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Sep 10, 2018

“Privacy is Not Absolute” – The Five Eyes Threaten to Compel Encryption Backdoors

Recently CSO Online published a post that was repetitive of a constant disturbing view of encryption. "Privacy is not absolute,"

Sep 06, 2018

Half of Small Businesses Don’t Believe They Are Cybercrime Targets

Sadly, that seems accurate from our experience – that percentage may actually be higher for small law firms. As Dark

Sep 05, 2018

COLPM Conference: Cybersecurity: This Way There Be Dragons

I am very honored to be the co-chair, along with Tim Corcoran, of this year's Futures Conference of the College

Sep 04, 2018

BEC Fraud Growing – and Often Without Phishing Links

SC Media had a post on August 30th about a just-published study from Barracuda of 3000 business email compromise (BEC)

Aug 30, 2018

American Citizen Sues US Border Patrol Over Data Copied From Seized iPhone

Naked Security reported on August 28th that an American Muslim citizen is suing the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Aug 29, 2018

Craig Ball on Drafting Digital Forensic Examination Protocols

Our inimitable friend Craig Ball has once again published a remarkable blog post which should be required reading for digital

Aug 28, 2018

Google Cloud’s Defense In Depth Includes Physical Security

The New York Times featured a fascinating paid post about Google defense in depth. To fully protect customers' data, cloud

Aug 27, 2018

7th Circuit Rules That Law Enforcement Needs a Warrant to Get Smart Electrical Meter Data

TechCrunch reported on August 22nd that the 7th Circuit had issued its ruling in Naperville Smart Meter Association v. Naperville

Aug 23, 2018

New Phishing Attack Impacts 10% of Office 365 Users

Bitdefender published a blog post on August 16th describing a new phishing campaign. Scammers are taking advantage of a small,

Aug 22, 2018

FBI Warns Banks About Potential ‘Unlimited’ ATM Heist

USA TODAY reported on August 14th that the FBI has warned banks in the U.S. of an impending cybercrime, a

Aug 21, 2018

US Government Wants Facebook to Break Encryption in its Messenger App

Reuters reported on August 17th that he U.S. government is trying to force Facebook to break the encryption in its

Aug 20, 2018

Trump Signs NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act Into Law

SecurityWeek reported on August 16th that President Trump had signed the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act into law on August