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Apr 26, 2017

95% of Employers Report Employees Circumvent Cybersecurity Policies

SC Media recently reported on an Insider Threat Intelligence Report from Dtex Systems which found that 95 percent of enterprises

Apr 25, 2017

You Too Can Get Into the Ransomware Business – For Just $175!

Data Breach Today ® reported on April 19th that a Russian hacker has put together a low-end ransomware kit, called

Apr 24, 2017

New Mexico Adopts Data Breach Notification Law – Two States Left to Go

As reported by Bank Info Security, Gov. Susana Martinez signed legislation on April 6th making New Mexico the 48th state

Apr 20, 2017

Podcast: Practical Approaches to Preserving Social Media

It was a great pleasure to welcome our friend Craig Ball as a guest on our Digital Detectives podcast. It

Apr 19, 2017

Do Lawyers Need to Worry About Technological Unemployment?

The New York Times published a thoughtful article about this topic, concluding that lawyers don't have to worry about being

Apr 18, 2017

NO MORE WARNINGS: BOILERPLATE OBJECTIONS RISK SUBSTANTIAL SANCTIONS

And yes, the judge used all caps so I did too. Cloud Nine's Doug Austin has a great blog post

Apr 17, 2017

How Much of Web Traffic is Encrypted? Roughly Half

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reported that, as of February, approximately half of Internet traffic was protected by HTTPS, making

Apr 13, 2017

How Long Does It Take to Detect and Contain a Data Breach?

In 2016, it took an average of nine months to detect and contain each data breach according to SC Media.

Apr 12, 2017

Your New Phone Compromised at the Factory (or on the Supply Chain) by the Bad Guys

A Naked Security story reports that Checkpoint analyzed Android devices owned by two large companies, and found malware infections in

Apr 11, 2017

Malware Scanning Services: A Significant Security Threat

A recent Threatpost article discussed the possibility that malware scanning services could be the next listening outpost for criminals and

Apr 10, 2017

Connecticut Legislation Would Allow Police to Use Weaponized Drones

Thanks to Dave Ries, who sent me an article from CNN relating how Connecticut police officers would have the ability

Apr 06, 2017

Can You Trust Your Lawyers with Confidential Data?

Yesterday, I talked about trusting experts with confidential data, which doesn't always work out very well. But there was a