Cybercriminals are increasingly turning towards legitimate Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions to launch, distribute, and advertise their campaigns, security researchers have reported. Unit 42, the cybersecurity arm of Palo Alto Networks, has published a report which found the abuse of such services soared by 1,100% in a span of a year between June 2021 and 2022. All…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Most borrowers won’t have their credit score impacted by student loan forgiveness. Tom Werner/Getty Images The Biden administration is canceling up to $20,000 in debt for some federal student loan borrowers. All federal student loans have been marked as current in credit reports amid a two-year pause in required payments. Loan forgiveness could have a…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Biden announced $10,000 in student-loan forgiveness for borrowers making under $125,000 a year. Mitch McConnell slammed the relief, calling it “astonishingly unfair.” Republicans have long criticized broad student-debt relief plans, calling them costly and unnecessary. After over two years, student-loan relief has finally arrived…
A meeting of oil ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting countries, OPEC, in Algiers, Algeria. AP/Sidali Djarboub OPEC+ has floated a production cut. It could push prices as high as $150 a barrel, Paul Sankey said. The cuts would worsen the energy supply shortage, which threatens many western nations as winter nears. A…
Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to supporters from the back of a pickup truck outside the polling location. AP Photo/Steven Senne On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced $10,000 in student loan debt cancellation. That cancellation is targeted at lower-income borrowers. Democrats praised the move, and said that there is still more to…
Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Orlando, a former police chief, is running to unseat Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who is seeking a third term. AP Photo/Gaston De Cardenas/AP Photo Rep. Val Demings is a Democrat who was a Trump impeachment manager. “She’s fierce, strong, tough, she’s no-nonsense, she tells it like it is,” one campaign…
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Ukrainian gunmen fire a US made M777 howitzer from their position on the front line in Kharkiv region on August 1, 2022. Photo by SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images Biden announced a massive $3 billion security assistance package for Ukraine on Wednesday. The announcement coincides with Ukraine’s Independence Day and the six-month anniversary of Russia’s…
You can safeguard yourself against swatters by enhancing your digital security. Kerkez/Getty Images Swatting is the act of calling the police on an innocent person with a false claim of criminal activity. Swatting is a federal crime in the US — one man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for it. To protect yourself…
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