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Google Play hosted phishing apps impersonating Turkish cryptocurrency exchange

Jun17
by on June 17, 2019 at 12:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Malicious apps impersonating Turkish cryptocurrency exchange BtcTurk are circumventing Google’s recently adopted security enhancing measures. According to researchers, the apps are accessing one-time passwords (OTPs) and SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA), was well as some email-based 2FA systems. By impersonating the cryptocurrency exchange, the apps are able to phish for users’ login credentials. Instead of intercepting SMS messages to bypass 2FA protection on users’ accounts and activity, the malicious apps take the OTP from notifications appearing on the comprised device’s display. Worryingly, besides being able to read the 2FA notifications, the apps are also to dismiss them, meaning victims are unable to notice…

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9 research-based strategies to maximize your profits

Jun17
by on June 17, 2019 at 11:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


What do Alan Scott, the inventor of Botox, Snuggie-creator Scott Boilen and Alexander Graham Bell have in common? Two things: They are/were all successful businessmen They didn’t particularly care for the product they sold* There’s a persistent myth that in order to be a great salesperson, you have to be passionate about the product you sell. Not true. As long as you believe your product or service provides value to other people, you can be just as great. Take Harko Konink, who runs a used mannequin business in the Netherlands. Harko didn’t grow up dreaming of dolls — but he has always loved…

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4 mistakes companies make when expanding overseas

Jun17
by on June 17, 2019 at 11:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


You no longer need to be a Fortune 500 company to take your business global. A small startup can market and sell to customers on the other side of the world without ever leaving their zip code. Today, over half of small businesses in the United States have international customers. Not surprisingly, more and more businesses are thinking about expanding globally — and they’re thinking about it earlier than they would have a decade ago. The challenge is, there’s no handbook for opening an office in a new region. Expanding your team, product, and operations internationally is uncharted territory for…

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Tim Cook takes aim at tech companies for creating ‘chaos’

Jun17
by on June 17, 2019 at 11:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Apple CEO Tim Cook once again took shots at Silicon Valley tech companies in his Stanford commencement speech on Sunday. Although he didn’t mention them by name, Cook warned that they need to take responsibility for the “chaos” they create as a result of their innovations. “It feels a bit crazy that anyone should have to say this, but if you built a chaos factory, you can’t dodge responsibility for the chaos,” Cook said. Speaking to a gathering of 30,000 attendees, including graduates, and their family and friends, Cook mounted a not-so-subtle attack against his rivals for failing to own…

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CHEAP: EVERYTHING on ThinkGeek is half price, so move fast!

Jun17
by on June 17, 2019 at 11:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! ThinkGeek.com – arguably the leading online purveyor of nerd-based paraphernalia – is closing its doors. Well, sorta. It’s actually moving to its Gamespot’s website, its parent company. All-in-all then, it’s not a tragedy. Of course, this shift might upset people who have come to rely on the site for all their sweet stuff, but there is an upside: a fifty percent discount across the entire catalog of products. Yep, you heard that right – everything on ThinkGeek is half price. All you need to do…

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