Update Firefox Now!
Zero-day found in the wild
Mozilla has fixed a critical zero-day bug in the latest point releases of the Firefox web browser. The security flaw allows attackers to run their own code by exploiting the browser with malicious JavaScript, and people are already targeting Firefox users in the wild.
The bug affects both Firefox and its enterprise counterpart, Extended Support Release (ESR). According to Mozilla’s advisory:
A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop.
by Danny Bradbury
Element Joins Motors & Mansions Show
Element joins Southwest Florida radio show on 92.5fm Saturday mornings at 11AM.
ABA Formal Opinion No. 483
What’s your plan? New ethics opinion requires lawyers to take steps to protect client data from cyber threats.
Hackers have increasingly targeted lawyers and law firms for the treasure trove of confidential information in their possession, including trade secrets, pending business deals, financial information, and personal data. These attacks have resulted in numerous data breaches compromising confidential client information at firms of all sizes in recent years.
iManage Partnership
MINNEAPOLIS – December 19, 2018 - Element Technologies LLC, having recently combined with ADV Document Systems, Inc, announces their partnership agreement with iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work.
Lawyer's Responsibility
One of the many important roles of a lawyer is to mitigate risk to his or her clients. Each day, we learn more about the ever-changing landscape of cyber threats that pose a risk for lawyers serving their clients. In today’s world, it is not really a question of “if” your law firm will be the target of a cybersecurity breach, but a question of “when”. There are even websites that exist which identify specific law firms as targets because they are known to be vulnerable and penetrable to those who wish to exploit them.
Element and ADV Combine
September 19, 2018 - Minneapolis - Element Technologies, LLC is pleased to announce they have combined companies with ADV. As market leaders in their respective industries, this combination provides clients with a seamless experience around information technology, information management, and cybersecurity. Both ADV and Element have worked together on numerous projects which has helped make the combination of these companies a reality.
Element Recognized by WatchGuard
Minneapolis, MN – May 21, 2018 – Element Technologies, LLC announced today that WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in network security, secure Wi-Fi, and network intelligence products, has recognized it as the North America End User Project of the Year winner in the company’s 2018 Partner Awards program. WatchGuard and its channel community gathered in Miami, Florida, to celebrate another year of tremendous growth and momentum, and honor top-performing partners.
Red Five and Element Announce Strategic Alliance.
McLean, Va. (May 14, 2018) – Red Five, an internationally recognized, private security and management consulting company, and Element, a leader in information technology, cloud and advisory services, today announced a Strategic Alliance designed to focus on providing leading-edge security solutions for private clients and families, family offices and high net-worth individuals. The offerings will bring together physical security plans and execution with an enhanced level of cybersecurity risk assessment and information technology management.
WatchGuard Awarded Eight Honors
Once again this year, WatchGuard has been named a Grand Trophy Winner in Info Security Products Guide’s Global Excellence Awards. WatchGuard took home eight total awards for ISPG’s 2018 awards program, including Gold in the Advanced Persistent Threat Detection and Response category for WatchGuard APT Blocker.
MELTDOWN & SPECTRE VULNERABILITIES
Back in June of 2017, researchers at Google Project Zero and a few other academic institutions and security firms discovered two vulnerabilities that have been codenamed Meltdown and Spectre. Both are fundamental flaws in the design of the processors that power almost all modern computers, tablets, and smart phones. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to access the entire memory contents of an affected system. This would allow someone to steal passwords, encryption keys, and other sensitive data that is normally only accessible to the operating system.
WI-FI VULNERABILITY - WPA & WPA2 REQUIRE UPDATES
On October 16, 2017, security researchers announced several vulnerabilities in the WPA/WPA2 encryption protocol that affect countless Wi-Fi enabled devices worldwide. As a result of KRACK, Wi-Fi data streams, including passwords and personal data, can be intercepted, decrypted, and modified without a user’s knowledge. This security flaw means that, for vulnerable clients and access points, WPA- and WPA2-encrypted Wi-Fi traffic is potentially exposed until certain steps are taken to remediate the issue.
Three Minnesota-Based Firms
alt Lake City, UT – October 3, 2017 – NetDocuments, the leading cloud-based document and email management (DMS) platform for law firms and corporate legal departments, announced today that McCollum Crowley, Bassford Remele, and Zimmerman Reed selected NetDocuments for improved security, efficiency, and usability across their offices and legal professionals.
Equifax Phishing Attacks to be expected
Cyber criminals have stolen 143 million credit records in the recent hacking scandal at big-three credit bureau Equifax. At this point you have to assume that the bad guys have highly personal information that they can use to trick you. You need to watch out for the following things:
14 Million Verizon Customers Exposed
Millions of Verizon customers' records have been exposed after an Israeli technology company left user data unprotected, according to a new report. Read the full story
Element Becomes Netdocuments Certified
Element Technologies, LLC, a leader in information technology services to law firms is proud to announce it is now a certified NetDocuments Partner. Element continues its commitment to lead the industry in technology services for law firms. “Today we have forged a partnership with NetDocuments to deliver best of breed cloud-based document management to the legal community”