There have been so many hot takes about the Crowdstrike disaster that I don’t feel any need to add mine. But when you see what Delta Airlines is *still* doing to passengers some five days after this one piece of bad code ate the Internet, you can’t blame Crowdstrike any [Keep reading]
We often think of cybercrime as a long-distance nightmare. A victim is manipulated by someone pretending to be a lover, or a boss, or a seller, and then sends that criminal money using some electronic, virtual method. A really disturbing trend I’ve noticed recently is the increased frequency of in-person [Keep reading]
“The cartel just very quickly, easily, and efficiently made an example of them by leaving their body parts in 48 bags outside of the city….They’re good at making high profile, gruesome examples of those who would defy them.” I’ve spent many years writing about Internet crime, so I don’t spook [Keep reading]
It’s the official start of summer travel season which means — take a moment to re-evaluate the cybersecurity of your rewards programs or a criminal could wreck your vacation plans. Imagine spending all year meticulously booking hotels and flights and piling up credit card purchases designed to maximize rewards points [Keep reading]
Right as summer driving season starts — beware fake unpaid toll text messages. The messages prey on drivers’ (realistic) fears of getting hit by an onerous late fee after traveling through an unfamiliar toll authority’s territory. The fraudulent text messages look like this, according to the FBI. “We’ve noticed an [Keep reading]
Just when you think Congress isn’t going to be able to do anything constructive for the rest of this presidential election year, out comes a bipartisan proposal called The Americans Privacy Rights Act of 2024. Its name is delightfully simple; it arrives after decades of failed attempts to create federal [Keep reading]
Maybe you heard recently about a personal finance reporter, Charlotte Cowles, who was the victim of a scam and wrote about it for her employer, The Cut. The headline for the story was dramatic: “The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger.” In [Keep reading]
Housing costs are rising fastest in — Montana, Utah, and South Carolina? That must be some kind of joke, right? Sorry, there is no punchline. Only American families, getting punched in the gut. The economy is doing so well, why are Americans so pessimistic? I keep reading variations of this [Keep reading]
In the age where the U.S. House of Representatives can’t really do anything, it has voted to ban TikTok in its current ownership structure. Color me unimpressed, and more than a bit concerned. I’d say the fact that Congress’ lower house was able to pass the legislation should give everyone [Keep reading]
Imagine spending years driving a Humvee around a war zone at 5 mph, using only your eyes in a valiant attempt to spot homemade roadside bombs…risking your life minute by agonizing minute to save the lives of your fellow soldiers…only to come home and find you are targeted by criminals [Keep reading]
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