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Report Highlights The Crazy Lengths Hackers Took To Infiltrate Us Utilities
Report Highlights The Crazy Lengths Hackers Took To Infiltrate US UtilitiesRussian hackers went to shocking and elaborate lengths to wriggle their way into the United States’ electrical grid, according to a Wall Street Journal report Friday that detailed a slew of...
Glowing Reviews Tout Counterfeit Cash On The Dark Web
Glowing Reviews Tout Counterfeit Cash On The Dark Web When Secret Service Agent Matthew Britsch began trawling for major counterfeiters in the shadowy marketplaces of the dark web, he acted like any smart consumer on eBay — he studied the reviews. Britsch knew he had...
Crypto Exchange Says It Can’t Repay $190 Million To Clients After Founder Dies With Only Password
Crypto Exchange Says It Can't Repay $190 Million To Clients After Founder Dies With Only PasswordCanadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX says it cannot repay most of $190 million in client holdings after its 30-year-old founder Gerald Cotten, the only person who knew the...
Chrome Can Tell You If Your Passwords Have Been Compromised
Chrome Can Tell You If Your Passwords Have Been CompromisedGiven the frequency of hacks and data leaks these days, chances are good that at least one of your passwords has been released to the wild. A new Chrome extension released by Google today makes it a little...
Hackers Hijacked A Family’s Smart Home, Spammed Nuclear Missile Alerts
Hackers Hijacked A Family’s Smart Home, Spammed Nuclear Missile Alerts A California family’s leisurely afternoon was interrupted this weekend when an emergency alert sounded from their living room, according to the Mercury News — and warned them that nuclear war had...
Lowe’s Smart Home Device Platform Shuts Down March 31st
Lowe's Smart Home Device Platform Shuts Down March 31stLowe's tried to become a mainstay of smart home technology with its Iris system, but it wasn't successful enough and unveiled plans to leave the category in November. Now, it's ready to bow out in earnest -- the...
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Facebook Battle With Apple – GDPR Snares Google: AS HEARD ON WGAN: [02-06-19]
Facebook Battle With Apple - GDPR Snares Google: AS HEARD ON WGAN: [02-06-19] On This Episode... Craig is on the WGAN Morning News with Ken and Matt as he does every Wednesday morning. They talked about a lot today from the Facebook and Apple feud, the AirBNBs spying...
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Impacts Of The Cybersecurity Worker Shortage – Hiring Workers: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [02-05-19]
Impacts Of The Cybersecurity Worker Shortage - Hiring Workers: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [02-05-19] On This Episode... This morning Craig and Jim talked about the shortage of cybersecurity workers and its impact on the security side of things. Related Articles Cybersecurity...
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Super Bowl Technology – Why Are Advertisers Wasting Their Money on NH Today WGIR-AM: [02/04/2019]
Super Bowl Technology - Why Are Advertisers Wasting Their Money on NH Today WGIR-AM: [02/04/2019] On This Episode... Craig is on with Jack Heath as they discussed the Super Bowl and the technology behind it. Share This Episode For Questions, Call or Text: 855-385-5553...
F. B. Purity Hides Annoying Facebook Applications And News Feed Updates
F.B. Purity Hides Annoying Facebook Applications And News Feed UpdatesIf your Facebook News Feed is still clogged with annoying applications and unimportant updates, simple user script F. B. Purity can seriously narrow it down to just the important stuff. The script...
Cybersecurity Worker Shortage Hits 3 Million
Cybersecurity Worker Shortage Hits 3 Million While data breaches were big problem in 2018, they stand to get even bigger in 2019 as the shortage of cybersecurity professionals continues to grow globally. According to a new study by (ISC)2 — the world’s largest...
Three Cybersecurity Must-Haves For Small Businesses
Three Cybersecurity Must-Haves For Small Businesses Pop quiz: What percentage of small businesses in the U.S. suffered a cyberattack in 2017? Without peeking below at the answer, take a guess. Would you estimate 10 percent? Maybe 25 percent? Higher? Answer: 47 percent...
Mac Users Being Targeted By A Sneaky Image-Based Malware Attack
Mac Users Being Targeted By A Sneaky Image-Based Malware AttackThere’s a sneaky new malware campaign targeting Mac users, predominantly in the United States. The cybercriminals behind it are going the extra mile to keep those attacks from being detected and they’re...
Facebook Shuts Controversial Program To Pay Apple Users For Data
Facebook Shuts Controversial Program To Pay Apple Users For DataApple is ratcheting up a tug-of-war over privacy with Facebook. And shut off Facebook’s ability to use internal iOS Apps. On the heels of a report outlining ways Facebook Inc. is collecting data, Apple...
This Lamp With A Hidden Camera Could Be In Your Next Airbnb Nightmare
This Lamp With A Hidden Camera Could Be In Your Next Airbnb NightmareEarlier this month, Panasonic announced a new home security camera that’s integrated into the stem of a floor lamp. The terrifyingly named HomeHawk Floor is designed to be discreet — the whole idea...
