Ride the Lightning

May 07, 2015

DOJ Will Review Use of Stingray Devices

Ars Technica reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is going to formally review how, when, and why it uses

May 06, 2015

Will Computers Replace Lawyers in the Courtroom?

I am a big fan of Doug Austin's posts in the eDiscoverydaily and he certainly struck a nerve recently when

May 05, 2015

ACLU App Records Police Conduct

The LA Times reported on April 30th that the American Civil Liberties Union of California has created a free smartphone

May 04, 2015

New Sources of Evidence: Live Streaming Apps

Hat tip Rob Robinson for alerting me to the fact that the Meerkat live streaming app has beaten Periscope to

Apr 30, 2015

For This Year's Geek Holiday List: A Machine That Detects Stingrays

Recently, I asked John if there was an affordable device that could detect rogue cellular network transceivers, including "Stingray" devices

Apr 29, 2015

Can a Teleoperated Surgical Robot Be Hacked? Yes.

An MIT Technology Review report says security experts were able to hack a telesurgery robot with relative ease. Disquieting, eh?

Apr 28, 2015

Vendor Management: How to Limit Risk in Data Breaches

I can't remember ever citing Business Insurance, but it had an interesting article yesterday on vendor management and commercial claims.

Apr 27, 2015

Want to Know What's In Obama's E-mails? Ask the Russians.

Yes, this does appear to be a theme recently as more details are released about the presumptively Russian hacking of

Apr 23, 2015

Drone Lawyers Are Flying High!

Yes, you may groan at the title of this post. It really is remarkable how quickly large firms have developed

Apr 22, 2015

Ransomware That Encrypts Data Increased by a Whopping 4000% in 2014

Wow. That's quite a title. The recently issued Symantec 2015 Internet Security Threat Report has a lot of meat to

Apr 21, 2015

Can Your Plane Be Hacked? Apparently, Yes.

CBS news recently reported that the Government Accountability Office (were they laughing when they named it that?) has found that

Apr 20, 2015

Another Great ABA TECHSHOW is in the Vault!

As I write this, I am still in Chicago getting ready to catch a plane home – weary but happy.