DHS and FBI Issue a Joint Technical Alert with UK Warning Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks
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Blog Posts January 3, 2024FBI Develops Decryption Tool to Combat Blackcat Ransomware
On December 19, 2023, the Justice Department (“DOJ”) announced a disruption campaign against the Blackcat ransomware group. In the same press release, they also stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) had developed a decryption tool to combat ALPHV/Blackcat’s ransomware variant. Over the last couple of years, Blackcat’s ransomware has risen in popularity and […]
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Advisories December 21, 2023Securities Law / Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Advisory: SEC’s Cybersecurity Rules – SEC Issues Guidance and DOJ Establishes Processes for the National Security or Public Safety ExceptionOur Securities and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy teams unpack the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) process for companies seeking to delay Form 8-K disclosures under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) cybersecurity rules.
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Digital Download November 16, 2023The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2023
Keep up with what’s happening in privacy, data security, and all things cyber – from FTC rules on nonbanking institutions to Oregon’s new privacy laws to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework – from our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Group.
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Blog Posts October 24, 2023FBI Cautions Organizations on Dual Ransomware Attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Private Industry Notification on September 27, 2023, highlighting two concerning ransomware trends and providing companies with guidance on mitigating potential threat actor activity. As of July 2023, the FBI observed multiple ransomware attacks where two attacks against the same victim involving different ransomware variants are deployed often […]
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Blog Posts June 12, 2023CL0P Ransomware Gang’s Exploitation of MOVEit Vulnerability: What It Means for Companies
On June 7, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory in connection with a recent zero-day (or previously undetected) vulnerability in Progress Software’s managed file transfer software (MOVEit Transfer), exploited by the CL0P ransomware group. CL0P publicly claimed responsibility for exploiting the […]
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