Immediately after filing a lawsuit the defendant confessed that he spent monies on personal expenses even though he “raised more than $122,000 from 1,246 backers, most of whom pledged $75 or more in the hopes of getting the highly prized figurines” after he “launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money…
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DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) blackmail is just one form of cybercrime that historically has not been reported because victims of cyberblackmail “often do not publicly acknowledge the attack for reputational reasons” including banks, cloud services, or the like. A recent Verisign report entitled “Distributed Denial of Service Trends…
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A recent panel discussion in London pondered whether “to recruit more young people into this area, in order to stir them “away from the dark side” and onto the right path.” The June 15, 2015 debate at the Innovate Finance was entitled “Catching the Big Phish” and the audience was…
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In spite of the fact that Estonian news site Delfi took down anonymous offensive and “allegedly defamatory” comments from its readers, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled that Delfi was liable for those comments. The June 16, 2015 ruling included the following:
11. In our view…
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According to the DOJ it is a best practice for every business is to have “legal counsel that is familiar with legal issues associated with cyber incidents” in its recent “Best Practices for Victim Response and Reporting of Cyber Incidents.” The April 2015 “Best Practices” includes these comments…
Here is some basic advice for all employees – “Don’t open email attachments from strangers or seem strange, and don’t open links in emails that seems suspicious” …which should be part of the mindset of everyone reading email, but often employees fail to heed this advice or just forget. If…
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Since lawyers are guardians of client data it is essential that they be vigilant about cyberthreats and “be more proactive in finding and preparing for threats to physical and digital assets, it’s crucial to define and understand exactly what threat intelligence means, and separate fact from fiction” as reported in…
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Google’s claims that Myaccount “gives you quick access to the settings and tools that help you safeguard your data, protect your privacy, and decide what information is used to make Google services work better for you.” In a June 1, 2015 blog Google explained that myaccount.google.com can help with the…
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There are many variables in selecting cyberinsurance and “each of these types of insurance have significant benefits depending on a business’s size, organization, and industry” according to the “Using Cyber Insurance and Cybercrime Data to Limit Your Business Risk” report issued by SurfWatchLabs which included the main types…
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Jawbone alleges that “beginning in early 2015, Fitbit recruiters contacted an estimated 30 percent of Jawbone’s workforce” and “Fitbit’s objective is to decimate Jawbone.” The New York Times reported that Jawbone is ‘…accusing its rival of “systematically plundering” confidential information by hiring Jawbone employees who improperly downloaded sensitive materials shortly…
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