DoJ Announces forfeiture of North Korean cargo ship…

Today’s #GoodGuysPrevail Update: The U.S. Department of Justice this week announced a judgment of forfeiture regarding the (ironically named) North Korean cargo ship (the “Wise Honest”), which was engaged in a years-long scheme to evade sanctions under both U.S. law and United Nations Security Council resolutions…

#investigations #dataanalytics #fraud #forensics #ruleoflaw

https://lnkd.in/e79EA8j

#GoodGuysPrevail: FireEye Outreach Program to Assist Vulnerable Organizations…

Today’s #GoodGuysPrevail Update: #CyberSecurity company FireEye, Inc. will now provide specialized cybersecurity services (i.e., training, intelligence, and technology) to #thinktanks, #NGOs, #news organizations, and certain #nonprofit groups on a free or low-cost basis. The rationale: Helping organizations that face a disproportionate share of #cyberattacks due to their work in the public interest. Kudos all around on this!

#LegalizePrivacy #infosec #privacy #cyber #security #cyberdefense #datasecurity #informationsecurity #communityoutreach

https://lnkd.in/eUHjz9s

FBI announces charges against 80 people in cyber fraud, money-laundering schemes…

Today’s #GoodGuysPrevail Update: The dogged efforts by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) led to a federal grand jury indictment, unsealed yesterday, which charged 80 people (~20% within domestic U.S. + ~80% foreign nationals) with participating in a massive conspiracy to steal millions of dollars through a variety of #cyber #fraud schemes and launder the funds…

Full details are here.

Grant Thornton audits more than $10 billion in cryptoassets, across 40 cryptocurrencies and 100 million addresses

In a move that demonstrates its prowess auditing companies in the cryptocurrency industry, Grant Thornton LLP has announced that it audited more than $10 billion in cryptoassets during the first three months of 2019. Moreover, these audits covered 40 different cryptocurrencies across more than 100 million addresses.

Read the full BusinessWire article here.

You’ve Been Hacked, Now What?

I’m looking forward to joining Loren Dealy Mahler and Kevin Walsh, CISM next week to discuss #incidentresponse best practices, during a #CyberSecurity panel discussion moderated by Armistead Whitney of Apptega.

Join us!

Enjoyed my time with a lively AICPA conference audience this morning…

Kudos to the thousand-plus that showed up EARLY this morning to hear my CyberSecurity keynote presentation. This conference has some impressive talent taking the stage (present company excluded), so it was an honor to present to such a sophisticated audience on a topic that isn’t always front-and-center in their lives.

Today’s #GoodGuysPrevail Update…

U.S. Department of Justice secures guilty plea from a Lithuanian citizen, for his role in orchestrating a business-email-compromise-driven #fraud scheme that induced two companies to wire a total of over $100 million USD.

#BEC #cybersecurity #phishing

https://lnkd.in/e6wh8sG

Cybersecurity put under investor microscope

Cybersecurity put under investor microscope Pensions & Investments Asset owners are examining Wall Street *service* providers, including managers and custodians, to ensure they have sound security practices.

Source: Cybersecurity put under investor microscope

My AICPA Keynote Presentation on Blockchain…

I had a great deal of fun presenting at this conference in the Fall of 2018.  If you have an interest in viewing a plain-English, digestible introduction to blockchain technologies, this video may just be right for you.

#GoodGuysPrevail: Chinese Spy to be tried in U.S. for IP Theft

A Chinese spy is extradited to the U.S. after stealing technology secrets…this senior military officer now faces prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice on economic espionage charges, a precedent in the battle against China’s decades-old practice of “developing its economy at the expense of American know-how” (a lovely euphemism for stealing with great profligacy).

Full Washington Post story is here.