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In new bitcoin bull market, it’s time to beware of the same old crypto scams
Consumers beware: With bitcoin trading solidly over $90,000 this month, cybercriminals will be circling the wagons. “This is going to create a lot of FOMO and a lot of urgency around investing in bitcoin and paying with bitcoin,” said Eva Velasquez, president and chief executive of the Identity Theft Resource Center. Scammers “love, love, love […]
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The Pentagon’s battle inside the U.S. for control of a new Cyber Force
A recent Chinese cyber-espionage attack inside the nation’s major telecom networks that may have reached as high as the communications of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance was designated this week by one U.S. senator as “far and away the most serious telecom hack in our history.” The U.S. has yet to figure […]
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David Einhorn is building new position in CNH Industrial, says agricultural play is ‘cheap’
NEW YORK – Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn said Wednesday he has taken a medium-sized position in agricultural play CNH Industrial. Speaking at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha conference in New York City, the hedge fund investor said the agricultural machinery company is an under-the-radar value play as the industry nears the end of a bearish cycle. “It’s exactly the kind […]
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What Trump’s mass deportation plan would mean for immigrant workers and the economy
President-Elect Donald J. Trump won the White House based partly on his promises to rein in immigration, with targeted policies that range from sending criminals to their home countries to more sweeping ones like mass deportations. During the campaign, Trump pledged to end the Temporary Protected Status that allows workers from select countries to come to […]
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The government is getting fed up with ransomware payments fueling endless cycle of cyberattacks
Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, May 10, 2021 amid the Colonial fuel pipeline ransomware attack. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images With ransomware attacks surging and […]
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What internet data brokers have on you — and how you can start to get it back
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Data brokers have long operated in the shadows of the internet, quietly amassing unprecedented amounts of personal information on billions of people across the globe, but few realize just how deep this data collection really goes. In an age where every move you make online — every click, every […]
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Pharmacy deserts are appearing across U.S. as drug stores closures spread
A shuttered Rite Aid store in New Lebanon, Ohio. Kevin Williams New Lebanon, Ohio, population 3,756, has three dollar stores, a Groceryland grocery store, a few fast-food restaurants, a public library branch, and a spirit-filled school system. What it doesn’t have is a pharmacy. As part of Rite Aid’s bankruptcy filing in October 2023, the chain announced […]
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American Water, largest water utility, hit by cyberattack at time of rising threats against U.S. water supply
Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images American Water, the largest water utility in the U.S., disclosed that it had been hit by a cyberattack. The Camden, New Jersey-based company said in a security statement on its website that it had learned of “unauthorized activity in our computer networks and systems” last Thursday, which […]
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Ryan Serhant: AI will make real estate agents more personable in home buying and selling
Real estate agent and reality television star Ryan Serhant. Newspix Real estate has been historically slow to modernize, but AI is changing that. The integration of artificial intelligence is transforming how buyers and sellers interact with agents, fundamentally altering competitive dynamics in the industry. With AI reshaping daily operations of a real estate agent’s business […]
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Why it’s time to take warnings about using public Wi-Fi, in places like airports, seriously
Over the years, travelers have repeatedly been warned to avoid public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops. Airport Wi-Fi, in particular, is known to be a hacker honeypot, due to what is typically relatively lax security. But even though many people know they should stay away from free Wi-Fi, it proves as irresistible to […]
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