On November 2, 1988, Robert Tappan Morris, the son of a famous Bell Labs cryptographer, released and graduate student at Cornell University, released what became known as the “Morris worm” through Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Morris stated that his intent was “to demonstrate the inadequacies of current security measures on computer networks by exploiting…
On Wednesday, a hacker accessed 130 prominent Twitter accounts including that of Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and the most followed Twitter account on the planet – Barack Obama – to promote a bitcoin scam. This force Twitter to shut down verified Twitter users’ accounts for…
Since October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, below are some cyber security tips we have tweeted out over the past few months covering protecting sensitive documents, protecting against hacking and ransomware and using Public WiFi spots. Use a flash drive with fingerprint protection for your most sensitive documents. https://t.co/NfblvILaQU #cybersecurity — Internet Law Center (@InternetLawCent)…
The Russian’s use of social media platforms to influence the 2016 election and the fallout from Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal has triggered calls for regulation of the tech sector, but with no proposals emerging. Earlier this month, former acting-Commerce Secretary Cameron Kerry called for reviving the Obama-era Privacy Bill of Rights. Enter Senate Intelligence Committee…
Over the years, the Federal Trade Commission has emerged as the de facto traffic cop in addressing cybersecurity breaches. Two recent cases sought to challenge the FTC’s authority in this area. The first was Wyndham Worldwide Corporation which challenged the FTC’s authority over data security only to have the Third Circuit affirm’s the FTC’s authority. The…
In 2017, Microsoft CEO Brad Smith called for a Digital Geneva Convention to address the growing threat of state-sponsored cyber attacks. The time has come to call on the world’s governments to come together, affirm international cybersecurity norms that have emerged in recent years, adopt new and binding rules and get to work implementing them. In short, the…
A coalition of civil liberties and human rights groups have launched a campaign to pressure tech companies to commit to stronger privacy and security practices via a Security Pledge, that they contend “would ensure the Internet is used to expand democracy, not undermine it” if adopted. The pledge borrows several elements from the European Union’s GDPR…
Cyber Threats 2018 with Stan Stahl LISTEN / DOWNLOAD LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK Cybercrime cost $600 billion in 2017. What are the top threats and vulnerabilities for 2018? Stan Stahl of Citadel Information Group returns to walk us through the threat landscape and discuss ways to build awareness about addressing…
The FTC’s 2017 Stick with Security series on the Bureau of Consumer Protection Business Blog offers additional insights beyond the ten Start with Security principles, based on the lessons of recent law enforcement actions, closed investigations, and experiences companies have shared about starting with security at their business.
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month and the Internet Law Center is proud to once again be part of the effort to increase awareness on this vital topic. We have added a number of posts containing cyber security tips by topic that you may wish to review. For more information go to: Stay Safe…
WHAT IS IT? According to Krebs on Security, Petya uses the “Eternal Blue” exploit, a digital weapon that was believed to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency and in April 2017 leaked online by a hacker group calling itself the Shadow Brokers. Microsoft released a patch for the Eternal Blue exploit in March (MS17-010), but…
Following its call earlier this year for a Digital Geneva Convention, to address the growing threat of state sponsored cyber attacks. Microsoft released a paper about cyber security norms for nation-states and the global information and communications technology (ICT) industry. Of particular note is the paper’s call for the equivalent of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…
Microsoft President Brad Smith has called for a Digital Geneva Convention to address the growing threat of state sponsored cyber attacks. The time has come to call on the world’s governments to come together, affirm international cybersecurity norms that have emerged in recent years, adopt new and binding rules and get to work implementing them. In…
After the standoff between the Justice Department and Apple over accessing an encrypted cell phone connected to the San Bernardino terrorist attack, members of the House Judiciary and Energy & Commerce Committees created a bi-partisan Encryption Working Group (“EWG”) to “conduct a thorough and objective review of the encryption challenge.” The EWG has issued its initial…
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