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The Latest Hack into a Smart Home Camera – Another Reason to Use Two Factor Authentication

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/24/2018

Sometimes I feel like I’m the Grinch at a party when I talk shop about the latest massive data breach or horrible hacker story that is in the news. We say things like, “it’s not if, but when” there will be another data...more

Privacy Perils: I Spy Your Wi-Fi

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/1/2018

Public Wi-Fi networks are a wonderful thing, particularly if you subscribe to a limited carrier data plan and have spent the month streaming Bachelor in Paradise or your favorite NCAA and NFL teams’ games. However, by...more

FBI Warning: Russian Hackers Attacking Routers

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/1/2018

Late last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning to U.S. consumers that Russian hackers (dubbed Sofacy and a/k/a Fancy Brear and APT28 and believed to be backed by the Russian government) had...more

The Internet of Things: What Is It and Why Do I Care?

Jackson Walker on 5/23/2018

Even if you have never heard of the Internet of Things (“IoT”) you’re probably connected already. In 2017 Gartner estimated that over 5.2 Billion consumer IoT devices had already been installed and predicted that the...more

Securing Your Home’s Digital Entry Points

K2 Integrity on 10/11/2017

We’re all concerned with our home’s physical security, but so often we forget to pay the same amount of attention to our digital security. However, leaving your home’s digital entry points open is like leaving your front door...more

Cybersecurity Best Practices

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/28/2017

When you bring to mind someone “hacking” a computer one of the images that likely comes up is a screen of complex code designed to crack through your security technology. Whereas there is a technological element to every...more

Privacy Tip #99 – If you are an IoT Fanatic, this App is for You

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/3/2017

Last January, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched the IoT Home Inspector Challenge, a contest that requested participants to come up with a tool that would identify security issues that are caused by out-of-date...more

Privacy Perils: Don't "Play" Around with Some Google Apps

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 6/24/2017

A group of researchers at the University of Michigan has discovered that hundreds of applications in Google Play, whose function is to turn Android phones into a server that allows the user to connect their phone directly to...more

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