Posts Tagged ‘Cloud Risks’

Pakistan bans VPNs – Computer Business Review

Pakistan has barred Internet users in the country from using virtual private networks or VPNs. VPN is an encryption software that is used by Internet users to access banned websites […]

Google – Don't be Evil – That's OUR Job

As usual, Google engages in practices that are orthogonal to it’s self-proclaimed mission of “don’t be evil”.   Apparently, they want YOU not to be evil…while they’re free to engage […]

Little Brother is a snitch – Blackberry Messenger archives open to UK authorities

The 1st rule of social media and digital communications really should be “Little Brother is watching…and he’s a snitch”   While George Orwell trained us to distrust government (aka Big […]

Backing Up Documents in the Cloud

Raj Goel, CISSPCTOBrainlink International, Inc.raj@brainlink.com 917-685-7731 Raj’s LinkedIn profile This article appeared on LAW.com   John Edwards (no, not THAT John Edwards) did a great job of summarizing various backup […]

Microsoft Office 365 & Dynamics CRM outage…again

On Aug 18, 2011, Microsoft’s OFFICE 365 and DYNAMICS CRM websites went offline for more than 5 hours. As The Register.co.uk staff suggests, perhaps they SHOULD rename it Office 364, […]

Sony insurer says it's not liable for costs of data breach

Sony has been sued by its insurance company, which says the policy it issued doesn’t cover a series of high-profile security breaches that exposed personal information associated with more than […]

Zuckers! Facebook Has Secretly Been Giving User Info to Cops

From http://www.good.is/post/zuckers-facebook-has-secretly-been-giving-user-info-to-cops/ According to a new report from Reuters and Westlaw, federal judges have granted at least 24 search warrants since 2008 allowing law enforcement officials to snoop around people’s Facebook accounts. […]

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Each of my talks runs from 45-120 minutes. I present the specific topic in 45 minutes, or really dive into it for 2 hours. Multiple topics can also be combined […]

U.S. Law Enforcement Obtaining Warrants to Search Facebook Profiles

A Reuters review of the Westlaw legal database shows that since 2008, federal judges have authorized at least two dozen warrants to search individuals’ Facebook accounts. Many of the warrants […]

Foreclosure via Facebook

Attorneys in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and, East Sussex, England, have all authorized mortgage lenders and their attorneys to serve borrowers with foreclosure notices via Facebook, when the borrowers could […]