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Mar 20, 2014

Virginia Federal Court Approves Service by Facebook, LinkedIn and E-mail

Virginia Lawyers Weekly (subscription required) recently reported that an Alexandria U.S. District Court has approved service of a trademark infringement suit

Mar 19, 2014

Phony Malaysian Videos on Facebook Spread Malware

If you read or listened to the news yesterday, you are aware that Facebook has once again been used to

Mar 18, 2014

Lessons for IT, Infosec and Digital Forensics Entrepreneurs

Love or hate him, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a lot of interesting things to say about entrepreneurship and

Mar 17, 2014

Can the NSA Impersonate Facebook? Infect Millions of Computers?

It was hard to keep up with the NSA news last week. It was reported that the NSA has the

Mar 13, 2014

NSA Responds to ABA President's Letter: "Committed to the Rule of Law"

On March 10th, NSA Director General Keith Alexander replied to ABA President James Silkenat's February 20th letter requesting information about

Mar 12, 2014

CUPID: A Drone That Tazes You

Hat tip to Dave Ries for sending me a post from Mashable about a drone that tazes you – a

Mar 11, 2014

Great Advice for Digital Forensics Witnesses

Our friend Craig Ball never writes bad blog posts. They are always wonderful. But his most recent post is stunning.

Mar 10, 2014

Did Dewey & LeBoeuf "Cook the Books?"

Last Thursday, the New York Times posted a story that rapidly went viral in the legal world. Four men were

Mar 06, 2014

Boeing's "Black" – The Government's New Secure Smartphone

Ars Technica published an update last week on Boeing's new "Black" phone. Not the publicly available for pre-order Blackphone I

Mar 05, 2014

Are You Getting a Blackphone to Protect Your Privacy?

There was an interesting article in The Telegraph yesterday. Many of you have undoubtedly been following the development of the

Mar 04, 2014

ABA President Writes NSA – How Does it Handle Attorney/Client Communications?

On February 20th, ABA President James Silkenat sent a letter to the National Security Agency expressing concerns over recent allegations

Feb 27, 2014

Bruce Schneier: Encryption Drives the NSA Batty

Only a small number of people have seen the Snowden documents. Few are as technically savvy and knowledgeable about security