Archive for February 2015

February 1, 2015

· Super Bowl XLIX is a 'no drone zone' (Video)

February 2, 2015

· How to delete your Facebook photos and albums in bulk
· Pirate Bay resurfaces
· Users still clinging to Windows XP and Windows 7.

February 3, 2015

· SaveMe Malware Infiltrates Google Play
· Google blocked more than 524 million bad ads

February 4, 2015

· Federal prosecutors rest their case in the Silk Road trial
· Scareware found in Google apps
· Warning: Gmail phishing scam making the rounds
· Office apps available for Windows 10
· Silk Road founder convicted on all charges

February 5, 2015

· Apple iOS leads Android for the first time since Q4 2012
· Hackers steal 80 million records from health insurer Anthem
· Word, Excel and PowerPoint ready for download for Win10
· Malware campaign dubbed Operation Pawn Storm
· Comcast does it again: Renames customer ‘SuperB***h’

February 6, 2015

· RadioShack declares bankruptcy (Video)
· Apple store employees charged with identity theft
· Anthem customers now targeted with phishing scam

February 7, 2015

· Google wants to give you a whopping $6

February 9, 2015

· Anonymous targets terrorists (Video)
· Are you watching your TV or is your TV watching you

February 10, 2015

· Another BitCoin market closes
· Ransomware evolving

February 11, 2015

· Google and Microsoft team up to combat false positives
· Anthem comes under fire from Attorney Generals

February 12, 2015

· Smartphone theft is down due to Kill Switch
· New Facebook feature allows profile to be managed after death
· Microsoft 10 released for phones (Video)
· Virus protection misses 70% in the first hour

February 13, 2015

· Dream Scenario - Free Software
· Hacker claims to be able to delete photo albums from Facebook (Video)

February 14, 2015

· Google gets in the body odor business
· One Billion spent on Candy Crusher Saga

February 15, 2015

· Hackers steal $300 million in bank heists

February 16, 2015

· Who is most infected? Android or Windows?

February 17, 2015

· Kaspersky says coders have embedded spyware on hard drives
· Microsoft pulls PowerPoint patch

February 18, 2015

· Do you share your passwords?
· Can Cepheus play an essentially perfect game of poker?
· Think you can beat this computer at poker? (Updated)

February 19, 2015

· Vulnerability found in Netgear routers
· Mobile threats target large enterprise companies
· Superfish adware preinstalled on Lenovo computers (Video)

February 20, 2015

· New Android malware spying on you even when device turned off
· Revenge Porn King pleads guilty
· Massive sim card hack reported
· 800,000 HealthCare.gov customers given wrong tax info

February 21, 2015

· Windows Defender, McAfee updates fully remove Lenovo's dangerous Superfish adware

February 23, 2015

· AMD takes a $403 million loss for 2014
· Lawsuit filed against Lenovo and Superfish (Video)
· Gemalto reassures users that their sim cards are safe

February 24, 2015

· Is it an IT tech or a phishing scheme?
· Google Chrome now warns about nefarious sites

February 25, 2015

· Gemalto acknowledges hack of network, but not sim cards
· RAMNIT botnet servers taken down
· Lenovo site hacked by Lizard Squad

February 26, 2015

· The vote on Net Neutrality is today
· Aggressive Android adware found on Google Play
· Download Windows 7 ISOs directly from Microsoft
· FCC vote 3-2 in favor of Net Neutrality plan
· Verizon and AT&T respond to FCC ruling

February 27, 2015

· Uber hacked and names and license plate numbers stolen

February 28, 2015

· Facebook employees can fully access your account without a password