Leveraging Knowledge to Manage Your Data Risks
On March 12, 2025, a joint cybersecurity advisory was issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center to advise companies about the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to protect themselves against Medusa ransomware.
According to the advisory:…
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center released an advisory on February 19, 2025, providing information on Ghost ransomware activity.
According to the advisory, “Ghost actors conduct these widespread attacks targeting and compromising organizations with outdated versions of software and firmware on their…
Apple product users—update your new Apple security patches now!
Apple released security patches iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1 on October 27, 2024, and patches to iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 on October 28, 2024, to address vulnerabilities and zero day initiatives. These patches should be applied as soon as possible: currently, “an attacker with physical…
This week we are pleased to have a guest post by Robinson+Cole Business Transaction Group lawyer Tiange (Tim) Chen.
On February 28, 2024, the Justice Department published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to seek public comments on the establishment of a new regulatory regime to restrict U.S. persons from transferring bulk sensitive…
Last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released Cybersecurity Guidance: Chinese-Manufactured Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), which outlines the risks and threats posed by Chinese-manufactured unmanned aerial systems (UAS or drones) and provides cybersecurity safeguards to reduce these risks to networks and sensitive data.
The biggest issue:…
On October 30, 2023, the Biden Administration issued its “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and use of Artificial Intelligence.” The EO outlines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) “holds extraordinary potential for both promise and peril.” As the Administration “places the highest urgency on governing the development and use of AI safely and…
This week we are pleased to have a guest post by Robinson+Cole Artificial Intelligence Team patent agent Daniel J. Lass.
After previously finding that the Biden White House and the FBI likely violated First Amendment free speech protections for some users of online social media platforms, the Fifth Circuit expanded its ruling to find…
To kick off the twentieth annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced that CISA and the National Cybersecurity Alliance will “focus on ways to “Secure Our World” by educating the public on how to stay safe online. Secure Our World is a theme that CISA will focus…
On August 22, 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued four more advisories related to industrial control systems. The advisories are applicable to four different industrial control products, explain the risk of the vulnerability (e.g., “successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to compromise availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the targeted…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued “timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding” Industrial Control Systems (ICS).
The Advisories provide background on the vulnerabilities, and the manufacturers’ releases for remediation and mitigation to implement to protect against the vulnerabilities, which Industrial Control Systems operators may wish to consult. The…
