Headlines during the weekend screamed that a hacker had taken control of a commercial airliner and been able to make it move “sideways” in flight. There’s a lot to unpack about this story, but let me get out a few points quickly. 1) There is no evidence that a hacker [Keep reading]
Since I broke news of the Starbucks mobile pay / gift card /credit card attack last Monday, there has been some confusion about what the real risk is, who is to blame, and how to fix the problem. This is not unusual when a security issue arises with a large [Keep reading]
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Hidden deep inside our planet’s virtual world, lurking in the darkened cyber alleys of our digital neighborhoods, a new generation of criminals has risen. Zombies, worms, botnets – all threaten our happiness and future. But there is hope! A new superhero is battling this new sinister cyber evil. The Cynja [Keep reading]
Huge cell phones are HUGE. And you’d better get used to them. Awkwardly-named “phablets” — a sort of phone/tablet combo gadget, with a display at 5.5 inches ore larger, are exploding in popularity. Phablets claimed 21 percent of all U.S. smartphone sales during the first quarter of this year, nearly [Keep reading]
Was ill-fated Amtrak train 188 running late on Tuesday night? Probably at least a few minutes late, it seems. My friend told me to check the Moovit app to see how late the train would be, but I didn’t have it downloaded onto my phone! Amtrak’s schedule says the Monday [Keep reading]
BOBSULLIVAN.NET EXCLUSIVE: Credit card hackers are targeting Starbucks gift card and mobile payment users around the country – and stealing from consumers’ credit cards — with a new scam so ingenious they don’t even need to know the account number of the card they are hacking. Criminals are using Starbucks [Keep reading]
Uber was, rightly, getting a lot of NYC praise this weekend for jumping on the crippling outage of the popular L train that connects Brooklyn and Manhattan. The ride-sharing service smartly offered rides along the L route for only $2.75 — regular subway fare — even if the normal cost [Keep reading]
Moving is like death and taxes. It’s inevitable, usually dreadful, and also often costly. So even though you might have fallen in love with a house that was shown to you by a someone like this orlando property management company, moving will still be expensive. There are so many things [Keep reading]
New York City became the latest place to limit se of credit checks as a screening tool for job applicants on Wednesday when Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the “Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act.” The bans most employers from using job applicants’ credit history in hiring decisions. By some measures, roughly [Keep reading]
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