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Delivering digital infrastructure in the AI age

White & Case LLP on 2/29/2024

The digital infrastructure sector's growth has been fueled by the hyperscalers in recent years. The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and the metaverse is set to drive this "zeitgeist" sector to new heights....more

Lawyers: Be Smart (and Ethical) With Those Smart Devices

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC on 3/15/2022

Cameras and microphones are everywhere, capturing our movements and recording every sound within their reach. The cell phone, the voice assistant, the family car, the pet camera, even that new sous vide precision cooker....more

Privacy Tip #284 – Check Out EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense Playlist: Getting to Know Your Phone

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/13/2021

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) (www.eff.org) is a wonderful resource for privacy-related issues and concerns. I check its website frequently to make sure I am aware of the latest issues and concerns around privacy....more

COVID-19 Client Primer

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/20/2020

Cybersecurity and Health Information Privacy During the COVID-19 Pandemic - In following CDC guidelines to effectively navigate the spread of COVID-19, many employers are closing their doors for a period of time and...more

Newly-Discovered Vulnerability Highlights the Security Concerns Surrounding Bluetooth Technology

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 9/10/2019

A recent report by researchers at the Helmholz Center for Information Security (CISPA), Singapore University of Technology and Design, and the University of Oxford has revealed that Bluetooth technology is vulnerable to a new...more

Tensions Over Huawei Escalate With Commerce Department Trade Restrictions

Allen Matkins on 6/21/2019

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is working quickly to facilitate the deployment of fifth-generation (5G) wireless infrastructure, as formalized in the agency’s 5G Fast Plan (“Facilitate America’s Superiority in 5G...more

Recent Developments in Cybersecurity….What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/14/2019

Criminal masterminds are constantly re-envisioning their weapon of choice. International cyberattacks perpetuated through the use of leaked nation-state cyber tools, shaped many security discussions in 2018, but a new year...more

Remember Good Data Hygiene: An Official Advisory from the US Government

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/29/2018

Our government is telling us that bringing home that new holiday iPhone® should be a more complicated process than most of us realize. New US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guidance is appropriately timed to coincide...more

WSJ Article on Geolocation Data Highlights Risks for Fund Managers

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment on 11/7/2018

On Friday, the WSJ published an article detailing how companies are monetizing smartphone location data by selling it to hedge fund clients. The data vendor featured in the WSJ article obtains geolocation data from about...more

Your Mobile is Not Just a Phone — It's a Handheld Mini-Computer Subject to Attack

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 10/13/2018

Risk Management Question: We need to stop treating our mobile phones like they're just phones. They are mini-computers more powerful than the computers that guided the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon and back. What common...more

Privacy Perils: Beware the Perpetually Curious Shoulder Surfers

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 8/24/2018

Given the volume of reporting on the data security risks posed by hackers and other bad actors online, it can be easy to overlook the "visual privacy" risks we encounter every day in the real world. As any "perpetually...more

New FTC Report Recommends Steps to Improve Mobile Security Updates

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/25/2018

In February 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report that explores the complexities of the mobile ecosystem and makes recommendations for industry to improve the mobile security update process for consumers....more

NYC Secure Gives New Yorkers Tool to Protect Their Smartphones

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/9/2018

On the heels of the ransomware that had the City of Atlanta scrambling last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the launch of “NYC Secure,” a free mobile app that will alert New York City residents of suspicious activity...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2018 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/16/2018

Verizon's Protected Health Information Data Breach Report Concludes that Insiders Are Greatest Threat to Health Care Entities - Verizon recently issued its Protected Health Information Data Breach Report, which is always...more

Privacy Tip #130 – Smartphones Targeted by Dark Caracal Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/15/2018

There is a global malware campaign that is targeting mobile devices across the world. It is called Dark Caracal, which is believed to be sourced in Beirut by the Lebanese General Security Directorate. ...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2018 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/26/2018

A new report issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) called “Global Risks Report 2018,” lists the threat of cyber-warfare and cyber-attacks affecting the public as the world’s third greatest threat in 2018, only behind...more

Privacy Tip #103 – Smartphone Replacement Parts Subject to Hacking

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/1/2017

You drop your smartphone and now there are a million cracks and you can hardly read your texts. Getting the screen replaced by the manufacturer of the phone is usually expensive and sometimes it is so expensive that it makes...more

Privacy TIp #86 - Android Users Vulnerable to Malware through Apps

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/4/2017

University of Michigan researchers have discovered that hundreds of applications in Google Play turn Android phones into a server that allow the user to connect the phone directly to a PC and leave open insecure ports...more

Smartphone Malware Up 400% in 2016

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/30/2017

Here’s some more good news. Not really. According to a recent report by Nokia, malware infections against mobile devices were at an all- time high in 2016. Infections on smartphones rose almost 400 percent and...more

A Selfie’s Worth a Thousand Dollars

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/1/2016

A picture might be worth a thousand words, but could it also be worth a thousand dollars? New technology by MasterCard and Amazon may mean that the new hammock you’ve been eying online is only a camera flash away....more

Emerging Trends Newsletter - Q3

Stinson LLP on 10/17/2016

We are thrilled to bring you the third installment of Stinson Leonard Street's Emerging Trends newsletter. We are proud of the depth and breadth of experience and knowledge across our firm's 13 offices nationwide and are...more

Privacy Tip #56 – Be Careful Before You Link Your Home Appliance to Your Smartphone and Change Your Passwords Now

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/17/2016

Last week, Brian Krebs reported that hackers using a malware dubbed “Marai” have identified hundreds of thousands of home and office devices that have weak security. Then the hackers released the malware publicly so anyone...more

Will Wearable Technology Be a Boost To Enterprise Security?

K2 Integrity on 2/5/2016

Shiran Kleiderman of K2 Intelligence looks at how wearable technology and the Internet of Things can help boost enterprise security, when done right...more

That is SO last week - September 2015

Zelle LLP on 9/9/2015

Labor Day was the backdrop for a big announcement from President Obama. Beginning in 2017, federal contractors must grant paid sick leave to employees. The new Executive Order requires contractors to provide one hour of...more

Android smartphones Stagefright engine vulnerable

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/11/2015

It is being reported that 95% of all Android smartphones are vulnerable to being hacked with a text message, which is being called the “heartbleed for mobile.” According to security experts, the vulnerability exploits the...more

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