Ride the Lightning

Aug 14, 2019

ABA House of Delegates Passes Resolution Re: Ethics and Legal Issues of AI

On August 12th, the ABA House of Delegates passed Resolution 112, which states: "RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges

Aug 13, 2019

I Flew the United Dreamliner: Saw A Camera on the Back of the Seat in Front of Me

You may recall that I posted earlier this year about cameras being installed on the back of Singapore Airlines seats.

Aug 12, 2019

Survey: The Most Effective Tech Tools for Lawyers

On August 7th, our friend Bob Ambrogi posted on his LawSites blog the results of the 2019 Aderant Business of

Aug 08, 2019

Lloyd’s Calls for Insurance Policies to be Explicit About Cyber Coverage

Nicely done Lloyd's. If you read my post on Tuesday, you know what a mess cyber coverage, with very few

Aug 07, 2019

Homeland Security’s CISA Releases Steps for Guarding Against Ransomware Attacks

Thanks to Dave Ries for sending this along. On July 30, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security of the Department of

Aug 06, 2019

Law Firm Wire Fraud: Your Money is Gone – Will Your Insurer Cover Your Loss?

Virginia Lawyers Weekly (sub.req.) had an interesting post on July 29 about wire fraud involving law firms. We see this

Aug 05, 2019

Facebook Denies That it Plans to Backdoor WhatsApp

There was a lot of buzz last week over reported plans by Facebook (FB) to insert a backdoor in WhatsApp,

Aug 01, 2019

The Security Risks of Collaboration Tools for Law Firms

Infosecurity Magazine carried a post on July 29 about the advantages and security risks of law firms using collaboration tools.

Jul 31, 2019

IRS Warns Thousands of Cryptocurrency Holders to Pay Taxes

CNBC reported on July 26th that the Internal Revenue Service is sending letters to 10,000 digital currency holders who potentially

Jul 30, 2019

Attorney General Barr Demands Tech Firms Break Encryption: “It Can and Must Be Done”

It is frightening, to those who give a damn about privacy, that both Attorney General Barr and FBI Director Christopher

Jul 29, 2019

Excellent! No More Ransom Saves Users at Least $108 Million

ZDNet reported on July 26 that, on the three-year anniversary of the No More Ransom project, Europol announced that users

Jul 25, 2019

Rogue Programmer Plants Logic Bombs to Guarantee Future Work

What if programmers add bugs deliberately? As Naked Security reported on July 23, that has actually happened. Siemens contractor David