TikTok cannot use federal law “to permit casual indifference to the death of a ten-year-old girl,” a federal judge wrote this week. And with that, an appeals court has opened a Pandora’s box that might clear the way for Big Tech accountability. Silicon Valley companies have become rich and powerful [Keep reading]
Inflation. That might be the most important word in the future of America right now, so it’s worth taking a few moments to understand it a little better. I think I can help by talking today about how prices are set. Well….in reality, technology has changed business so radically that [Keep reading]
Your Social Security number was almost certainly stolen by a hacker. And offered for sale in the Internet’s underground. Again. Don’t be alarmed; just be careful. Thanks to a class-action lawsuit made public earlier this week, we know that a company you’ve never heard of with the cryptic (and now [Keep reading]
You might think your humble social media account would be of no use to multinational crime gangs, but you’d be wrong. Computer criminals have dozens of ways to turn hijacked Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or Twitter accounts into cash…or worse. You’d be stunned how quickly friend-of-friend attacks escalate into massive crime [Keep reading]
Imagine moving hundreds of miles away to a new rental home, packing up your whole life … the kids, the pets. Signing a lease, paying a deposit, unpacking everything, and setting up your new home. And then finding out that you are trespassing, and you must leave in three days. [Keep reading]
There have been so many hot takes about the Crowdstrike disaster that I don’t feel any need to add mine. But when you see what Delta Airlines is *still* doing to passengers some five days after this one piece of bad code ate the Internet, you can’t blame Crowdstrike any [Keep reading]
The above messages are all fake; they all landed on my smartphone in the past couple of days. You’ve probably seen them, or texts just like them. If they feel relentless, that’s because they are. According to Robokiller.com, Americans received 19 billion fake texts in June. Just in June! That’s [Keep reading]
We often think of cybercrime as a long-distance nightmare. A victim is manipulated by someone pretending to be a lover, or a boss, or a seller, and then sends that criminal money using some electronic, virtual method. A really disturbing trend I’ve noticed recently is the increased frequency of in-person [Keep reading]
You roll over in the morning, and you impulsively reach for it. You walk away from your desk and dig into your pocket for it. You have a free second or two waiting for a bus….or waiting for a red light…and you grab it. When you can’t get at it, [Keep reading]
“The cartel just very quickly, easily, and efficiently made an example of them by leaving their body parts in 48 bags outside of the city….They’re good at making high profile, gruesome examples of those who would defy them.” I’ve spent many years writing about Internet crime, so I don’t spook [Keep reading]
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