What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast

Data Security

The latest on data breaches and cybersecurity and data security by Adam K Levin.

Cyber attack
Cybersecurity continues to bolster the focus of national—and global—attention, with cybersecurity professionals gaining significant strides against international cyber crime. Most recently, two Russian intelligence officers...
Here’s yet another reminder that you should always have some “burner” email address accounts handy for interactions with e-commerce websites. I’ve confirmed that shoppers at...
Computer scan
Health awareness was celebrated across the globe last Friday on World Health Day, an event sponsored by the World Health Organization. But humans aren’t the...
nigerian scam
Nigerian 419 con artists have been around seemingly forever, relentlessly sucking funds out of the bank accounts of one duped individual victim at a...
Identity portfolio
I’ve written extensively about the importance of building a credit portfolio. Credit equals buying power, which, when used wisely, can lead to increased net...
laptop ban
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) instituted an electronics ban on flights in and out of the United States. As per...
Ransomware
The landmark WannaCry ransomware attack, I believe, may have been a proof of concept experiment that inadvertently spun out of control after it got...
cyberattack
In case you missed it, a major cyberattack swept the globe Friday. Per pretty much every major news outlet here in the U.S., hackers...
Health records
Every successful cyber attack provides a learning opportunity for technologists. WannaCry provides two: Big organizations, particularly in health care, must learn to prioritize safety...
Children's online safety
The time is right for getting hacked or worse, having the contents of your computer held hostage by ransomware. For a couple of carefree...