Sep 21, 2019 | Algorithms, anonymity, Banking, Banking, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Dark Web, data sharing, Featured, Financial, Malware, Marketplace, Open Source, Organized Crime, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware, scam, Security, Technology, Valuations
Warning About Security of Cryptocurrency If you have listened to me for a while, you know how I feel about Cryptocurrencies, and it looks like I was right all along. It is fraught with fraud that prays on peoples hopes and dreams. The criminal activity of ransomware...
Sep 7, 2019 | Applications, Best Practices, Big Tech, Business, Consumer, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data, data sharing, Employee Training, Facebook, Facebook, Google, Hacking, LinkedIn, LinkedIn, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Resources, Security, Social Media, Social Networking, Software, Software As A Service, storage, Technology, Web Tools
Companies Sharing Your Data with Their Third-Party Vendors It seems that every day there’s another news headline about how companies are using consumer data. Facebook was in the news again recently when the FTC slapped it with a $5 billion fine based on...
Sep 7, 2019 | Applications, Big Tech, Business, Cloud, Cloud Vendors, Computers, Cybersecurity, Data, data sharing, Data Storage, Hacking, Malware, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Software As A Service, Technology
Cloud Services Have a Dark Side When It Comes To Security More than half of firms running multicloud environments have been hit with a data breach in the past year, compared with 24% of hybrid cloud organizations and 24% of single-cloud users. To gain a better...
Aug 24, 2019 | Banking, Banking, Business, Cashless, Consumer, Financial, Monitoring, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Shopping, Surveillance, Technology, Uncategorized
Live in Sweden Save Your Cash and Coin For years, we have commented on the Swedish government and the Riksbank pushing for a “cashless society.” The Riksbank has over 1,000 articles posted on its website on the “cashless society“. The emphasis worked: between...
Aug 17, 2019 | Banking, Best Practices, Breaches, Business, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacking, Hacks, Passwords, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulatory Compliance, Security, Security, Technology, Under Arrest
Turns Out It Wasn’t Just Capital One Federal prosecutors say a woman charged in a massive data breach at Capital One may have hacked more than 30 other organizations. Paige Thompson, of Seattle, was arrested last month after the FBI said she obtained personal...
Aug 10, 2019 | Big Tech, Facebook, Facebook, Fines and Penalties, FTC, Government, Internet, Legal, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Social Networking, Technology, Tracking
FTC Backward Decision Gives Facebook Everything It Has Always Wanted So, as was leaked a couple of weeks ago, the FTC has now made its $5 billion settlement with a Facebook official. There’s quite a bit that’s interesting in the stipulated order...