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Jun 22, 2022

Apple Announces Ability to Edit and Unsend iMessages on iPhones

9to5MAC reported on June 15 that, at the WWDC 2022 opening keynote last week, Apple shared new features coming to

Jun 21, 2022

Sobering Stats on Lawyer Wellness from ALM

Above the Law reported on June 17 some sobering stats from the ALM Intelligence 2022 Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Jun 16, 2022

66% of Organizations Hit by Ransomware – Average Ransomware Payment Exceeds $800,000

SC Media reported on June 13 that it is getting harder and more expensive to obtain cyberinsurance, which probably doesn’t

Jun 14, 2022

Medical Malpractice Law Firm Reports Data Breach

SC Magazine reported on June 7 that Heidell Pittoni Murphy & Bach (HPMD), the medical malpractice litigation counsel for New

Jun 09, 2022

Flying Taser Drones at Schools is a Terrible Idea

The Washington Post reported (gift article) on June 6 that police-contracting giant Axon recently proposed that flying Taser drones would

Jun 08, 2022

Unstructured Data is a HUGE Risk to Law Firms and Others

SC Media reported on June 3 that most organizations have a ton of data that they don’t know exists. Not

Jun 07, 2022

The World’s Biggest Data Breaches, Beautifully Illustrated

Thanks to the folks at the Information is Beautiful website for their stunning rendition of the world’s biggest data breaches,

Jun 02, 2022

Connecticut Becomes the Fifth State to Adopt a Data Privacy Law

On May 31, law firm Clark Hill published a post about Connecticut’s new consumer data privacy law, which was passed

Jun 01, 2022

Beware! Phishing Text Messages Soar in Volume and Sophistication

Naked Security reported on May 30 about the dangers of dangers lurking in your text messages. SMS-based phishing is known

May 26, 2022

Voice Phishing Attacks Skyrocket!

TechRepublic reported on May 24 that a study conducted by Agari and PhishLabs found that attempted voice phishing (also known

May 25, 2022

Bill Ten Hours a Day as a Lawyer: Will the Firm Make You a Partner?

Yes, I am straying from my normal topics. But, as some readers will know, I also lecture on the Future

May 24, 2022

Ransomware Payments Up 70% in 2021: The Good, Bad and Ugly of Last Year

The Washington Post reported (gift article) that ransomware victims paid over $600 million in ransom payments in 2021 according to