Ride the Lightning

Jun 13, 2013

Delinquent in Child Support? Don't Flash Cash on Facebook!

Seriously? You can't pay $150 a month in child support for your three-year old child (for three years!), but you

Jun 12, 2013

ACLU Sues Obama Over Collection of Phone Records

The New York Times reported that the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Obama administration yesterday over its “dragnet” collection

Jun 10, 2013

Big Brother Revealed: All the Ways in Which the Government Watches Us

When the first revelations of June 6th came, I reminded myself not to post too quickly, that more information was

Jun 06, 2013

Is Deactivating a Facebook Account Spoliation? Nonsense!

There was a lot of hoo-ha on the airwaves recently about a federal district court case in New Jersey, Gatto

Jun 05, 2013

Backdoors: The Bane of Cloud Computing

To be more accurate, backdoors are the bane of all outsourcing, including cloud computing. Thanks to Dave Ries, who sent

Jun 04, 2013

Any iOS Device Can be Hacked in Under a Minute

I've admired the security researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology for some time – their password cracking research several

Jun 03, 2013

Skype Does NOT Provide Secure Communications

Over the weekend, I read yet again about how many lawyers are using Skype in their law practice. As a

May 30, 2013

Government Announces New Mobile Security Guidelines

Last week, White House officials announced a series of new resources and initiatives, including new mobile security guidelines, designed to

May 29, 2013

Big Law Firm Risk Managers Think People Are the Main Data Security Risk

Last week, at the invitation of Georgetown Law Professor Jeff Baumann, John and I met with a group of risk

May 28, 2013

Is the Enron E-Mail Data Set Worth All the Mudslinging?

First, thanks to Rob Robinson for sending me a compilation of posts regarding the Enron E-Mail Data Set controversy. Between that

May 23, 2013

India's Operation Hangover Cyberattcks Targets Pakistan – and Law Firms

As a recent story from SC Magazine reported that researchers at the Oslo, Norway-based security firm Norman released a comprehensive

May 22, 2013

Chinese Cyberattacks are Back

The New York Times reported Monday that China has resumed its cyberattacks on the U.S. There had been a three