Kayla Mendez

Jul 11, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Kayla Mendez

Skip to main content July 11, 2024 Volume XIV, Number 193 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.

Jul 11, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Kayla Mendez |Jennifer Driscoll |Sean Griffin

Verizon’s 2024 Data Breach Report, a must-read publication, was published on May 1, 2024. The report indicates that “Over the past 10 years, the use of stolen credentials has appeared in almost one-third (31%) of all breaches…”Stolen credentials mean a user has given their username and password to a threat actor. When that happens, the threat actor has complete authenticated, unfettered access to all of the data the user has access to in the system.

Jul 11, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Kayla Mendez |Anand Gupta |Jennifer Driscoll

Security research firm Halcyon recently reported that it “encountered” a new ransomware organization dubbed Volcano Demon several times in the past few weeks. According to its report, Volcano Demon uses the encryptor LukaLocker with a .nba file extension. Halcyon provided an encryptor sample in its post.

Jul 11, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Kayla Mendez |E. John Steren |Patricia Wagner

Skip to main content July 11, 2024 Volume XIV, Number 193 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.

Jul 11, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Kayla Mendez

Loper Bright Shifts Statutory Interpretation Powers Back to the Courts. On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine with its decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Under Chevron, courts have historically deferred to a federal agency’s interpretation of ambiguity in statutes that the agency administers. Courts premised Chevron deference on the notion that Congress implicitly delegated the interpretation to the agency.