People seem to be showing various degrees of trust in our new president, but here’s a sign that some probably trust him too much: A scan of Insedia’s Pitchfork database of stolen credentials shows lots of users employ “trump,” or a slight variation, as their password. That’s bad digital [Keep reading]
“On tilt.” You gotta know when to hold ’em, and know when to fold ’em. Sadly, folding is something very few people do well. Hey, it happens to the best of us. Poker players end up “on tilt” all the time. Being on tilt means letting your emotions get in [Keep reading]
The vast majority of high-risk student loan borrowers don’t know about the options they have to lower their monthly payments — and that’s because loan servicers do a bad job of telling them. That’s the thrust of a report that MagnifyMoney asked me to write about this week. I wrote recently [Keep reading]
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“There’s always something.” Heather Young, who my readers my might remember, spends a lot of her time thinking about money. She runs an online group designed to help women get their spending under control (The Frugal Females Challenge). But even for Heather, life happens. There’s weddings, bachelorette parties, and … [Keep reading]
Every successful cyberattack provides a learning opportunity for technologists, and with every act they also add to these Cybersecurity Statistics, that are already pretty frightening as is. WannaCry provides two: Big organizations, particularly in health care, must learn to prioritize safety over compliance; and while doing that, they shouldn’t have [Keep reading]
“News is a misleading way to understand the world.” On a bit of a losing streak lately, I’ve cast my net for some fresh inspiration, which led me to Bill Gates’ wonderful Tweetstorm for grads, which led me to a Q&A with Steven Pinker, who wrote Gates’ favorite book. And [Keep reading]
A feared second spike of attacks from the WannaCry ransomware virus didn’t materialize early Monday, but there’s still plenty to worry about. New variants of the malware have been released, others are most certainly under development, and a Twitter account logging ransom payments shows victims are indeed coughing up roughly $300 [Keep reading]
Brace for a new wave of ransomware attacks Monday morning, global authorities are warning computer users and organizations today. So far, one of the worst cyberattacks in recent memory has hit computers in 150 countries, Europol said, with a virus named WannaCry encrypting files and demanding ransom from victims. The [Keep reading]
For a long time, many health care providers have been worried about the wrong thing — compliance rather than patient safety. Today, we see the most frightening example yet of the devastating consequences. A widespread ransomware attack in the U.K. has hospitals turning away ambulances and canceling appointments, according to [Keep reading]
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