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Huawei Has Been Fined $1.2B By The US
Huawei Has Been Fined $1.2B By The US Sales Stopped On Military Bases, And Now Was Caught Using A Pro Camera To Fake Smartphone Photos (Again) When will we stop buying these dangerous smartphones? Its marketing and advertising campaigns have, multiple times, been...
Are You Using A “Cloud Service” For Your Business?
Are You Using A “Cloud Service” For Your Business? Office 365, Salesforce, And Accounting Software Can Pose Huge Risks. Cloud Service Company Leaves ‘Terabytes’ Of Selfies, Text Messages, And Location Data Exposed Online A company that markets cell phone spyware to...
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AS HEARD ON: WGAN – Details of the Equifax Hack – Apple iPhone X What’s the Bionic Chip: AS HEARD ON – The WGAN Morning News [09-13-17]
AS HEARD ON: WGAN - Details of the Equifax Hack - Apple iPhone X What's the Bionic Chip: AS HEARD ON - The WGAN Morning News [09-13-17] On This Episode... Joined Ken and Matt to find out more about the Equifax breach and how to get checked for attacks. Plus, what is...
Don’t Share Email Passwords. Poor Design is causing Mac Keyboard. Apple Announcements – AS HEARD ON WGAN : [09-12-18]
Don't Share Email Passwords. Poor Design is causing Mac Keyboard. Apple Announcements - AS HEARD ON WGAN : [09-12-18] On This Episode... Have you had problems with a keyboard on your Mac? If so, listen in as I discuss with Ken and Matt the design issues that cause it...
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The Increase In Business Email Compromise Passed 10 Billion Dollars – Why Not Share Passwords: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [09-11-18]
The Increase In Business Email Compromise Passed 10 Billion Dollars - Why Not Share Passwords: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [09-11-18] On This Episode... Did you know that business losses have passed 10 billion dollars due to business email compromise? Find out more about this...
Segway’s Drift E-Skates Aren’t Nearly As Dangerous As They Look
Segway's Drift E-Skates Aren't Nearly As Dangerous As They Look Disgraceful name appropriation aside, hoverboards have blessed us with many an exploitative YouTube compilation. And given the number of bruised coccyxes hoverboards are responsible for, you'd think...
Unpatched Routers Being Used To Build Vast Proxy Army, Spy On Networks
Unpatched Routers Being Used To Build Vast Proxy Army, Spy On Networks Researchers at China's Netlab 360 have discovered that thousands of routers manufactured by the Latvian company MikroTik have been compromised by malware attacking a vulnerability revealed April....
Business Email Fraud Attacks Jump 25%
Business Email Fraud Attacks Jump 25% Cyber-criminals are sending more emails than ever before to defraud organizations, according to a new report, Protecting People, from Proofpoint. The firm analyzed more than 600 million emails, revealing that the number of email...
Threats To Our Privacy: Tech Industry Told ‘Privacy Is Not Absolute’ And End-To-End Encryption ‘Should Be Rare’
Threats To Our Privacy: Tech Industry Told ‘Privacy Is Not Absolute’ And End-To-End Encryption ‘Should Be Rare’ An international network of intelligence agencies has told the tech industry that ‘privacy is not an absolute’ and that the use of end-to-end encryption...
You’re Not Alone If Your Share Your Email Password – But There Are Hidden Dangers
You’re Not Alone If Your Share Your Email Password – But There Are Hidden Dangers Small to medium-sized businesses are hit with nearly 4,000 cyber attacks per day -- and that number is only expected to grow, according to a new report. Small businesses are even more...
AS HEARD ON: WGAN – This is Why You Are Getting So Much Spam: AS HEARD ON – The WGAN Morning News [09-06-17]
AS HEARD ON: WGAN - This is Why You Are Getting So Much Spam: AS HEARD ON - The WGAN Morning News [09-06-17] On This Episode... Joining Ken and Matt on another WGAN feature, to learn more about why you are getting so much spam emails. More tech news and updates over...
Internet Speeds have doubled in the US due to Net Neutrality Repeal. AS HEARD ON WGAN: [09-05-18]
Internet Speeds have doubled in the US due to Net Neutrality Repeal. AS HEARD ON WGAN: [09-05-18] On This Episode... Did you see that the Internet Speeds in the US have doubled? Yes, it is true -- Listen in as I talk with Ken and Matt about what caused this growth....
The Stats On Net Neutrality Are Out – We Are All Winning: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [09-04-18]
The Stats On Net Neutrality Are Out - We Are All Winning: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [09-04-18] On This Episode... Find out more about how we are winning with the end of net neutrality as Craig talks about it more in depth with Jim Polito. Related Articles The End Of Net...
Another Equifax-Style Hack On The Way? Could Be!
Another Equifax-Style Hack On The Way? Could Be! In September 2017, Equifax disclosed that a failure to patch one of its Internet servers against a pervasive software flaw — in a Web component known as Apache Struts — led to a breach that exposed personal data on 147...
