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3 weeks ago | 
securityboulevard.com | Mark Rasch
Imagine you’re sitting at home, browsing your favorite news or streaming site and you decide to watch a political documentary or listen to a provocative podcast. You press play, and the voices of reporters, experts or entertainers stream through your speakers. Could this simple act of listening or viewing expose you to criminal liability under federal wiretapping law?
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3 weeks ago | 
securityboulevard.com | Richi Jennings |Mark Rasch
On June 21, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair that internet-based retailers had to pay state sales taxes even if they had no “physical presence” in the state ...
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1 month ago | 
securityboulevard.com | David J. Lindner |Mark Rasch |Stephanie Ewing
Sherwood, Arkansas-based non-profit telemarketing company The Heritage Company raised and distributed funds for various organizations and, like many of us on the planet, depended on properly functioning and accessible computers, computer networks ...
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1 month ago | 
securityboulevard.com | Jeffrey Burt |Nathan Eddy |Mark Rasch |Mike Vizard
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2 months ago | 
securityboulevard.com | Mark Rasch
The accelerating development of general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) agents — led by Amazon’s Project Nova, OpenAI’s Operator and Anthropic’s Computer Use initiative — marks a dramatic shift in the way humans interact with digital environments. These systems, capable of autonomously navigating a computer interface, executing multi-step commands, and performing tasks ranging from sending emails to manipulating files or accessing systems, raise serious questions for criminal law.
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2 months ago | 
securityboulevard.com | Tom Eston |Patrick Wall |Mark Rasch |Christopher Burgess
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2 months ago | 
securityboulevard.com | Mark Rasch
In “Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation,” Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt uses Simon Pegg’s Benji Dunn’s fingerprint to unlock a high-security door. In Fast & Furious 7, Brian O’Connor’s Paul Walker uses a guard’s hand to unlock a phone with his fingerprint, giving him access to sensitive data. In “Ocean’s 8,” Sandra Bullock’s Debbie Ocean and Mindy Kaling’s Amita place a sleeping person’s hand on a scanner, defeating the biometric security device.
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2 months ago | 
securityboulevard.com | Mark Rasch
Any business today sends, receives and pays invoices for goods and services. In almost every case, these invoices and payments are sent, approved and paid electronically. Such electronic invoices, with modern payment systems including wire transfers, ACH transfers, Venmo, PayPal, or even cryptocurrency transfers are fast, efficient and effortless. They are also a target for computer hackers and fraudsters, who find them fast, efficient, effortless and lucrative.
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2 months ago | 
slate.com | Mark Rasch
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg exposed what is being called “Signalgate”—reporting on a group chat he got added to where high-level government officials shared sensitive information about U.S. plans to attack Houthi rebels—he was taking a big risk, though he did nothing unlawful.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Mark Rasch
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg exposed what is being called “Signalgate”—reporting on a group chat he got added to where high-level government officials shared sensitive information about U.S. plans to attack Houthi rebels—he was taking a big risk, though he did nothing unlawful.
