ELTENI'S CYBER SCOOP Latest News In this newsletter, we uncover additional regulatory rules being approved for Clearing Agencies. Also, the numbers are in, and enforcement actions are up, including SEC settled charges against a broker-dealer and a software company for allegedly providing misleading information regarding cyber incidents. Lastly, the proposed cybersecurity rules for RIAs
ELTENI'S CYBER SCOOP Latest News In this newsletter, we uncover a major cybersecurity revelation. The SEC has taken action against SolarWinds Corporation and its CISO, Timothy G. Brown, for alleged fraud and internal control lapses tied to cybersecurity risks. Want to download this in pdf? Enter the password from the email you received.
Recently a few of our clients were recipients of phishing email leveraging scare tactics, also known as the Phantom Extortion Scam. This scam involves cyber criminals sending fake emails or messages to individuals or businesses, claiming that there has been a security breach or incident involving sensitive client or organization data. The cyber criminals then
LastPass, a popular password management service, has revealed that malicious actors have gained access to unencrypted customer data, including web URLs, email addresses, company names, billing addresses, telephone numbers, and IP addresses of LastPass customers, as well as encrypted copies of customer password vaults. This information was compromised using previously stolen data from a breach in
On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) provided several potential enhancements to the existing Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules. The Draft Amendments can be divided into six categories: Assessments, Technical Requirements, Governance, Obligations for Larger Companies, Notifications, and Penalties. Assessments The Draft Amendments expand the current definition of Risk Assessment to
Earlier today the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose rules related to cybersecurity risk management for registered investment advisers, and registered investment companies and business development companies (funds), as well as amendments to certain rules that govern investment adviser and fund disclosures. The SEC Chair Gary Genlser stated that the proposed rules and amendments
The New York Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") has charged First American Insurance company with multiple section code violations pertaining to cyber security policies. This is NYDFS's first time charging a company for not adhering to their Cybersecurity Regulation Part 500 of Title 23. The charges held against First American are as follows: Deficient cybersecurity
In October 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stated that it would expand its Safeguards Rule in order to better protect consumer financial information from cyber attacks and security breaches. The revised Rule requirements will take effect on December 9, 2022. This is a significant development for private funds that were previously exempt from the
FINRA Rule 4370 requires firms of all sizes to be prepared for business disruptions by maintaining a business continuity plan. After conducting a "Pandemic Review" of the rule, which included extensive feedback from internal and external stakeholders, FINRA decided to keep the rule as is. A majority of the feedback received indicated that Rule 4370
You probably heard the news this weekend about the new critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Apache log4j 2. A remote code execution vulnerability is an attack that can be launched from anywhere in the world, as long as an affected system is available remotely. Why is important? The vulnerability affects millions of devices, including
