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Cybercrime / Privacy

Remarkable look inside the underground ‘fake news’ economy shows how lucrative truth hacking can be

June 14, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

Now that fake news is everywhere, it can be hard for any of us to work out what’s the truth! This is where rumour start and some of them can get out of control. For some people, they believe what they read, which shouldn’t always be the case. Fake news [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Phishing’s dark cousin, ‘whaling,’ now a big concern — why executives make easy targets

June 13, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

Often, the most vulnerable are the least likely to realize their vulnerability. And that puts them at even more risk. Insedia.com recently asked me to examine this issue a little deeper. You can read this story, and several other essays I’ve written for Insedia, by clicking here. In security, we [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

Make America Great to Move Around in Again. Talk is cheap, roads aren’t.

June 9, 2017 Bob Sullivan 1

Let’s talk about American’s crumbling infrastructure and what needs to be done about it. Even in deeply divided America, I have found that on this point, there is wide agreement.  You can’t travel through an airport in America today, or ride on a train, or bump your way down a [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

Here we go again — the House just voted to kill a host of banking consumer protections

June 8, 2017 Bob Sullivan 1

While you were busy watching the melodramatic Jim Comey testimony on Trump and Russian hacking, the House of Representatives was busy voting to roll financial reforms passed in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse.   The partly-line vote could is meant to end numerous consumer protections, including rules government payday loans [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

While you are watching Comey, Congress will vote to take away consumer protections (like it’s 2008)

June 7, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

While folks are consumed by the testimony of former FBI Director Jim Comey — almost certain to be a letdown — take a moment to look around at the action that’s really happening in Washington D.C.  Comey is going to say a bunch of things we already know. Your attention [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

The Russians keep running circles around us on the hacking story. Here’s why (again!)

June 5, 2017 Bob Sullivan 1

Vladimir Putin has been far more visible lately with statements on the Russian-U.S. election story.  Well-schooled in the art of Russian linguistic vaguery, he has alternately said that Russian free-lance hackers  may have been involved, or that a 3-year-old may have been involved, all with a taunting snicker.  Journalists — and [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Why the Do Not Call list doesn’t really work any more

June 5, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

I looked into the problem of robocalling recently for MagnifyMoney.com.  Here’s the latest: Help is coming, but it’s still going to be a while. I’d say more, but my phone is ringing.  Here’s a taste of the story. Click to read the rest at MagnifyMoney.com If you’re afraid to answer [Keep reading]

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ARCHIVE: The secret list of ID theft victims. Why the IRS, the SSA, and other agencies don’t millions of victims

June 1, 2017 Bob Sullivan 1

JAN 29, 2005 — Linda Trevino, who lives in a Chicago suburb, applied for a job last year at a local Target department store, and was denied.  The reason? She already worked there — or rather, her Social Security number already worked there. Follow-up investigation revealed the same Social Security [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Forget, ‘covfefe’ — Trump sharing his cell number with world leaders creates real risks

May 31, 2017 Bob Sullivan 2

While the Internet stirred last night about the meaning of the word “Covfefe” — generated, one could guess, when the President fell asleep mid-Tweet, phone in hand — a far more important Trump cell phone issue got far less attention. The Associated Press reported that Trump is giving out his cell [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

Greg Gianforte, the ‘body-slam’ candidate, sits on the board of credit score firm FICO

May 25, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

Montana Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte, whose name suddenly landed on all American’ lips Wednesday night, also plays a role in wallets.   Gianforte was involved in an altercation with a journalist on the eve of an election for a vacated seat in the House of Representatives. Gianforte is also on the board [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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