If you don’t think identity theft can cost you, just ask Lucky Whitehead. The FORMER Dallas Cowboys player lost his job recently because someone else knew his Social Security number. Whitehead was fingered for a shoplifting crime recently in Prince George’s County, Virginia, not far from Washington D.C. Police said [Keep reading]
Everything you know about passwords is wrong. But then, you probably knew that. I’ve been harping on the various exercises in futility that is password setting for some time. Most recently, I talked about password patterns — how we all use them, and how they make life easy for would-be [Keep reading]
It was easy to impersonate White House officials like Jared Kuschner and Reince Preibus or even Eric Trump. It fooled plenty of people who should have known better, like Anthony Scaramucci, former Utah governor and presidential candidate Jon Hunstman, Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert — and Trump, too. This [Keep reading]
The recent “ransomware” computer virus outbreak is over, but the speculation is just beginning. And it begins with those quotes around the term ransomware. On Tuesday, organizations in 64 countries around the globe, according to Microsoft, found themselves beating back a virus that’s been variously named Petya, GoldenEye, or even [Keep reading]
A new ransomware attack created computer chaos worldwide on Tuesday, infecting massive banks, law firms, shipping companies, and even nuclear facility Chernobyl. The outbreak — dubbed both GoldenEye and Petya by researchers — is being compared to WannaCry. While antivirus firms and IT departments struggle to get the outbreak under [Keep reading]
No matter how many criminal complaints you read, the expression “JV” always sends chills downs your spine. But this line, from a complaint filed April 27 in a California federal court, stands out. “Petersen stated that he recently received via email from JV#1 a video of JV#1’s younger brother…masturbating in [Keep reading]
Now that fake news is everywhere, it can be hard for any of us to work out what’s the truth! This is where rumour start and some of them can get out of control. For some people, they believe what they read, which shouldn’t always be the case. Fake news [Keep reading]
While folks are consumed by the testimony of former FBI Director Jim Comey — almost certain to be a letdown — take a moment to look around at the action that’s really happening in Washington D.C. Comey is going to say a bunch of things we already know. Your attention [Keep reading]
Vladimir Putin has been far more visible lately with statements on the Russian-U.S. election story. Well-schooled in the art of Russian linguistic vaguery, he has alternately said that Russian free-lance hackers may have been involved, or that a 3-year-old may have been involved, all with a taunting snicker. Journalists — and [Keep reading]
While the Internet stirred last night about the meaning of the word “Covfefe” — generated, one could guess, when the President fell asleep mid-Tweet, phone in hand — a far more important Trump cell phone issue got far less attention. The Associated Press reported that Trump is giving out his cell [Keep reading]
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