This former Chinese hacker used USB sticks to steal data from hotel guests and then sold it on a popular freelancing site CNBC
A former PLA hacker was inspired by Russians to start his own lucrative business stealing sensitive data from tourists, according to Kate Fazzini’s new book, …
No prizes for guessing that giving away USB sticks at a cybersecurity event wasn’t a good idea…
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Ever a social-media showman and tormenter of his competitors, T-Mobile CEO John Legere last night took to Twitter to lambaste Verizon’s decision to ding a volunteer fire company for $ 73,000 and offered to pick up that tab himself if necessary.
And we don’t even know if the ponies played a part.
Legere made his pledge on Twitter in response to yesterday’s Buzzblog post about a tiff between Verizon and the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, which serves an island town of 3,000 in Virginia and is renowned for being caretakers of a herd of 150 wild horses, the Chincoteague Ponies, that has been the subject of a popular children’s book and movie. Legere’s tweet:
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Good samaritans and skinflints beware!
Plugging in that USB stick you found lying around on the street outside your office could lead to a security breach.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.