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Oct 22, 2018

ABA Releases Opinion on Lawyers’ Obligations After a Cyberattack

On October 17th, The ABA released Formal Opinion 483, entitled "Lawyers' Obligations After an Electronic Data Breach or Cyberattack." While

Oct 18, 2018

Cleveland Lawyer Suspended: Client Records Admission He Ignored Discovery Requests

The ABA Journal reported on October 15th that the Ohio Supreme Court indefinitely suspended lawyer Steven Jerome Moody on October

Oct 17, 2018

Vermont Becomes the 32nd State to Adopt the Duty of Competence

As most RTL readers know, I track (on the heels of the inimitable Bob Ambrogi) the number of states which

Oct 16, 2018

More Than 75% of Account Takeovers Result in a Phishing Email

Dark Reading reported recently that a report from Barracuda, which drew on a study of 50 randomly selected organizations, found

Oct 15, 2018

Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World

The title of this post is the title of cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier's new book. A lot of us worry

Oct 11, 2018

GAO Report: The Pentagon’s Weapons Systems Are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

The Washington Post reported on October 10th that the Government Accountability Office issued a report on Weapons System Cybersecurity on

Oct 10, 2018

Fitbit Data Results in Arrest of 90-Year-Old Man on Murder Charges

We have surrounded ourselves with digital witnesses. Naked Security reported on October 8th that on Saturday, September 8th, at 3:20

Oct 09, 2018

CIS RAM Puts the CIS Controls™ into Action

CIS® recently released CIS RAM (Center for Internet Security Risk Assessment Method). CIS RAM is an information security risk assessment

Oct 08, 2018

Feds Force Suspect to Unlock iPhone With His Face

As reported by Forbes on September 30th, a child abuse investigation is the first known case in which law enforcement

Oct 04, 2018

Employees Share Average of 6 Passwords With Co-Workers

According to a DarkReading post, a study by password manager LastPass of 43,000 organizations that use its service shows that

Oct 03, 2018

AVVO’s Mark Britton on Why He Started, Sold and Left AVVO

I had to compress the title of Bob Ambrogi's LawNext September 24th podcast a little: The full title is" AVVO

Oct 02, 2018

U.S. Government Will Sue California to Quash Its Net Neutrality Law

The Washington Post reported on September 30th that the Trump administration said it will sue California to block what some