Was the massive hack on Yahoo — the largest hack in history — related in any way to the Russian “hacking” of the U.S. election? I’ve been asking quietly myself that question, and asking sources that question, for many months. Now, it’s time to ask the question out loud. Events […]
Rusty’s rating: 11 on a scale of 1 to 10. Equal to Folly Beach! It’s travel time again, which means I’m sneaking time in between chasing down the details of a vast Russian conspiracy to travel America with Rusty, my golden retriever and sidekick. Today, I’m going to talk about […]
Breach, Epiosde 2, sets the scene at Yahoo when Marissa Meyer took over, and very quickly became the one of the world’s most famous CEOs. But underneath the glamour and bold decisions, Yahoo soon had a massive problem. How did she handle it? Yelling at a New York Times reporter […]
Breach is a new podcast I am hosting with producer Alia Tavakolian of Spoke Media. It’s an investigation into the Yahoo hack, which was the biggest hack ever. You can listen to episode 1 by clicking on the play button here, or by going to Stitcher or iTunes. There’s a […]
You probably had a Yahoo account. And you probably know that account was hacked. After all, the firm admitted about a year ago that 1 billion accounts had been compromised. Check that…it was actually 3 billion. Every Yahoo account created since, essentially, the dawn of the Internet. What you […]
You probably had a Yahoo account. And you probably know that account was hacked. After all, the firm admitted about a year ago that 1 billion accounts had been compromised. Check that…it was actually 3 billion. Every Yahoo account created since, essentially, the dawn of the Internet. What you […]
You are probably fully aware that criminals have been selling your user names, passwords, addressees, credit card numbers, etc., in the Internet’s darkest places for a long time. Still, it’s creepy when you see it happen in real-time. Add to that creepy factor this finding from Israeli security firm Sixgill: […]
You like a cute dog photo. You click a link to get NCAA basketball scores. You comment on a friend’s new job. You download an app to navigate a conference, or a family wedding. And suddenly you are dropped into buckets like “a neurotic introvert, a religious extrovert, a fair-minded […]
The FCC is issuing fresh warnings about so-called “neighbor spoofing” as the agency plans a fresh push to tamp down illegal robocalls — and scammers continue to perfect their tools of evasion. Neighbor spoofing involves spam calls that arrive appearing to come from a nearby phone number. If your number […]
“You’ve been hacked. But there’s hope. Let me explain.” Writing a book is a very long journey. Re-writing a book, 10 years later, is an even longer journey. But that’s where I have arrived, and I invite you dear reader to come along with me. More than a decade ago, […]
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