Most Of The Fortune 100 Still Use The Same Flawed Software That Led To The Equifax Breach
Most Of The Fortune 100 Still Use The Same Flawed Software That Led To The Equifax BreachAlmost two years after Equifax’s massive hack, the majority of Fortune 100 companies still aren’t learning the lessons of using vulnerable software. In the last six months of...
Apple Facepalm – Why Is Apple Making These Mistakes – Can We Trust The News: AS HEARD ON WGAN: [01-30-19]
Apple Facepalm - Why Is Apple Making These Mistakes - Can We Trust The News: AS HEARD ON WGAN: [01-30-19]On This Episode... Craig is on the WGAN Morning News with Matt and Joe. Joe sits in for Ken this morning. They talked about the Apple FaceTime bug that lets you...
Safe Gun Technology – Huge Hack Collection – Proper Use Of Passwords And 2FA: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [01-29-19]
Safe Gun Technology - Huge Hack Collection - Proper Use Of Passwords And 2FA: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [01-29-19]On This Episode... Craig is on the Jim Polito show as they discussed two factor authentication, how to manage your passwords, and the data breach that leaked 773...
Impact Of Government Shutdown – Hacked Phone May Have Led Killers To Khashoggi on NH Today WGIR-AM: [01/28/2019]
Impact Of Government Shutdown - Hacked Phone May Have Led Killers To Khashoggi on NH Today WGIR-AM: [01/28/2019]On This Episode... This morning, Craig was on with Jack Heath discussing two things: One was the software sold by an Israeli used to track Khashoggi, and...
How A WhoIs Check Could Have Halted A Scam
How A WhoIs Check Could Have Halted A ScamA Wendi Deng Murdoch imposter tricked photographers into paying for flights to and photography permits in Indonesia, and a more thorough Whois lookup could have saved the victims from losing money and time. CNN reports about...
Popular WordPress Plugin Hacked By Angry Former Employee
Popular Wordpress Plugin Hacked By Angry Former EmployeeA very popular WordPress plugin was hacked over the weekend after a hacker defaced its website and sent a mass message to all its customers revealing the existence of supposed unpatched security holes. In a...
EU Privacy Law Snares Its First Tech Giant: Google
EU Privacy Law Snares Its First Tech Giant: GoogleFrench regulators fined Google €50 million (equivalent to $57 million) on Monday for violating European Union privacy law. That's not much considering Google's parent company Alphabet reported $33.7 billion in revenue...
‘the Goal Is To Automate Us’: Welcome To The Age Of Surveillance Capitalism
'The Goal Is To Automate Us': Welcome To The Age Of Surveillance Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff’s new book is a chilling exposé of the business model that underpins the digital world. Observer tech columnist John Naughton explains the importance of Zuboff’s work and asks...
How A Hacked Phone May Have Led Killers To Khashoggi
How A Hacked Phone May Have Led Killers To KhashoggiJamal Khashoggi probably thought the messages he was sending to fellow Saudi dissident Omar Abdulaziz were hidden, cloaked in WhatsApp security. In reality they were compromised — along with the rest of Abdulaziz’s...
Dnc Says Russian Hackers Hit It Again With Phishing Effort After Midterms
DNC Says Russian Hackers Hit It Again With Phishing Effort After Midterms It seems the hacks keep coming. The Democratic National Committee said this week that following last year's midterm elections, Russian hackers again took aim at the organization. "In November...
Biggest Data Breach Yet Has Leaked 773 Million Emails. Here’s What You Need To Do Now
Biggest Data Breach Yet Has Leaked 773 Million Emails. Here's What You Need To Do NowLooks like it's time to change your passwords, again: security experts have flagged up a monster data breach made up of some 773 million email addresses and 21 million passwords....
Tech Solutions For Border Security – Russia Using Bitcoin To Bypass US Sanctions – Renaming Alexa: AS HEARD ON WGAN: [01-23-19]
Tech Solutions For Border Security - Russia Using Bitcoin To Bypass US Sanctions - Renaming Alexa: AS HEARD ON WGAN: [01-23-19]On This Episode... Craig is on WGAN this morning with Ken and Matt in their usual banter. They discussed the tech solutions for border...
Microsoft Recommending iPhones – What Should You Do With Your Old iPhone – Upgrading iPhone: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [01-22-19]
Microsoft Recommending iPhones - What Should You Do With Your Old iPhone - Upgrading iPhone: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [01-22-19]On This Episode... Craig is on with Jim Polito talking about iPhones - how Microsoft is recommending it, what to do with your old iPhones, and...
For Owners Of Amazon’s Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching Too
For Owners Of Amazon’s Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching TooTHE “SMART HOME” of the 21st century isn’t just supposed to be a monument to convenience, we’re told, but also to protection, a Tony Stark-like bubble of vigilant algorithms and...
Amazon Says 100 Million Alexa Devices Have Been Sold — What’s Next?
Amazon Says 100 Million Alexa Devices Have Been Sold — What’s Next?More than 100 million devices with Alexa on board have been sold. That’s the all-too-rare actual number that Amazon’s SVP of devices and services, Dave Limp, revealed to me earlier this week. That’s...