Laws and regulations

U.S. banking regulators order banks to notify cybersecurity incidents in 36 hours

U.S. banking regulators have approved a new rule that orders banks to notify federal regulators of significant cybersecurity incidents within 36…

2 years ago

US DoS offers a reward of up to $10M for leaders of REvil ransomware gang

The U.S. government offers up to $10 million for identifying or locating leaders in the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware operation The Department…

2 years ago

NSO Group, Positive Technologies and other firms sanctioned by the US government

The U.S. sanctioned four companies for the development of surveillance malware or the sale of hacking tools used by nation-state…

2 years ago

US Bureau of Industry and Security bans export of hacking tools to authoritarian regimes

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) would ban U.S. firms from selling hacking tools to authoritarian regimes.…

3 years ago

The Biden administration plans to target exchanges supporting ransomware operations with sanctions

US Government is expected to issue sanctions against crypto exchanges, wallets, and traders used by ransomware operations to cash out…

3 years ago

WhatsApp fined €225M over GDPR issues

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million over data sharing transparency for European Union users' data with Facebook. The…

3 years ago

Hamburg’s data protection agency (DPA) states that using Zoom violates GDPR

The German state's data protection agency (DPA) warns that the use of the videoconferencing platform Zoom violates the European Union's…

3 years ago

Chinese government issues new vulnerability disclosure regulations

Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued new vulnerability disclosure regulations that oblige experts to report zero-days to the government. The…

3 years ago

Former NSA contractor Reality Winner who leaked gov report will be released on November

Reality Winner, a former NSA contractor who leaked classified documents to the press in 2017, has been released from prison…

3 years ago

DoJ: Investigations into ransomware attacks must have similar priority as terrorism

The U.S. Department of Justice was to assign investigation on ransomware attacks the same priority as terrorism in the wake…

3 years ago

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