Cyber Criminals Use Social Engineering and Technical Attacks to Circumvent Multi-Factor Authentication
September 17, 2019
National Cybersecurity Legal Institute
The National Cybersecurity Legal Institute is an annual conference that brings together experts from across fields and disciplines to share best practices and help keep you safe from a cyber attack.
The next National Cybersecurity Legal Institute will be held on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Details coming soon.
The inaugural Institute was held on Thursday, April 4, 2019.
Cybersecurity Legal Webinars
Similar to the institute, the task force will also produce webinars throughout the year to help you stay up-to-date on the latest trends in cybersecurity.
No webinars are currently scheduled.
FBI Private Industry Notification (PINs)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Cyber Division periodically releases Private Industry Notifications (PINs) to help cyber security professionals and system administrators guard against the persisent malicious actions of cyber criminals.
The Cybersecurity Legal Task Force has partnered with the FBI to make the PINs available here:
Osiris Banking Trojan
August 7, 2019
Master Decryption Keys for GandCrab, versions 4 through 5.2
July 15, 2019
Cyber Actors Leveraging Malvertising with Hybrid Obfuscation Techniques to Deliver Malware
June 4, 2019
Cyber Insider Threat Actors Disrupt Networks and Steal Data, Inflicting Significant Losses to US Businesses
April 23, 2019
Articles
Articles written by Task Force members can be found here, and serve as a resource available anytime you are looking for best practices in the fight against cyber attacks:
Data Security Problems for Sale [pdf]
Getting Serious about Law Firm Cybersecurity [pdf]
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Wire Transfer Fraud [pdf]
How to Be Secure in an Unsecure World [pdf]
Protecting Data Security Risk Assessments from Disclosure in Subsequent Breach Litigation [pdf]
Risk Assessment Landmines in Data Security Breach Litigation [pdf]
The Evolving Affirmative Duty to Investigate Social Media Evidence and Its Impact on the Standard of Care [pdf]
The New Professional Risk Pt. 1: Cyber Crime and the Vulnerability of the Healthcare Industry [pdf]
The New Professional Risk Pt. 2: Keeping Customers' Data Close to the Vest - Cybersecurity Challenges in the Retail, Restaurant and Hospitality Industry [pdf]
The New Professional Risk Pt. 4: Law Firms - The New Soft Underbelly of American Cybersecurity [pdf]
Users of LinkedIn, Beware! [pdf]
When Information Became a Lawyer's Thang
How Clients Are Pushing Their Outside Counsels to Adopt Stricter Cybersecurity Standards and Protections