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Be a Digital Estate Planning Hero

November 27, 2023 • protection • technology

You can help those close to you minimize the potential problems. A few steps taken in advance can avoid stressful, time-consuming distractions...

A Practical Cybersecurity Checklist for Your Small Firm

October 30, 2023 • cybersecurity • protection

Streamlined for small businesses, the Cybersecurity Toolkit gives practical advice and how-to's you can follow to reduce your risks. You don’t need to be a technological whiz...

Exposure of Your Clients' Social Security Numbers and More

September 15, 2023 • breach • protection

Criminal hackers are regularly targeting smaller law firms as well as larger ones. The ten-lawyer firm of Cohen Cleary was hit with litigation by clients that alleges: [T]he “massive and preventable cyberattack” was a direct result of the firm’s failure to implement sufficient data security practices to safeguard consumers’ sensitive information, which the law firm allegedly stored in its systems unencrypted and unprotected. You are not safe enough if you rely solely on your firewall, computer passwords and antivirus software to protect sensitive client information. Cyber criminals struck the fourteen-lawyer firm of Spear Wilderman, specialists in representing labor unions. Their stolen...

Frightening CallerID Extortion Scam

August 15, 2023 • education • extortion • fraud

"I just received a call from my sister's contact name and actual phone number; she lives across the country from me. A man was on the other end, sounding crazed and immediately threatening my sister's well-being and life."

A Nightmare Story of Identity Theft

July 15, 2023 • crime • fraud

Avery Hartmans has years of experience as a journalist covering business and consumer technology. She knows about computer crime. Her knowledge did not keep her safe from an identify thief who...