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Organisations received £155 million in GDPR fines in 2020

IT Governance

In 2020, organisations received €182 million (about £155 million) in fines for violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , according to an IT Governance report. There were at least 92 GDPR fines in Q4 2020, with more than a quarter of them coming from Spain. The surge is most likely tied to COVID-19.

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Russia-linked threat actors targets critical infrastructure, US authorities warn

Security Affairs

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued a joint alert to warn critical infrastructure operators about threats from Russian state-sponsored hackers. link] pic.twitter.com/nKmIeSfcTS — NSA Cyber (@NSACyber) January 11, 2022.

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CJEU’s Judgment on Validity of EU Standard Contractual Clauses Due July 16, 2020

Hunton Privacy

Further, such a ruling would impact preparations for transferring personal data from the EU to the UK following termination of the Brexit transition period on December 31, 2020. At present, most businesses are preparing to use SCCs for these transfers. Background to Schrems II. in the U.S.

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FBI, DHS, HHS Warn of Imminent, Credible Ransomware Threat Against U.S. Hospitals

Krebs on Security

Department of Homeland Security hastily assembled a conference call with healthcare industry executives warning about an “imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. ” The warning came less than 24 hours after this author received a tip from Alex Holden , founder of Milwaukee-based cyber intelligence firm Hold Security.

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Trojan Lampion is back after 3 months

Security Affairs

Trojan Lampion is a malware observed at the end of the year 2019 impacting Portuguese users using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax and EDP. The latest campaigns in Portugal were observed during February 2020, according to the threat indicators available at 0xSI_f33d – The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed.

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Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group

Security Affairs

These malware strains did not present any similarities with malware associated with other APT groups. In April 2017, Symantec security experts who analyzed the alleged CIA hacking tools included in the Vault 7 dump that were involved in attacks aimed at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries.

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Welcome to Legaltech New York 2020!: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

There are several interesting sessions today related to eDiscovery, Information Governance, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy. I’ve opened them all up, so you don’t have to. : o ) Sessions in the main conference tracks include: 11:30am – 12:30pm: Getting Into the BlockTech Game. The post Welcome to Legaltech New York 2020!: