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Appthority: Uber App Puts Personal, Corporate Data At Risk

March 10, 2017
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The IRS And Department Of Ed Turn Off Financial Aid Tool Citing Security Concerns
Security & Fraud // March 10, 2017

Applying for financial aid just got a little bit harder for families looking to get a bit of help sending someone to college next fall. As of yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education and IRS jointly announced the suspension of a data retrieval tool that,...

Costco’s Chicken Troubles Finally Over
News // December 23, 2015

It hasn’t been a great year for the food service industry in terms of bacterial outbreaks, but at least Costco gets to end the year with some good news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC issued a final notice Tuesday (Dec....

Hackers Sell $1 Netflix Accounts On Dark Web
News // December 01, 2015

In the good old days of cybercrime, all the average Internet user had to worry about was having his or her personally identifiable financial or biographical information fall into the wrong hands. Now, though, the game has become so much more complex. According to a new...

Who’s Winning Alibaba’s Fight Against Counterfeiting?
International // October 21, 2015

In the early days of eCommerce, buying significantly underpriced versions of designer goods usually came with the implied warning, “buyer beware.” Counterfeit products have been around far longer than digital marketplaces, but with the globalized economy putting geographically distant retailers on the same playing field,...

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Appthority: Uber App Puts Personal, Corporate Data At Risk

March 10, 2017
Appthority, the global leader in enterprise mobile threat protection, today (March 10) revealed that Uber’s app is putting sensitive personal and corporate data at risk — a claim that the popular ride-sharing company was quick to refute in an email to PYMNTS. According to a press release, Appthority claims the Uber app leaves users open to spear […]

The IRS And Department Of Ed Turn Off Financial Aid Tool Citing Security Concerns

March 10, 2017
Applying for financial aid just got a little bit harder for families looking to get a bit of help sending someone to college next fall. As of yesterday, the U.S....