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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The African-American Cyber Report is dedicated to bringing the latest most relevant cyber security news and information to black people. Cyber security has become the single most urgent topic of our age. More people fear having their identity stolen than being robbed at gunpoint or murdered. In order...

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LinkedIn Must Pay for Spam

October 8, 2015 | 0 Comments

If you belong to LinkedIn the company may owe you money. A judge has ordered the company to pay its users for spamming email  in boxes. LinkedIn was the target of a class action lawsuit and has agreed to pay $13 million to users who were spammed by the company’s overzealous email habits. Members of LinkedIn’s “Add Connections”...

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The Snitch: Airline Boarding Passes

October 8, 2015 | 0 Comments

The holiday season is fast approaching. Soon you maybe buying a plane ticket to see far flung relatives. That airline boarding pass is the ticket to get where you are going. And that boarding pass also knows a lot about you. Airline boarding passes are a wealth of information about the passenger and in the...

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Breach Brief – Scottrade

October 5, 2015 | 0 Comments

October 5, 2015 Scottrade KrebsonSecurity.com reported that retail stock brokerage firm Scottrade suffered a data breach affecting 4.6 million customers. The company sent out notices via email and its website.  In the notice Scottrade stated that the breach occurred between 2013 and early 2014.   It wasn’t until the FBI notified Scottrade that company even...

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First African-American Joins Apple’s Board

October 5, 2015 | 0 Comments

James A. Bell, a 38 year veteran of aerospace giant Boeing, will be joining Apple’s Board of Directors as its first African-American Member. Bell comes to Apple with an impressive resume that includes his nearly four decades at Boeing where he retired as the company’s chief financial officer. Bell was also the highest ranking  African-American...

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Facebook Hoax Circulates on the Internet

September 29, 2015 | 1 Comments

The Internet is full of rumors and hoaxes. The fact that Facebook has its name attached  to any of them is no surprise and neither is the latest hoax.  Apparently the Internet is buzzing about Facebook charging $5.99 for membership or to keep your information private. Its not true! Another part of the hoax is...

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September 29, 2015 Hilton Worldwide Hilton Worldwide, a global hospitality company is investigating a possible data breach at its properties. The data breach may have compromised payment card data of its customers. The data breach was reported by Cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs on Friday. According to KrebsOnSecurity.com credit card provider VISA alerted financial institutions of a breach between...

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Snoop Dogg Launches MerryJane.com

September 29, 2015 | 2 Comments

Smoking weed is steadily becoming a mainstream practice. It probably has been for sometime but it was kept on the low. But rap icon Snoop Dogg is breaking marijuana out of the shadows by launching weed smoking lifestyle website MerryJane.com Snoop Dogg has been involved and investing in tech for just over a year and...

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How Safe is that ATM?

September 22, 2015 | 1 Comments

Remember the good ol’ days when ATM security meant making sure you didn’t get mugged. Well those days aren’t exactly gone. You still have to be careful. But the crooks are now using card skimmers, fake keypads and other devices to rob you. So how safe is that ATM? ATM security nowadays means understanding how...

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Ludachris Jumps into the Tech Game

September 22, 2015 | 1 Comments

Rapper Ludachris, real name Chris Bridges, has decided to join a host of other rap artists and athletes  who have decided to get into the tech game. Ludachris announced that he will be partnering with Atlanta based delivery company Roadie. Roadie proclaims itself to be the first neighbor-to-neighbor delivery network. The service works by allowing...

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