Ohio Man Sentenced To 15 Months For BEC Scam
Ohio Man Sentenced To 15 Months For BEC Scam Chief US District Judge Janet Hall last week sentenced Olumuyiwa Adejumo to 15 months in federal prison for his role in a business email compromise scheme targeting organizations in the United States. His sentence will be...
New Facial Recognition System Catches First Imposter At US Airport
New Facial Recognition System Catches First Imposter At US Airport New facial recognition tech at an airport near Washington, DC caught a man attempting to enter the US with false documents, the US Customs and Border Protection said yesterday. While arriving in...
DNC Reports Attempted Cyberattack On Its Voter Database
DNC Reports Attempted Cyberattack On Its Voter Database The Democratic National Committee (DNC) was alerted this week to an attack attempt on its voter database, CNN reports. Cloud service provider and security firm Lookout reported to the DNC that a phony login page...
Half Of Small Businesses Believe They’re Not Cybercrime Targets
Half Of Small Businesses Believe They're Not Cybercrime Targets Even with increased public awareness of cybersecurity threats, small- to midsized businesses (SMBs) mostly remain behind the curve: some 51% of SMB leaders are convinced their companies are not a target...
With The End Of Net Neutrality AT&T Invests Nearly $120 Million To Boost Local Networks In Iowa
With The End Of Net Neutrality At&T Invests Nearly $120 Million To Boost Local Networks In Iowa Even rural Iowa is a winner, thanks to the end of so-called Net Neutrality. AT&T, is investing nearly $120 million in Iowa wireless and wired networks. These...
The End Of Net Neutrality Has Doubled Our Internet Speed Ranking!
The End Of Net Neutrality Has Doubled Our Internet Speed Ranking! Since the repeal of “net neutrality” took effect on June 11, the U.S. internet speed has gone from 12th to 6th fastest in the world. FCC chairman Ajit Pai announced late last year that he would be...
Hippies Could Kill Us All – How To Make Elections Safer – AS HEARD ON WGAN: [08-29-18]
Hippies Could Kill Us All - How To Make Elections Safer - AS HEARD ON WGAN: [08-29-18] On This Episode... Find out how an 11-year-old girl changed the results of Florida's presidential vote as Craig talks with Matt and Joe on the WGAN Morning News. Related Articles...
Psychology And Videogames: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [08-28-18]
Psychology And Videogames: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [08-28-18] On This Episode... What kind of effect do video games have on gamers? Do video games make people violent? Listen as Craig discusses the latest news story about the video game shooting in Florida with Jim Polito....
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Jacksonville Video Game Shooter. My experience with gamers. Mental health issues. AS HEARD ON: WGIR NH Today : [08-27-2018]
Jacksonville Video Game Shooter. My experience with gamers. Mental health issues. AS HEARD ON: WGIR NH Today : [08-27-2018] On This Episode... Video Games and Tournaments are interesting. Jack and I discussed the shooting in Jacksonville, yesterday and the effects of...
ALERT: New, major problem with WiFi
ALERT: New, major problem with WiFi If you have a WIFI network, you’re likely vulnerable again. Even if you’re using WPA or WPA2. This new approach cracks most WIFI networks with the capture of only a single packet. Worse yet, it even works against most business WIFI...
How To Properly Check Your Internet Speed
How To Properly Check Your Internet Speed If there is one thing that is consistently taken for granted by the majority of people, it’s internet speed. When it’s fast, we never give it a second thought. When it’s slow, we’re pulling our hair out. The question is what...
Hacked Satellite Systems Could Launch Microwave-Like Attacks, Expert Warns
Hacked Satellite Systems Could Launch Microwave-Like Attacks, Expert Warns The satellite communications that ships, planes and the military use to connect to the internet are vulnerable to hackers that, in the worst-case scenario, could carry out “cyber-physical...
Spam Phone Calls Are Up 100% In 6 Months — How To Block And Report Spam Calls And Text Messages
Spam Phone Calls Are Up 100% In 6 Months -- How To Block And Report Spam Calls And Text Messages Telemarketers have been a thorn in the side of humankind for decades. And while technology offers more options for blocking unwanted calls, it also makes spammers more...
Looks Like Google Is Always Recording Your Location — Even When You Tell It Not To
Looks Like Google Is Always Recording Your Location -- Even When You Tell It Not To Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An investigation found that many Google services on Android devices...
Election Systems Are So Insecure, That Even An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida’s Presidential Vote.
Election Systems Are So Insecure, That Even An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida's Presidential Vote. Election hackers have spent years trying to bring attention to flaws in election equipment. But with the world finally watching at DEFCON, the world’s...
Hippies Are Going To End Up Killing Us All! How China Will Win The Deadly Race For AI Weapons
Hippies Are Going To End Up Killing Us All! How China Will Win The Deadly Race For AI Weapons Last month, some of the biggest names in technology signed a pledge promising not to develop lethal autonomous weapons. Coming just after the recent employee-led protest over...