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SEO Used In Massive Black Hat Redirect Malware Campaign

SEO Used In Massive Black Hat Redirect Malware Campaign by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, November 10, 2022 Hackers are using search engine optimization (SEO) to conduct a massive black hat campaign that compromises nearly 15,000 websites. The code redirects visitors to fake Q&A discussion forums. Ben Martin, security analyst at Sucuri, which initially spotted … Continue reading SEO Used In Massive Black Hat Redirect Malware Campaign

Breathless Black Friday: Shoppers Wait For Discount Emails From Brands They Trust

Breathless Black Friday: Shoppers Wait For Discount Emails From Brands They Trust by Ray Schultz , Columnist, September 6, 2022 U.S. consumers are in a cautious mood, with 69% waiting until Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) to make some purchases, according to a survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers by LoyaltyLion.   But businesses should be … Continue reading Breathless Black Friday: Shoppers Wait For Discount Emails From Brands They Trust

After a brief streak, venture capital has ditched Black startups

By Nate Berg     June 17, 2022 Black-founded startups have seen record amounts of investment recently, with quarterly funding commitments nearing or even topping $1 billion. But according to new data from Crunchbase, VC funding has dropped significantly in the second quarter of 2022, down to just $324 million. Only 100 startups with a … Continue reading After a brief streak, venture capital has ditched Black startups

Meet the duo of Black financial advisors who want to help you manage and grow more wealth

By Shalene Gupta   May 06, 2022   Dasarte Yarnway and Emlen Miles-Mattingly are two financial advisors who want to help diversify wealth by fixing the financial-advisor industry’s diversity problem. The barrier to entry for financial advisors can be high: New financial advisors must follow compliance, and if they want to manage assets, they must … Continue reading Meet the duo of Black financial advisors who want to help you manage and grow more wealth

Lawsuit accuses Google of fostering systemic bias against Black employees

Labor agency alleges Google illegally fired two workers who tried to organize Another employee said she was let go this week over an email to colleagues. K. Holt @krisholt December 3rd, 2020 Toby Melville / reuters The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has accused Google of illegally firing two workers who took part in labor … Continue reading Lawsuit accuses Google of fostering systemic bias against Black employees

‘Black Madison Ave’ should be a wake-up call to all corporate leaders

By Jeff Beer March 19, 2022 When Walter Geer looks around, he doesn’t see a lot of people who look like him. As a Black executive creative director at the WPP-owned advertising agency VMLY&R, Geer rarely sees another Black face at his seniority level. In fact, when he started actively looking into just how many … Continue reading ‘Black Madison Ave’ should be a wake-up call to all corporate leaders

Not a single statue honored a Black person’s legacy until 1974. That has had very real repercussions

By Frederick Gooding Jr.   February 17, 2022   With most of the legal challenges resolved after the violent Unite the Right rally, of August 2017, and the statue of Robert E. Lee removed from its lofty pedestal in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, local lawmakers in December 2021 voted to do the unimaginable—donate the statue to … Continue reading Not a single statue honored a Black person’s legacy until 1974. That has had very real repercussions