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Dennis Rodman and PotCoin. Smoking weed has always been big business. And now it is also slowly becoming a very legitimate business. Anytime Microsoft comes looking for a piece of the pie you know its...

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By Bari A. Williams Originally published on FastCompany.com May 5th, 2017 This is a tale of two tech startups. The first is a messaging app that allows a user to send a one-word greeting to...

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Chipotle restaurants have been hit by a major nationwide data breach of hits payments systems. The restaurant chain was infected with malware that stole customer payment data from March 24th-April 18th. According to the company hackers...

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Apple has named Denise Young Smith, Apple’s Global Head of Human Resources  to Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion. The newly created position will be responsible for opening up Apple’s work place to more women,...

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Is Facebook Playing with Your Emotions?

May 24, 2017 | 0 Comments

Is Facebook playing mind games? Toying with your emotions? The answer is yes and its been going on for some time. A recently leaked confidential document prepared by Facebook revealed the social media giant offered...

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Tidal music streaming has had its ups and downs. But owner JayZ is not the give up kind of brotha. Tidal announced that they will live stream the second Meadows Music and Arts Festival taking...

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A worldwide ransomware attack launched this past weekend hit computers in over 150 countries. The United States was less affected than other countries. Security experts estimated that the cyber attack crippled 200,000 computers in more than 150...

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Breach Brief – Sabre Corporation

May 4, 2017 | 0 Comments

Sabre Corporation reported it is investigating a massive data breach of its hotel reservations system and payment systems. The company  provides technology services to 32,000 hotels and lodging businesses. Sabre Corp .reported the breach to the...

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Breach Brief – InterContinental Hotels

April 20, 2017 | 0 Comments

InterContinental Hotels Group announced today that its hotel chain has been hit by malware resulting in a massive data breach. The hotel chain was infected by malware in its payments systems. The malware was designed...

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Celebrity Cyber Report – Prince

April 19, 2017 | 0 Comments

Prince was one of the greatest and most prolific artist of our time. According to some sources the Great Purple One has enough unpublished music to release albums for the next one hundred years. Prince...

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