Ride the Lightning

Aug 11, 2014

Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? Do You Know?

I love oddball stories. Especially when I am trapped in Boston in between meetings of the Law Practice Division, the

Aug 07, 2014

Encryption Used in Only Four Percent of Breaches

Shall we play a nice game of connect the dots? Data protection firm SafeNet released its Breach Level Index report

Aug 06, 2014

Judge Orders Biglaw Firm to Make Video Apologizing for Discovery Abuses

Congratulations to Judge Mark Bennett of the Northern District of Iowa. As Above the Law recently reported, the judge took

Aug 05, 2014

Judge Orders Microsoft to Turn Over Customer Data in Ireland

The Washington Post reported last week that, in a first of its kind decision, a court has ordered that Microsoft

Aug 04, 2014

Snowden Says Lawyers Should Be Encrypting Client Data

In fact, he said all professionals should be encrypting client data. In his Moscow interview with The Guardian, he included

Jul 31, 2014

Using Chatroom Forensics to Catch Pedophiles

The Brits traditionally sent convicts to Australia – and apparently, some are true to their genes. DFI News published a

Jul 30, 2014

Revealed: Hackers Infiltrated Israeli Defense Firms That Built "The Iron Dome"

KrebsonSecurity recently revealed that three Israeli defense contractors responsible for building the "Iron Dome" missile shield were compromised by hackers

Jul 29, 2014

ABA Seeks Nominees for 100 Best Legal Blogs

Once a year, I ask readers who enjoy Ride the Lightning to fill out the ABA's form (scroll to the

Jul 28, 2014

Why Aren't IT Security Teams Speaking to Company Executives?

Darn good question. But as SC Magazine recently reported, a new report from Ponemon Institute determined that nearly a third of

Jul 17, 2014

Cybercriminals Love Health Care Records

A recent post from Politico highlighted the allure that health records have for cybercriminals. On the black market, a full

Jul 16, 2014

Keyloggers on Hotel Computers? Old News is New Again

I can't even think how many years ago it was that we read a study saying that there was an

Jul 15, 2014

Working for Uncle Sam is Risky: Chinese Breach OPM

The Washington Post reported last week that there had been a breach of the computer networks of the Office of