Dec 22, 2018 | Hacking, Internet, Radio Show, Security
Marriott Says It Will Pay For Replacement Passports After Data Breach. Here’s Why That’s Likely Baloney As you have no doubt heard by now, Marriott disclosed a massive data breach that exposed up to 500 million customer records. Hackers accessed...
Dec 22, 2018 | Facebook, Google, Internet, Radio Show, Security
The 21 Biggest Data Breaches Of 2018 It seems like every week, a new company has to notify its customers that their data may have been compromised, and personal information may have been affected. Data breaches can happen for a variety of reasons. Some companies are...
Dec 15, 2018 | Internet, Privacy, Radio Show, Security
Encryption-Busting Law Passed In Australia Will Have Global Privacy Implications With Australia part of the “Five Eyes” of government spying, does this mean that our government will have back-door access to our encrypted messages? What does this have to say about our...
Dec 8, 2018 | Government, Internet, Passwords, Radio Show, Security, Social Networking
Handgun Buyers Would Have To Give Cops Social Media Passwords Under New York Proposal A new proposal would require New Yorkers who want handgun licenses to undergo search engine and social media checks, including handing over log-in information and passwords to...
Dec 1, 2018 | Facebook, Facebook, Hacking, Internet, Radio Show, Social Networking, Technology
Facebook Ads Urge Its Staff To Leak Secrets A campaign group advocating the break-up of Facebook has subverted the social network’s advertising tools to tempt its employees into leaking information.Freedom from Facebook says it targeted ads at the technology...
Dec 1, 2018 | Computers, Hacking, Internet, Radio Show, Ransomware, Security
Hackers Are Using Leaked NSA Hacking Tools To Quietly Hijack Thousands Of Computers More than a year after patches were released to thwart powerful NSA exploits that leaked online, hundreds of thousands of computers are unpatched and vulnerable.First they were used to...