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May 17, 2017

Trump Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order

Last week, USA Today reported that President Trump had signed, on May 11th, a long-awaited executive order designed to improve

May 16, 2017

ABA Issues Ethics Opinion on Protection of Attorney-Client Communications

On May 11th, the American Bar Association released Formal Opinion 477 entitled Securing Communication of Protected Client Information. In summary,

May 15, 2017

Highlights: Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report

It's always a challenge to boil down the stats and takeaways from Verizon's annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). The

May 11, 2017

LEAKED: UK Plan for Mass Spying on Internet and Phones – and Encryption Backdoors

On May 4th, the Register reported that the UK government has secretly drawn up details of its new bulk surveillance

May 10, 2017

Law Firm Sues Insurance Company Over Ransomware Damages

The Providence Journal recently reported that a prominent Providence, Rhode Island law firm has sued its insurance company, Sentinel Insurance Co.,

May 09, 2017

Yup, It’s a $5 Billion Dollar Scam: Business E-mail Compromise

On May 4th, the FBI issued a Public Service Announcement addressing Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) which includes updated stats (through

May 08, 2017

Calling All Whistleblowers! Report What You Know, Anonymously

More and more news organizations are using SecureDrop (originally called Strongbox when it debuted in 2013 at The New Yorker)

May 04, 2017

FBI: Over One-Third of Companies Ignore Warnings That They Are Being Targeted

On May 2nd, SC Media reported that, according to an FBI official, over a third of companies officially notified by

May 03, 2017

How Hackers Get Past the Defenses of Large Law Firms

Law 360 (sub.req.) published an article about how cybercriminals get past the defenses of large law firms. One point of

May 02, 2017

Lawyers Need to Know About State Data Breach Notification Laws

I read a nice post from Logikcull last week about why lawyers need to know about state data breach notification

May 01, 2017

Ransomware: Bigger, Badder and More Expensive

Last week, I read a story from Computerworld and another story from Dark Reading. They weren't exactly full of good

Apr 27, 2017

Fitbit Evidence Shows Wife Walking an Hour After Husband Said She Died

These are the stories that endlessly entertain me. The Internet of Things is providing all kinds of new sources of