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Mar 30, 2021

Cybersecurity Training: An Imperative for Your Law Firm

It doesn’t matter what size your law firm is – you need to take cybersecurity training seriously. Since the pandemic

Mar 30, 2021

ABA Issues New Formal Opinion on Practicing Law Virtually

On March 24, law firm Pullman and Comley posted about the ABA’s new Formal Opinion 498 on practicing law virtually. The opinion was issued

Mar 29, 2021

California: 39th State to Adopt the Ethical Duty of Technical Competence

Bob Ambrogi reported in his LawSites blog on March 24 that California, which has approximately 13% of U.S. lawyers, has become the

Mar 25, 2021

Confusion About Vaccine Registration Fuels Online Scams

On March 24, The Washington Post (sub.req.) reported that online scams promising anxious folks a vaccine are escalating according to a report from researchers

Mar 24, 2021

ACER Hit with Largest Known Ransomware Demand Yet: $50 Million

BleepingComputer reported on March 19 that computer giant Acer has been hit by a REvil ransomware attack where the cybercriminals are demanding

Mar 23, 2021

REvil Ransomware Gang Hacks Insurance Companies to Target Victims with Cyberinsurance

Graham Cluley reported on March 22 that The Record published an interesting interview recently with “Unknown”, a representative of the notorious REvil ransomware gang.

Mar 22, 2021

MacOS Malware Surged Over 1000% in 2020

TechRadar Pro reported on March 21 that a report from Atlas VPN found that the development of macOS malware surged by 1,092%

Mar 18, 2021

Real Life Deepfakes Come to a Cheerleading Squad

I expected to see more deepfakes in new arenas, but as harassment involving girls on a cheerleading squad? That I

Mar 17, 2021

We May Get (FINALLY) a Meaningful Federal Data Breach Law

If the Microsoft Exchange and Solar Winds hacks have a silver lining, it may be that they have propelled both

Mar 16, 2021

New NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) Website Launched

The new website for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework (RMF) was launched on March 15. In

Mar 15, 2021

ABA TECHSHOW 2021 Rocked the House!

Though I missed the heck out of seeing my ABA TECHSHOW friends, I am in awe of the amazing programming

Mar 11, 2021

Accellion Breach Worsens: Dozens of Companies and Government Organizations Compromised

Wired reported on March 8 that firewall vendor Accellion released a patch in late December2020, and then more fixes in January, to