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Feb 11, 2015

Is Your Smart TV Watching and Listening to You?

This question certainly has dominated local/national news in the last couple of days. Though many smart TVs can watch and

Feb 10, 2015

Data Breaches in 2014 – An Infographic

27001 Academy is an online learning center where you can get training and documentation for implementing the international standard for

Feb 09, 2015

Anthem's Data Breach – Just the Beginning?

Health insurance company Anthem announced on February 4th that it had suffered what appears to be the largest breach ever

Feb 05, 2015

Lawyers' Google Search Indicates Faked Document: $1.37 Billion Case Dropped

The ABA Journal carried a story on February 3rd that really made me take notice. Texas oil company Moncrief Oil

Feb 04, 2015

Where is Cybersecurity Going in 2015?

Nice post from ZDNet on what we can expect to see in the cybersecurity world in 2015. It includes a

Feb 03, 2015

Former Prosecutor Charged After Allegedly Filming Woman in Tanning Salon

These are the kinds of stories you get when I am tasked to do an updated version of "The Ethical

Feb 02, 2015

Is Verizon Tracking You? Yes. Here's How to Protect Yourself

Hat tip to Dave Ries. According to a Network World article, The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a list of

Jan 29, 2015

FCC Says Hotels Can't Block Wi-Fi

Ars Technica reported two days ago that the Federal Communications Commission issued an "Enforcement Advisory" stating that blocking Wi-Fi in

Jan 28, 2015

Secret DEA Programs Tracks Us As We Drive

In today's world, no invasion of privacy should surprise us. The Drug Enforcement Administration is operating a secret program to

Jan 27, 2015

PowerPoint Closing "Egregious Misconduct" – Murder Conviction Overturned

I've seen a lot of bad PowerPoints but never one that rose to the level of egregious misconduct. The Seattle

Jan 22, 2015

President Obama Proposes New Federal Data Breach Law

We have needed a federal data breach law for a long time. Lobbyists have fought against it over the years

Jan 21, 2015

Quirky Effort to Get Phone Records from NSA is Tossed By Court

A Washington Times article offered a bit of a giggle last week. Hey, if the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is