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Mac Malware #6 on WatchGuard’s Top Ten List
By John Simek
The price of success is the target you present. Mac-based malware (Yes it does exist!) finally landed a spot on WatchGuard's Top 10 list of the most common types of…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Operator of Counter Antivirus Service “Scan4you” Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
A Latvian “non-citizen,” meaning a citizen of the former USSR who resided in Riga, Latvia, was sentenced to 168 months in prison for offenses related to his operation of “Scan4you,”…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Schneider Electric USBs Infected with Malware
Schneider Electric recently issued a consumer warning that it mistakenly shipped USB drives to its customers that were infected with malware. Schneider Electric stated in its alert that “Schneider Electric…
The Right Coast
US agencies see alliance between North Korean, Chinese hackers | Asia Times
The Conspiracy s malicious activities include the creation of the malware used in the 2017 WannaCry 2.0 global ransomware attack; the 2016 theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank; the…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Russian National Who Operated Kelihos Botnet Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Conspiracy, Computer Crime and Identity Theft Offenses
Peter Yuryevich Levashov, aka “Petr Levashov,” “Peter Severa,” “Petr Severa” and “Sergey Astakhov,” 38, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Hartford, Connecticut, to offenses stemming…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Vicious Kronos Variant Osiris Malware Recently Released and Proving Dangerous
We all remember Kronos—the malicious malware that was sold by Russian underground forums in 2014 for $7,000. If you bought it, you were promised updates and development of new modules.…
Legal Loudspeaker Blog
Spam Never Expires
Happy birthday spam! It’s been 40 years since the delivery of the first spam email to an unsuspecting user’s inbox. Hackers don’t appear to want spam emails to slow down…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Three Members of Notorious International Cybercrime Group “Fin7” In Custody for Role in Attacking Over 100 U.S. companies
Victim Companies in 47 U.S. States; Used Front Company ‘Combi Security’ to Recruit Hackers to Criminal Enterprise Three high-ranking members of a sophisticated international cybercrime group operating out of Eastern…
Cybersecurity Legal Trends & Topics
Emotet Malware: Proving the Importance of Verification
Our instinct is to assume that most things are real or legitimate. A manager or client requests reports, our “worker-bee” mentality kicks in and we deliver the reports without question.…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
FBI and DHS Warn of Malicious Malware (HIDDEN COBRA) Attributed to North Korea
Just days after the summit between the U.S. and North Korea, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security issued a warning about a malicious malware,…