the watchword for incorporation of “copyleft” software into proprietary software projects, as a German court has declined to provide insight into the reach of the influential free software license, the General...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Trade Secrets, Security, and Cloud Computing: Best Practices Now

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As businesses increasingly store and access confidential information in the cloud, questions arise as to how to safeguard a company’s private data once it becomes part of an external computing network. Standards for...more

Carlton Fields

Cybersecurity Coverage Litigation: Learning to Survive After the Second Wave Hits

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It’s a familiar pattern. First, new risks inspire legislation and regulations that impose new penalties. Next, insurers and policyholders fight over whether the new liabilities are covered under traditional liability...more

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