Not long ago, I was approached by someone to help write a book about the race to cure cancer. It was an intriguing idea, and it sent me down a rabbit whole of research so I’d be able to understand what I’d be getting into. What I found was one […]
A young Canadian hacker hired by Russian FSB agents to help with the biggest hack in history will spend five years for his role in the crime, a U.S. federal just ruled today. Karim Baratov, one of the key figures in my podcast about the Yahoo hack, Breach, was spared […]
I’ve been asked to write some pieces about consumer and security issues at IBM’s SecurityIntelligence site. The first one was released today. There’s a quick abstract below, but you can read the whole piece on IBM’s page. Even I was surprised by two things working on this story: First, few […]
There’s still a lot of interest in stories of fraud at Zelle, the banks’ Venmo-like instant money-moving app. To review, sending money with Zelle isn’t much different from sending someone cash — there’s no buyer’s protection, and it’s essentially not possible to get your money back if something goes wrong. […]
By now you’ve heard that Twitter has suggested to all users that they change their passwords. I’m here to tell you you can do more to make yourself much safer with very little effort. Now is a good time to turn on two-factor authentication at Twitter — and at Facebook, […]
I’ve been raging about Facebook-style privacy invasions for a long time, so I’m glad that folks *seem* to be listening now –though the distance between noise and action is quite far. I’m not a Luddite, however. My complaints are a lot more practical. I’ll often make this point: On one […]
I appeared on WTOP radio in Washington D.C. to talk about the $35 million fine that Yahoo’s successor will have to pay over failing to disclose hacking incidents to investors. The fine affirms some of the reporting we did in our Breach podcast. Click there to learn hear Breach. Or […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Zelle fraud problem that I’ve reported is now in the spotlight If you’re a victim, try again to get a refund now that the NY Times is on it Below, I fix Zelle’s bad rap with my own suggestions “You can send money safely cause that’s what it’s […]
iPhone users get more robocalls than Android users. AT&T users get more robocalls than Verizon users. And by vowing to never answer my phone again, I might be a terrible journalist, but I’m at least doing my part as a member of the robocall resistance. That’s what I learned today […]
In this final episode of Breach (for now), we learn the fate of the Russian hackers allegedly behind the biggest hack in history. This episode takes you from the infamous Lefortovo prison in Moscow to a kindergarten classroom. And hopefully, lays the groundwork for a sensible discussion about how consumers […]
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