The Department of Justice is Going After Tech Platforms With Threats of Criminal Prosecution and Removal of Immunity if they DO and if they DON’T Block Speech the Government Doesn’t Like
Posted on: 18 Jun 2020
On June 17, the Department of Justice released its proposed guidelines for making social media entities and carriers liable for the contents of what third parties post on their sites. The proposal…
When Tech Giants Commit Cyber Crimes; eBay’s Campaign of Threats and Harassment Leads to Criminal Charges in Boston
Posted on: 17 Jun 2020
For $12.98 (or best offer) you can buy live adult hissing Madagascar cockroaches on eBay. For 15.95 you can buy a bloody pig mask. Forty bucks gets you a funeral…
Zooming [In]Security
Posted on: 07 Jun 2020
With the COVID-19 Pandemic (remember the COVID-19 Pandemic?) workers were forced to find other means of communicating — including Zoom meetings. While there were a spate of high-profile security issues…
Scraping By – California Court Limits Use of Computer Crime Statute for High Volume Scraping
Posted on: 27 Apr 2020
When you “access” a website, what are you authorized to do? And how would you know what is “authorized?” The federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 USC 1030 makes…
No Good Deed… Apple 2FA Case Dismissed by California Federal Court
Posted on: 10 Apr 2020
A few years ago, Apple began pushing “two-factor” authentication on its users. Through an update in the Operating System, they began to require those who wanted to download and install…
Rogue One. U.K. Supermarket Chain Morrisons Not Liable For Data Breach By Internal Auditor, UK High Court Says
Posted on: 01 Apr 2020
Andrew Skelton was a senior auditor in the internal audit department of UK supermarket chain Morrisons. In July, 2013, Skelton was scolded by Morrisons for some minor misconduct. To get even,…
Managing Risk in the Era of Pandemic
Posted on: 24 Mar 2020
Cyber Security is NOT about cybersecurity. It’s not about compliance with regulations. At the end of the day, cyber security is about identifying and managing risks. Risks associated with the…
DR/BCP – TL:DR – Preparing for the Wrong Disaster is Better than Not Preparing At All
Posted on: 23 Mar 2020
In the wake of the SARS CoViD-19 pandemic, news organizations have been interviewing so-called “preppers” – survivalists who have been preparing for some natural or man-made disaster by hoarding shelf-stabilized…
Data Security for Telecommuters
Posted on: 20 Mar 2020
The first day was like a snow day. Maybe sleep in late. Maybe handle a few hundred e-mails and phone calls. It was either very hectic, or very slow. It…
COVID-19 and the Spread of Personal Information
Posted on: 19 Mar 2020
Important News about COVID-19! That e-mail came from the Virginia EZ-Pass. In the past two weeks, if you are anything like me, you have been receiving hundreds of e-mails from…