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Feb 17, 2021

Breached Water Plant: Employees Used Same TeamViewer Password and No Firewall

Ars Technica reported on February 10 that the Oldsmar, Florida water treatment facility whose computer system experienced a potentially hazardous

Feb 16, 2021

Register for Virtual ABA TECHSHOW 2021 March 8-12, 2021!

Mark your calendars! ABA TECHSHOW 2021 will be held March 8 -12, 2021 and – no surprise – it will

Feb 11, 2021

Should I Be a Cat on My Next Webinar? The Video That America Can’t Stop Watching

So . . . I have three daughters. They all wrote me yesterday to encourage me to start my next

Feb 10, 2021

Law Firm Data Breach Compromises Medical Health Data in Pittsburgh

Infosecurity reported on February 8 that a cyberattack on law firm Charles J. Hilton & Associates P.C. (CJH) has potentially

Feb 09, 2021

Ransomware Made Easy: Initial Access Brokers Offer Access to High-Value Networks

Bank Info Security reported on February 2 that ransomware gangs are increasingly tapping initial access brokers, who sell ready access

Feb 08, 2021

Average Ransomware Payment Drops to $154,180

Bank Info Security reported on February 1 that incident response firm Coveware announced that from Q3 to Q4 last year,

Feb 04, 2021

Law Firm Goodwin Procter Hit by Data Breach

Bloomberg Law reported on February 2 that Goodwin Procter suffered a data breach after a vendor used for large file

Feb 03, 2021

Immigration Attorney Sues DHS Over Airport Seizure of His Phone

The ABA Journal reported on January 28th that Texas immigration lawyer Adam A. Malik has sued the U.S. Department of

Feb 02, 2021

Cybersecurity Experts: What Biden Needs to do in His First 100 Days

On February 1, the Washington Post (sub.req.) reported on what experts think the new administration should do with respect to

Feb 01, 2021

ACC Launches Data Steward Program to Assess Law Firm Data Security

On January 21, The National Law Review reported that the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), which represents over 45,000 in-house

Jan 28, 2021

Dead Employee’s Account Used in Ransomware Attack

Naked Security reported on January 26 that the Sophos Rapid Response team has written up a recent case study of

Jan 27, 2021

Tesla Sues Former Employee for Stealing 26,000 Files

IndustryWeek reported on January 25 that Tesla has sued a former employee for allegedly stealing approximately 26,000 confidential files –