Ride the Lightning

Jul 25, 2017

Firms Stockpiling Bitcoins in Case They Are Hit by Ransomware

From across the pond, some interesting news. As Naked Security reported, a year ago Citrix UK commissioned a poll to

Jul 24, 2017

Guest Post: The Persistent Threat of Insider Data Theft

For seven years, Zhengquan "Jim" Zhang worked as an IT engineer for KCG Holdings, a Wall Street securities firm, where

Jul 20, 2017

Elon Musk Warns Governors That Artificial Intelligence poses “Existential Risk”

Unsurprisingly, Elon Musk has been a powerful voice on the subject of artificial intelligence. On July 17th, NPR reported that

Jul 19, 2017

17 Security Tips for Smarter Smartphone Banking (Android)

The folks at JoyofAndroid were kind enough to send me their post about smarter Android Smartphone banking. Their 17 tips

Jul 18, 2017

Uncle Sam Can’t Keep His Own Secrets So Why Give Him Encryption Backdoors?

As a recent story from Wired pointed out, the federal government's claim that it needs backdoors is ludicrous given recent

Jul 17, 2017

U.S. Customs Says It Cannot Search Cloud Data at the Border

I know that this victory for privacy could be short-lived, but huzzah for the letter written by U.S. Customs and

Jul 13, 2017

Write the Federal Trade Commission: Preserve Net Neutrality!

I know what I'd like to tell the Federal Trade Commission to do with the proposal that would destroy its

Jul 12, 2017

NotPetya: How Much Will It Cost DLA Piper? Will Insurance Cover It?

A July 10th story from the ABA Journal asked the questions in this post's title after consulting with various experts.

Jul 11, 2017

Anthem Agrees to Pay a Record $115 Million to Settle U.S. Data Breach Suits

As Reuters reported, Anthem Inc., the largest U.S. health insurance company, has agreed to settle litigation over hacking in 2015

Jul 10, 2017

BakerHostetler Forms SWAT Team to Help Clients Deal with Active Ransomware Attacks

I am not usually interested in the semi-spammy press releases that flood my Inbox, but one did catch my attention,

Jul 06, 2017

FBI: 2016 Losses to Cybercrime Exceeded $1.3 Billion

Not exactly chump change, huh? Cybercrime is big business and the recently issued FBI 2016 Internet Crime Report makes that

Jul 05, 2017

NIST Digital Identity Guidelines Now Finalized

On June 22nd, the finalized version of the NIST Digital Identity Guidelines were published and are available here. Though the