Category «Cybercrime»

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues March 30, 2019

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Data Breaches: Range of Consumer Risks Highlights Limitations of Identity Theft Services; How Digital Wallets Work; NSO Group CEO on “60 Minutes”: Hacking Lawyers, Reporters Is OK; and How to permanently delete your Google account (and save your data).

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Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Cyberlaw, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Email, Legal Profession, Privacy, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues March 16, 2019

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Inside Facebook’s physical security that protects Zuckerberg, employees; Many Americans do not trust modern institutions to protect their personal data – even as they frequently neglect cybersecurity best practices in their own personal lives; Some beSpacific (and LLRX) Subjects (topics) in which you may have an interest; and Firefox Send – Free File Transfers while Keeping your Personal Information Private.

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Subjects: Big Data, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, KM, Legal Research, Privacy, RSS Newsfeeds, Social Media, Viruses & Hoaxes

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues February 16 2019

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Social Security and Medicare scam calls heating up – not just targeted at seniors; How to Wipe a Hard Drive (especially important when you upgrading to a new hard drive or computer); A secure relationship with passwords means not being attached to how you pick them; and Internet Privacy: Additional Federal Authority Could Enhance Consumer Protection and Provide Flexibility.

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Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Elder Law, Financial System, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues February 9, 2019

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Microsoft Security Lead Outlines the Perils of Still Using Internet Explorer; No more robocalls: How to block unwanted calls from iPhone, Android; How your health information is sold and turned into ‘risk scores’; and The Best Websites to Find out If You’ve Been Hacked.

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Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Commerce, Email Security, Health, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues February 2, 2019

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Lawmakers warn of ‘deepfake’ videos ahead of 2020 election; Cyberattacks in Medicine: Is Radiology the Weakest Link?; Vint Cerf sees a big danger from the internet of things; and Facebook’s ‘Friendly Fraud Scandal’: What Parents Need to Know.

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Subjects: Congress, Courts & Technology, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Email Security, Legal Research, Legislative, Privacy, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues January 5, 2019

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Note – five significant highlights of this week’s column: Swamped by cyberthreats, citizens need government protection; How to recover from cybersecurity incidents: A 5-step plan; How much Facebook knows about you; Anonymous Patient Data May Not Be as Private as Previously Thought; and Opinion | Our Cellphones Aren’t Safe.

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Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Insurance Law, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues December 29 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Note – five significant highlights of this week’s column: Why you should be worried about getting hacked in 2019; Robocalls and Spoofing: The Spam Call Surge Explained; Batcaves, Bulletproof Shutters, Laser Curtains: High-End Home Security Is Crazier Than You Think; Teaching Cybersecurity Law and Policy: Revised 62-Page Syllabus/Primer; and Is 2019 the year you should finally quit Facebook?

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Subjects: Cybercrime, Cyberlaw, Cybersecurity, Education, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues December 22 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Note – five significant highlights of this week’s column: Market volatility: Fake news spooks trading algorithms; Hackers Find a Way to Bypass Gmail Two-Factor Authentication; It’s Time for a Bill of Data Rights; Turning Off Facebook Location Services Doesn’t Stop Tracking; and Russia and 2016: Troll group sought to recruit ‘assets’ through social media, Senate told.

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Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Email, Financial System, Privacy, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues December 15 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Note – four significant highlights of this week’s column: House Cmte Investigation Issues Scathing Report on Equifax Breach; How HTTPS Everywhere Keeps Protecting Users On An Increasingly Encrypted Web; CBP Officers Aren’t Deleting Data After Warrantless Device Searches, IG Says; and just in time for gift giving season, How to Stop Package Thieves!

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Financial System, Legal Research, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues December 9 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness.Note – four significant highlights of this week’s column: The web really isn’t worldwide – every country has different access; Measuring the “Filter Bubble”: How Google is influencing what you click; Grandparents Increasingly Targeted By Impostors Who Know ‘Everything’ About Them; Who lives with you? Facebook seeks to patent software to figure out profiles of households.

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Subjects: Big Data, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Freedom of Information, Internet Filtering, KM, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines
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