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REvil’s Lessons: It’s Time Law Firms Quit Taking Cybersecurity for Granted

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More than one-quarter of all law firms have experienced some type of data breach — here’s what your firm needs to know when it faces a cyber or ransomware attack  If you think your law…
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Cyber Attacks Are Killing Hospital Patients: Could Cybercriminals Be Prosecuted for Murder?

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As cyber attacks increasingly target critical infrastructure, it’s causing real world deaths. Here’s what attorneys say about prosecuting the attackers for murder… Cybercrime is growing every year. And so are…
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David and Goliath: Approaching the ‘deal’

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Adam Zagaris Contributor Share on Twitter Adam Zagaris is an attorney, partner and founder at Moonshot Legal, specializing in commercial contracts. Adam helps startups close deals and move up and to the right. It is a simple question with a complex answer. How does a startup get from zero to execution when negotiating contracts with […] Continue reading David and Goliath: Approaching the ‘deal’→

How to handle dark data compliance risk at your company

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Lisa Hawke Contributor Share on Twitter Lisa Hawke (@ldhawke) is VP of Security and Compliance at Everlaw, and Vice Chair of Women in Security and Privacy. Slack and other consumer-grade productivity tools have been taking off in workplaces large and small — and data governance hasn’t caught up. Whether it’s litigation, compliance with regulations like […] Continue reading How to handle dark data compliance risk at your company→

Kaspersky Lab takes U.S. government to court over federal software ban

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Russian anti-virus maker Kaspersky Lab is suing the U.S. government for its decision to ban the company’s software in federal agencies and departments, according to an open letter written by company founder Eugene Kaspersky. Citing a lack of due process and insufficient evidence relating to the Department of Homeland Security’s Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 17-01, Kaspersky is claiming the U.S. government violated the Administrative Procedures Act and the Fifth Amendment. The Administrative Procedures Act controls how administrative agencies can propose and establish regulations, requiring organizations to provide “substantial evidence” for their decisions if questioned by a U.S. court. In September, DHS ordered civilian agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab from their computers within 90 days via the directive. Although the process had been ongoing for some time, the ban was then codified into law last week when U.S. President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The lawsuit represents […]

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Lawmakers demand answers from Uber after massive data breach

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Five U.S. senators sent letters to Uber Monday, pressing the company’s leadership for information on a data breach affecting millions of its consumers and the subsequent attempt to cover up the incident. The breach — which took place in October 2016 — provided hackers with the names and driver’s license numbers of roughly 600,000 drivers as well as the personal phone numbers and email addresses of 57 million riders. Instead of disclosing the breach, Uber paid a fee of $100,000 to the hackers, asking them to delete the stolen data. A letter co-authored by Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, and Bill Cassidy, R-La., presented a series of questions to Uber’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, regarding the company’s past conduct and its plans to protect user data in the future. “Our goal is to understand what steps Uber has taken to investigate what occurred, restore and maintain the […]

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