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Economy
Vulnerabilities in billions of Wi-Fi devices let hackers bypass firewalls
Enlarge (credit: Mathy Vanhoef) One of the things that makes Wi-Fi work is its ability to break big chunks of…
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Investing
How U.S. Government Paper Currency Began, and How Private Banknotes Ended
A couple months ago, in arguing that “The Fed should give everyone a bank account,” journalist Matt Yglesias cited what…
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Economy
Hackers have been exploiting 4 critical Android vulnerabilities
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Unknown hackers have been exploiting four Android vulnerabilities that allow the execution of malicious code that…
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Economy
Florida water plant compromise came hours after worker visited malicious site
Enlarge (credit: myoldsmar.com) An employee for the city of Oldsmar, Florida, visited a malicious website targeting water utilities just hours…
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Economy
AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia, basically admitting giant merger was a mistake
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) AT&T today announced it will spin off WarnerMedia—including HBO and Warner Bros.—into a new…
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Stock
Lookism: An analysis on appearance based discrimination in workplace
Smartness or beauty cannot be the only hallmark of competency and what is beautiful is good is the most prevalent…
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Economy
Colonial Pipeline paid a $5 million ransom—and kept a vicious cycle turning
Enlarge (credit: Sean Rayford | Getty Images) Nearly a week after a ransomware attack led Colonial Pipeline to halt fuel…
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Economy
Pipeline attacker Darkside suddenly goes dark—here’s what we know
Enlarge Darkside—the ransomware group that disrupted gasoline distribution across a wide swath of the US this week—has gone dark, leaving…
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Economy
Ireland’s health care system taken down after ransomware attack
Enlarge / St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) Ireland has shut down most of…
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Stock
All you need to know about Vehicle Scrappage Policy
The demand for new vehicles is expected to go up with the introduction of the Vehicle Scrappage Policy. This policy…
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