Tag Archive for: document

Meet LINK: The Easy Way To Handle All Your Document Workflows On Your Mobile Device In A Single App


LinkByMobileHelix-logo 1276 1276

When was the last time you went to work (or anywhere, really) without some kind of mobile device with you? Since the adoption of mobile devices, the answer is probably never. When was the last time you felt you could adequately handle all your work on that mobile device? If you’re like most lawyers, the answer is, again, probably never.

The legal profession today is a mobile one, with attorneys practicing anywhere and everywhere with the help of smartphones and tablets. As ubiquitous as they are, though, most lawyers would say they can’t handle all the meaningful work they need to handle on those devices, due to poor document workflows, security concerns, and usability.

What if I told you that you really could handle all your work in one app on your mobile device? It might sound too good to be true, but it’s possible with the LINK app from Mobile Helix.

LINK is finally making it possible to handle documents in a meaningful way on all your devices. LINK combines convenient workflows, document management, search, review, annotation, comparison, editing capabilities, and email management in one app that you can actually use from your phone or tablet.

Do Everything, Everywhere With LINK

When you think about the tools you use most in your day-to-day work, your document management system (DMS) and Outlook are probably at the top of the list. Working in both on your mobile device, though, has historically been a huge struggle, if not impossible. LINK brings them together in a single, secure, easy-to-use app.

LINK image 1

LINK is designed to support the workflows attorneys use all day, every day. The app works with today’s most popular mobile devices – iPhones, iPads, and Android phones and tablets – and supports the three leading document management systems, iManage Work®, NetDocuments, and eDocs by OpenText.

LINK is solving the pervasive problem of lawyers being unable to adequately work on their mobile devices. With LINK, lawyers can fully access their documents, compare them, mark them up, edit them, email them, and more, as easily and securely as they can on a computer.

LINK’s Top Features for Simpler Workflows

Lawyers have long asked for a way to be able to work with their…

Source…

Document of the Day: Russian Government Hackers Indicted


DOJ Press Release on Russian Hacking Campaigns

Image: Screenshot

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed two federal indictments charging four employees of the Russian government with a conspiracy to hack into the global energy sector and gain remote control over critical pieces of infrastructure. The indictments offer a detailed, inside look at the state of official Russian hacking today, and point to an extraordinary program that targeted “thousands of computers, at hundreds of companies and organizations, in approximately 135 countries.”

DOJ Press Release on Russian Hacking Campaigns1

DOJ indictment of a Russian Defence Ministry employee on hacking and conspiracy charges.

In a press release about the indictments, which were handed down last year but only made public last week, the DOJ alleges two separate hacking campaigns: the first involving a Russian citizen who worked for the country’s Ministry of Defense; a second involving three other Russians who worked for the Federal Security Service (FSB), successor agency to the KGB.

In June 2021, the US government indicted an employee of the Russian Defense Ministry’s research institute on two counts of conspiracy and one count of attempting to damage an energy facility for allegedly triggering two emergency shutdowns at a foreign oil refinery in 2018. According to the charges filed in the District of Columbia, the defendant and unnamed co-conspirators also attempted to secretly infiltrate  similar energy facilities in the US.

The August 2021 indictment identifying the three FSB officers was filed in US District Court in Kansas, and charges the group with numerous violations related to computer fraud and abuse, wire fraud, identity theft, and damaging an energy facility. Per the DOJ, the FSB officers — known colloquially as “Dragonfly,” “Berzerk Bear,” and “Energetic Bear” — worked for a period of five years, from 2012 to 2017 , on compromising “software and hardware that controls equipment in power generation facilities.” Had they been successful, they would have given the Russian government the ability to “disrupt or damage” computer systems controlling numerous energy sector…

Source…

Google Drive accounted for 50% of malicious Office document downloads


OneDrive was responsible for 19% while 15% of malicious Microsoft Office documents were downloaded through Sharepoint in 2021.

A new report published by Atlas VPN has revealed startling new details about how widely used platforms like Google and Microsoft are exploited by attackers to spread malware.

The report should not come as a surprise because another report published last year revealed that nearly 43% of all malware downloads were hidden in infected MS Office documents.

Google Drive and Microsoft documents

The most surprising finding from Atlas VPN’s team is that in 2021 around 50% of malicious Microsoft Office documents out of all malware were downloaded from Google Drive, and 37% of all malware downloads on the platform were malicious office documents.

It is worth noting that Google Drive surpassed Microsoft OneDrive in terms of popularity in 2020, which caused 34% of all malicious office document download apps from this platform in 2020.

The research further revealed that MS OneDrive represented 19% of all malicious Office document downloads, while MS Sharepoint ranked third as users used it to download 15% of all malicious Office documents containing malware.

Google’s Gmail accounted for 4% of malicious office document downloads, and Box was used for 3% of office documents embedded with malware.

In the first quarter of 2020, out of all downloaded malware, the percentage of malicious office documents was 19%. This number increased to 46% in quarter two, while in quarter three and four of 2020, the percentage declines to 36% and 29%, respectively.

At the start of 2021, this percentage reached 43%, and by quarter four of 2021, the rate dropped to 37%.

Cybercriminals Abusing Cloud Applications

Atlas VPN’s cybersecurity writer William S stated that cybercriminals are abusing cloud applications for “personal benefits” since these services are becoming more popular among users lately.

Attackers can spread malware and steal data by targeting unsuspecting users with malicious documents. Securing your cloud apps with user authentication and threat monitoring tools will help mitigate malware attacks.

William S – Atlas…

Source…

Borderless Security launches FilesDNA to protect electronic document sharing


Borderless Security launched FilesDNA, an e-signature solution that lends the integration of the company’s custom security protocols into a new offering for digital management of files and contracts being shared globally.

Borderless Security FilesDNA

FilesDNA leverages blockchain technology to create a safe, secure and convenient solution for signing paperwork, contracts and legally binding documents. Driven by AI and ML integration, FilesDNA provides a user-friendly process for ID verification of every signed user, to eliminate fraudulent activities via blockchain integrity. It also utilises a voice recognition system that captures the unique parameters of a user’s voice to provide an additional layer of security, to protect their identity and e-signature.

By including cyber security software, FilesDNA offers a number of extra levels of verification of signatories to empower users worldwide with full control over their documents and assurance against fraud, which is essential for cross-country business and securing operational channels.

Thanks to FilesDNA verifying every step of the document signing process from authorised business personnel and contractor IDs to buyers and sellers, it protects electronic documents that require both digital and electronic signatures, using the application of artificial intelligence. This technology helps prevent fraud, forgery and other criminal behaviour when sharing sensitive information and important documents.

Providing a secured and easy to use platform, FilesDNA is optimized for speed and convenience. Users can access documents from multiple devices, and sign them online and on the go. This easy to use electronic signature software was designed to help businesses and individuals work more effectively but most importantly helps create a secure digital world. At the same time, the company behind FilesDNA aims to reduce environmental impact as, by using E-Signature rather than paper for contracts, FilesDNA would save around 2 billion trees per year, currently being used for office paper production.

Mo Sahib, CEO of Borderless Security and FilesDNA, commented: “Using cloud-based technology, blockchain technology and cryptographic methods, our free…

Source…