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Shields Up: How a military unit simultaneously increased web access and decreased cyber risk using remote cloud browsing technology.
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Zack Whittaker reports: Homeland Security’s cybersecurity division is pushing to change the law that would allow it to demand information from internet providers that would identify the owners of vulnerable systems, TechCrunch has learned. Sources fami… Continue reading DHS cyber unit wants to subpoena ISPs to identify vulnerable systems
Lindsey O’Donnell reports: The U.S. Senate has approved new legislation aimed at helping government agencies and private-sector companies combat ransomware attacks. The legislation comes as local governments and schools continue to be hit by soph… Continue reading Senate Passes Bill Aimed At Combating Ransomware Attacks
Sara A. Arrow and Peter A. Nelson of Patterson Belknap write: It has been thirty years since the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) significantly revised Regulation S-K, which sets forth reporting requirements for public companies. The SEC … Continue reading SEC’s Proposed Revisions to Regulation S-K Will Minimally Impact Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements
Justin Murphy reports: Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., called on Congress and the FBI on Wednesday to help school districts and other local government bodies threatened by increasingly common and sophisticated cyberattacks. The issue has put school distr… Continue reading Schumer calls for federal response to school cyberattacks
Orin Kerr writes: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down a groundbreaking decision today on the federal computer hacking law, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). In HiQ Labs v. LinkedIn, the court held that scraping a public website … Continue reading Scraping A Public Website Doesn’t Violate the CFAA, Ninth Circuit (Mostly) Holds
Susan B. Cassidy, Samantha Clark, Ryan Burnette and Ian Brekke of Covington & Burling write: On September 4, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition released Version 0.4 of its draft Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certificati… Continue reading DoD Releases Public Draft of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and Seeks Industry Input
Timothy H. Gray, Ethan Kisch and Michael F. Buchanan of Patterson Belknap write: On August 28, 2019, almost a month after Paige A. Thompson was arrested based on allegations that she hacked into servers rented by Capital One Financial Corporation, a cr… Continue reading Capital One Hack Prosecution Raises New and Old Questions about Adequacy of CFAA
Wendy Davis reports: LinkedIn can’t rely on a 33-year-old anti-hacking law to prevent prevent the analytics firm HiQ Labs from mining data, a federal appellate court ruled Monday. The ruling, issued by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court… Continue reading LinkedIn Can’t Block Analytics Company From Scraping Profiles
Sara Merken reports: The Federal Trade Commission is issuing specific data security requirements to companies as part of agency settlements, policing businesses more aggressively than before, attorneys and former staff said. Proposed settlements reache… Continue reading FTC Takes Tougher Data Security Stance After LabMD Fight