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Sep 06, 2017

“Open The Pod Bay Doors HAL.” What if HAL disobeys?

"2001: A Space Odyssey" may have been a portent of our future. As we now know, machines are being taught

Sep 05, 2017

ICE Using Secret Police Databases to Arrest Immigrants

On August 29th, The ABA Journal recounted a story. In 2011, then 19-year-old Luis Vicente Pedrote-Salinas was leaving a relative's

Aug 31, 2017

Verizon Says Government Requests for Phone Records Rising

Naked Security reported on August 24th that Verizon's latest transparency report for US government requests for phone records show that

Aug 30, 2017

The CIA Uses Bogus Software Upgrade to Steal Data from the FBI, DHS and NSA

Cynical as I am, I was still astonished to read the August 25th report from ZDNet recounting the latest Vault

Aug 29, 2017

How to Make BIG Money Selling Your Zero Day Exploit

Hat tip to Dave Ries. I had never heard of Zerodium, which describes itself as the premium acquisition program for

Aug 28, 2017

BakerHostetler 2017 Data Security Incident Response Report

I finally had a chance to go through the BakerHostetler 2017 Data Security Incident Response Report. The report provides a

Aug 24, 2017

DC Appeals Court Curbs Police Power to Seize Cell Phones

Naked Security reported that the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit threw out evidence police seized under a

Aug 23, 2017

Uh-oh. Court Records System Vulnerable to Hackers for Decades

As Naked Security recently reported, The Free Law Project (FLP) said in a blog post that the vulnerability to a

Aug 22, 2017

Podcast: Crisis Management After a Data Breach

In the latest edition of our Legal Talk Network Digital Detectives podcast, John and I were lucky to snag guest

Aug 21, 2017

New Consortium Will Drive Blockchain in the Legal Industry

On August 15th, a group of law firms and technology companies announced the formation of the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium.

Aug 17, 2017

SEC Issues Guidance on Initial Coin Offerings and Cryptocurrencies

The National Law Review recently reported that, on July 25th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its most

Aug 16, 2017

New Mexico Becomes 48th State to Enact Data Breach Notification Law

Only Alabama and South Dakota have yet to join the party . . . As IT Governance reported, New Mexico