The summer vacation season begins this weekend — by tradition, anyway — as millions of you head out for Memorial Day fun. Regular readers of this space know that I think the classic American vacation season is under assault, thanks to a dastardly combination of a tough economy and always-on [Keep reading]
Whenever a story like this pops up, I think about how these things make life so much harder for folks trying to raise money for legitimate charities. Stealing money is bad enough, but hurting cancer research and the work of other charities is a special kind of evil. The Federal Trade Commission and [Keep reading]
Ryan Benharris had $200 stolen from his debit card after his Starbucks account was hijacked recently, but that’s not why he was furious at the firm. He was angry about what happened next. “I had to beg and plead to get my money back,” he said. “They lied to me…I’m [Keep reading]
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]
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