Scott Schober

Earnings season kicked into full gear this week with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and other tech giants reporting their quarterly results. Some set new records, but not all was well in the land of earnings. Apple Set More Records Apple set a...

Ashley Madison is in the hot seat after customer data was stolen by hackers. Members of the site (which helps married individuals cheat on their spouses) could be exposed if hackers' demands are not met. According to CNNMoney, a hacker group called "Impact Team" has threatened to...

From United Airlines and the New York Stock Exchange to MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal and numerous others, it feels like the whole world is being hacked. Should investors be worried or is this one massive coincidence? "I would say we're still trying to figure it out,"...

Norse, a cyber intelligence company, firmly believes that the Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) hack was an inside job. The U.S. Government blames North Korea. Many bloggers have argued about the real source of the attack, but there's one question few have remembered to ask: what if both claims...

Hackers have found a way to bypass fingerprint authentication. Is this bad news for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)? The process sounds pretty simple. According to the Utah People's Post, hackers started by taking a photo of a thumbprint that was left behind on a glass surface. They printed the...

Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE) and its reported hackers, Guardians of Peace, made some interesting announcements over the weekend. Sony sent a threatening letter to select members of the media, warning that they must stop publishing leaked information or they could be held liable for damages....

Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) reportedly knew about the impending attack after hackers sent an email demanding an unspecified amount of money. Security experts say this revelation changes things, but there's a big question left unanswered: Why didn't Sony react sooner if it knew about the...

Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new mobile payment platform is being hyped as the safest service of its kind. In the introductory press release for Apple Pay, Apple collectively used the words "secure," "securely" and "security" 12 different times. In its second...