In a precedent setting case a Florida Court has approved a settlement against Avmed  for a data loss.The decision was handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th District of Florida. AvMed, a health insurer, had two laptop c0mputers stolen in 2009 that contained the names and personal health information of as many...

A draft cyber security bill  is circulating in Congress that will promote information sharing on cyber threats between private industry and government by offering liability protection. The draft legislation was introduced by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca) and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga). Officials familiar with the draft legislation says there’s no timeline...

U.S. Supreme Court Justices are currently struggling with the issue of warrantless cell phone searches. The arguments before the court is whether police have the right to examine the contents of cell phones found in the possession of criminal suspects. Being considered are cases from Boston and San Diego. In the San Diego case David Leon...

As if the Windows Explorer bug was not enough here we go again. An emergency Adobe Flash Player security update has released an emergency security update  to repair yet another critical software flaw. Apparently the software has a flaw that allows hackers to takeover your computer!   This flaw is named CVE-2014-0515 and impacts Windows, MAC...

Black home buyers beware! In a frightening development hackers are now stealing home buyers down payments. It seems that hackers have struck the real estate industry, in this case First American Title.  The scheme, known in technical circles as the “man-in-the-middle attack” works like this;  hackers intercept emails from title agencies to home buyers.  The email...

Child identity theft is a rapidly growing crime in the cyber age. Black parents need to be aware of the vulnerability of their child’s identity and what they need to do to protect it. Sadly most child identity theft is done by family members. Parents have used their child’s social security number and name to...

Google has offered full refunds for an anti-virus app that was sold on its Google PlayStore site. The app, named Virus Shield, was completely ineffective but still became a best seller. In addition to the refund Google is also offering a $5 dollar credit. Deviant Solutions, the maker of the app claims there was mistake...

AT&T has decided its not going to give up the prepaid cellphone market to T-Mobile without a fight. T-Mobile has been sucking AT&T customers away with some pretty aggressive tactics and AT&T is feeling it. In a move to make it’s no contract phone plans more competitive with T-Mobile AT&T is upping the amount of...

As a result of the Heartbleed bug the Department of Health and Human Services is requiring consumers to change their password for the Obamacare or HealthCare.gov website. A notice was posted on the website notifying users. Although HealthCare.gov has not reported any negative instances related to the Heartbleed bug the website believes it is in...

Faketoken malware has hit Android phones in the U.S. and 55 countries. Black people understand the convenience of banking through your smartphone. But that luxury has become downright dangerous to your financial health. According KasperskyLabs.com the Faketoken malware is highly effective at stealing passwords and temporary passwords used to transfer money and pay bills  using Android...