Oct 27, 2018 | Business, Internet, Radio Show, Security
Hacked, Scammed And On Your Own: Navigating The Cryptocurrency ‘Wild West’ When Peggy and Marco Lachmann-Anke learned in January that hackers cracked a 40-character password and cleaned out their cryptocurrency wallet, they did not go to the police or...
Oct 20, 2018 | Business, Radio Show, Security
‘I Could Ruin Your Business Right Now’: A Sim-Jacking, Account-Stealing Ransom Jared Goetz was at dinner when someone used his American Express card to buy a $39,000 web domain. Goetz wasn’t too concerned, he told Motherboard in a phone call: He told the...
Oct 20, 2018 | Internet, Radio Show, Security
Frequent Flyer Miles Now A Big Target For Hackers Frequent flyer miles are a hot commodity on the dark web, according to a new report from Comparitech, a site that compares various tech products. The company combed through six marketplaces on the dark web selling...
Oct 13, 2018 | Government, Radio Show, Security
Weapon Systems Cybersecurity: Looks Like Our Weapons Are Easy To Hack In recent cybersecurity tests of major weapon systems DOD is developing, testers playing the role of adversary were able to take control of systems relatively easily and operate largely undetected....
Oct 13, 2018 | Business, Internet, Radio Show, Security
Breach, Bug, Hack. When Does A Business Have A Responsibility To Inform Its Customers? For months, Google has been trying to stay out of the way of the growing tech backlash, but yesterday, the dam finally broke with news of a bug in the rarely used Google+ network...