Linked: Sale of 4 Million Stolen Cards Tied to Breaches at 4 Restaurant Chains
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Linked: Sale of 4 Million Stolen Cards Tied to Breaches at 4 Restaurant Chains

Krebs lists the details, but really does it matter? There have been so many breaches that I think we’d all do well to just follow this advice: Just remember that while consumers are not liable for fraudulent charges, it may still fall to you the consumer to spot and report any suspicious charges. So keep a close…

Linked: Ransomware Attackers Leak Stolen Data
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Linked: Ransomware Attackers Leak Stolen Data

This does make some sense. The arms race will continue. “With the rise of additional mitigation and recovery options that help organizations avoid paying the ransom, the next stage is to force payment, and it would be easy for the actor to post a number of example files to Pastebin,” perhaps initially in an encrypted…

Linked: Text Messages, EDiscovery, and the New Threat to Privacy
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Linked: Text Messages, EDiscovery, and the New Threat to Privacy

I don’t believe a lot of people understand this when it comes to BYOD situations: By the way, something else that the phone’s owner should understand: the extraction will not be limited to “relevant” text messages. Such refined extracting and searching is not possible with text messages – at least not yet. Rather, all information…

What I’m Sharing (weekly)

What I’m Sharing (weekly)

Twitter finally upgrades its 2FA security feature. Mobile number no longer required! Lawyer Wellness: The Elephant In The Room – I have to wonder why anyone wants to be a law firm partner, much like I’ve started to question why any staff would want to work in a law firm. Trial Preparation – Process, Planning…

Linked: ‘Wellbeing’ is not a PR stunt
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Linked: ‘Wellbeing’ is not a PR stunt

Hmm, this seems a bit too familiar. Doesn’t it? Dave’s organisation has a wellbeing policy. They are on it. They have Mental Health Champions, an Employee Assistance Programme and a whole section on the intranet about ‘sleep hygiene’, healthy eating, the office choir and cycling to work. But is it all just window dressing? Are…

Linked: The Top Reasons Why Employees Leave Their Jobs
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Linked: The Top Reasons Why Employees Leave Their Jobs

The Dumb Little Man website took this nice little nugget and tried to explain why: “According to a Mercer study, a whopping one-third of all the new employees plan on just quitting their job in the next 12 months. “ This is a pretty drastic change in workplace culture. As you look around at your…