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Stop these V-day scams before they break your heart and your bank account

Barren As Valentine’s Day approaches, many people think of love. But online romance adds a layer of potential deception to every connection, creating complex courtship and coupling dynamics. Although you want to keep the romance alive, it’s important to enter the world of online dating with open eyes and ears as much as an open […]

Identity of Wall Street ‘meme-lord’ behind Litquidity account revealed

Wall Street’s “meme king” behind the social media account Litquidity (famous for airing young Goldman Sachs bankers’ complaints about 100-hour work weeks during the pandemic) is a 32-year-old former Deutsche Bank employee. It turned out that he was an investment banker. Miami-born Henry “Hank” Medina described himself as an “observer” in an office full of […]

Major Israeli Bank Blocks UN Agency’s Account Over Alleged Terror Ties: REPORT

Leumi Bank, a major Israeli bank, has notified the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) that the accounts of Palestinian refugees have been frozen, Globes reported on Sunday. Bank, Israel’s largestIsraeli media outlets said they had identified suspicious activity within the international organization’s account and expressed concern that transfers through the account could not […]

Ditch your password, switch to a passkey for your Amazon account

Amazon has introduced a new way to sign in to your Amazon account that doesn’t require a password. It’s called a passkey. Amazon was an early adopter of this new authentication method. A passkey lets you sign in to your Amazon account using the same biometric method you use to unlock your device, such as […]

Biden’s @POTUS account retweets Elmo

President Joe Biden’s @POTUS X account responded to a post from the account of the “Sesame Street” character Elmo. Tuesday’s tweet from the president’s account came after an earlier post on the Elmo account went viral.Monday, Red Monster social media accounts posed A seemingly innocuous question, “Elmo is just checking in! How’s everyone doing?” But […]

IBM offers employees new retirement account that looks a lot like a pension – Yahoo Finance

On January 1, IBM put the brakes on the 5% salary-to-dollar competition for employees in its 401(k) plans and began offering portable “retirement accounts” to most of its U.S. employees. In other words, the company has eliminated some defined contribution plans and added something like an old-fashioned pension. While traditional defined benefit pension plans remain […]

SEC account hack result of ‘SIM swap’ attack, agency says

The hacking of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) account earlier this month was the result of a “SIM swap” attack, an agency spokesperson announced Tuesday. An “unauthorized party” used SIM swapping to gain control of the phone number associated with the SEC's X account and reset the […]