Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Report Of Gmail Hack Was Mostly Bogus

May 9, 2016

A report last week that Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Russia’s largest email service had been hacked was…

Do Stolen Documents Lose Attorney-Client Privilege?

May 3, 2016

The Ashley Madison data breach did more than reveal personal information about millions of people who had cheating on their […]

Best Practices For Addressing The Ransomware Threat

May 2, 2016

The nefarious practice apparently has been around for more than 10 years, starting in Russia and Eastern Europe, but it’s […]

MIT Joins Ranks Of Hacker Bounty Payers

May 2, 2016

Following the example of Uber and the U.S. Department of Defense, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has established a bug […]

Are Adblockers Censorship?

May 2, 2016

Ad-tech company Oriel says its research shows that adblocking is a “blunt instrument” that’s causing error messages on websites and […]

Texas Law Firm Becomes Phish Bait

May 2, 2016

Numerous recipients worldwide received emails from a lawyer in a Texas law firm, regarding a “lawsuit subpoena.” It turns out […]

$81 Million Bank Heist Alarms World Banking System

May 2, 2016

In an operation that one security consultant compared to a digital Ocean’s Eleven, hackers may have lurked for months in […]

Ashley Madison Users Can’t Sue Anonymously

April 25, 2016

Those suing extramarital affair website Ashley Madison for a cyberhack last year that revealed their identities will not be able […]

Ransomeware Perps Who Failed

April 25, 2016

A peek into the cyber trenches in a relatively upbeat post from Kapersky Lab: What some recent ransomware attacks looked […]

U.S. Launches Criminal Investigation Into “Panama Papers” Practices

April 21, 2016

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the kinds of tax avoidance schemes exposed in the Panama Papers […]

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