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Apr 12, 2016

NY High Court Says Parents Can Legally Eavesdrop on Kids

On April 5th, the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, ruled that a parent who believes their

Apr 11, 2016

FBI Warns of Dramatic Increase in Business E-mail Scams

On April 4th, the FBI posted a warning about a dramatic increase in business e-mail scams. From October 2013-February 2016,

Apr 07, 2016

The World Largest Data Breach Comes From a Law Firm

It appears that we will have jaw-dropping revelations from what has become known as the Panama Papers for a long

Apr 06, 2016

U.S. and Canada Issue Joint Ransomware Alert

On March 31st, as reported by Naked Security, the U.S. and Canada issued a rare joint cyber alert warning about

Apr 05, 2016

Data Breach Class Action Planned Against Elite Law Firms

Law360 reported (sub. req.) on March 31st that privacy class action law firm Edelson PC is planning to file class action

Apr 04, 2016

Russian Cybercriminal Aims to Breach Top U.S. Law Firms

Crain's Chicago Business reported on March 29th that a Russian cybercriminal called "Oleras", living in the Ukraine, has been trying

Mar 31, 2016

WSJ Reports That Hackers Breached Law Firms Cravath Swaine and Weil Gotshal

Suddenly, Last Summer. This was a script very different from the famous movie starring Elizabeth Taylor. But it was last

Mar 30, 2016

Apple vs. the FBI: Has the Fat Lady Sung?

Very doubtful. Information Week reported that the FBI and the DOJ had claimed at least 19 times that there was

Mar 29, 2016

New Cloud Security Standards for Law Firms

At ABA TECHSHOW, Clio announced on March 17th that the Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA) had released the first set

Mar 28, 2016

Verizon Acknowledges Data Breach Said to Impact 1.5 Million Customers

On March 1st, Verizon, which famously investigates data breaches, released a Data Breach Digest involving 18 breach scenarios with pithy

Mar 24, 2016

The Burner Phones Used by the Terrorists in Paris – Brussels Too?

The Apple vs. FBI fight over "back doors" has gotten more interesting with the revelation by the International Business Times

Mar 23, 2016

Belgian Officials Urge People to Use Social Media After Bombings

Yesterday was quite a day. I knew it was bad when Matt Lauer was on at 6 a.m. with everyone