Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Claiming “Right to Repair,” Farmers Hack Their John Deere Tractors

February 12, 2018

Big farm equipment now runs run on embedded software which the manufacturer owns and only the dealership has the equipment […]

New EU Data Protection Will Conflict With IP Rights

February 7, 2018

The Pending EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will directly impact many U.S. companies, and for IP practitioners in particular it will…

Cyber Protection Tip: Voice Recognition Is Safer Than Passwords

February 2, 2018

This post from IT Security Guru points to research that finds 61 percent of fraud losses from account takeovers involve […]

Lawsuit Filed In Ransomware Attack

January 30, 2018

The ransomware attack that hit two Allscripts data centers in North Carolina on January 18 impacted about 1,500 clients of […]

Lawyers Warned Re Handling Cryptocurrency Offerings

January 29, 2018

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has issues a stern warning to “gatekeepers” about the advice they are giving regarding initial coin […]

Companies Spending Billions On GDPR Compliance

January 26, 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in May, will give European citizens more control over their […]

Why Hackers Love C-Level Executives

January 23, 2018

“Every statistic I’ve seen shows that executives are the least likely to adhere to policies that they expect everyone else […]

Cyber Horror Stories, And What Your Firm Can Do To Avoid Being In One

January 23, 2018

The lawyer gets an email from a client, which includes an urgent request to take a look at an attached document…

Russian Cybersecurity Firms Both Prized And Feared In West

January 16, 2018

A Western-oriented Moscow newspaper considers the effect of the Kaspersky Labs controversy and the confusing mixed message that Western companies need field as they…

Lawsuits Reveal Intrinsic Flaw In Computer Operations

January 15, 2018

Major class action lawsuits filed against Intel involve two flaws, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, that are precisely the types of […]

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