Posted on ·by Gordon Achebe·in Technology4 min read
The most expensive fraud a household is likely to encounter arrives as a routine message from a person they have been corresponding with for weeks.
Continue reading The email that changes the wiring instructions, and why it arrives on closing day →
Posted on ·by Talia Winshaw·in Technology4 min read
A household can spend a great deal on digital security and get very little, or spend almost nothing and close the paths that are actually used.
Continue reading Six security purchases worth the money, and three that mostly sell reassurance →
Posted on ·by Emmett Rasmussen·in Technology4 min read
The chain that empties an account rarely starts at the account. It starts somewhere unimportant and works inward through things you set up years ago.
Continue reading One reused password, four accounts, and the phone number that let it happen →
Posted on ·by Gordon Achebe·in Technology3 min read
A backup nobody has ever restored from is not a backup. It is a belief, and the difference only becomes visible on the worst possible day.
Continue reading The drive was backing up for two years. Nothing on it could be restored →
Posted on ·by Gordon Achebe·in Technology4 min read
The offer at the top of the letter is the part that costs the company least and helps you least. The useful information is further down the page.
Continue reading The free credit monitoring in a breach letter is the least useful thing in it →