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Lightning Kills The Cloud
As you’re probably aware, large swathes of the east coast were hit by huge storms over the last few days. In addition to causing at least eighteen deaths, these storms have led to millions – yes,...
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Scareware Scammer Fined $163 Million
We’ve all seen those annoying pop-up ads, haven’t we? The ones that say things like “Free system scan!” or “See if your computer has bugs” and the like. Hopefully you know better than to click on them,...
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Trolling Group Unleashes Tumblr Worm, Infects 8,600 Sites
Almost nine thousand Tumblr users were affected by a hack yesterday, that replaced their content with a “racist spam message urging users to kill themselves.” It wasn’t just unsophisticated, naive...
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In NY, Listening To Voicemail While Driving Not OK; But Talking To Siri Is Fine
By IT-Lex Intern Karina Saranovic (LinkedIn) After a series of lawsuits involving cell phone use on the road, a New York judge issued two opinions earlier this month that serve to clarify state statute...
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Prosecutors Seek Kill Switch To Prevent iPhone Robberies
The expression “apple picking” no longer just refers to a carefree pastime for a spring day. It’s also taken on a more sinister meaning, due to the increasing frequency with which electronic devices,...
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Reminder: Leaving Passwords Lying Around Near Shared Computers Is A Bad Idea
Usually when we write about recent case law here at IT-Lex, we take some time to set the scene before pasting in quotes from the judicial opinions. This morning, we’ll break from that convention, as...
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Two Companies Settle With The FTC Over Allegations Of Security-Related Deception
Last month, a couple of companies settled with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that their mobile apps misrepresented user security and “failed to secure the transmission of millions of...
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