Archive for April 2015
April 1, 2015
· PCMag rates free AV protection
· Phishing attacks are back
April 2, 2015
· Beware of Man-in-the-middle attacks
· China leads the pack in malware attacks
April 3, 2015
· 2nd Mad Max: Fury Road trailer released (Video)
· Virgin Media users scammed in attempt to steal info
· 19 year old pleads guilty in hacks of Microsoft, Valve and Epic games
April 4, 2015
· Facebook tracks users even after they log out
· Phishing 101
April 6, 2015
· YouTube flaw could allow hacker to delete all of Justin Bieber's music videos
· Microsoft plans on turning off Do Not Track in upcoming browsers
· NY judge allows serving of divorce papers via Facebook
April 7, 2015
· How to use Patch My PC (Video)
· Dell System Detect has security flaw
· Revenge porn operator sent to prison for 18 years
April 8, 2015
· New video from MajorGeeks - Using Junkware Removal Tool
· New video from MajorGeeks: AdwCleaner tutorial and walk-through
· Foscam Nanny cams hacked
· Pirate Bay cloned and serving up malware
April 9, 2015
· Recuva WalkThrough and Tutorial (Video)
· FBI warns WordPress users
· Police Department falls victim to CryptoLocker
April 10, 2015
· Beebone botnet disrupted by police
· How many actually read the license agreement
April 11, 2015
· ATM losses rise due to continued use of Windows XP
· White Lodging Services hacked for a second time
April 13, 2015
· Keep in touch with MajorGeeks via our social media pages
· Intel introduces a wire free laptop
· Tax filers using open WiFi networks: risk data theft
April 14, 2015
· Simda botnet taken down by Interpol
· U.S. takes top honors in most data perves
April 15, 2015
· New Video: Using IObit Uninstaller 4.x
· Phishing attacks catch the first victim within two minutes
· Hackers looking for new targets
April 16, 2015
· Another police department ponies up ransom money
· Almost one million new pieces of malware emerge daily
April 17, 2015
· Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer 2 released (Video)
· 787-9 Dreamliner with R2-D2 themed paint scheme; this is the flight you're looking for! (Video)
· Check out the documentary ‘Atari: Game Over’ (Video)
· Target to pay out 19 million to MasterCard in data breach from 2013
· Hacker sentenced to 3 years; ordered to pay $2,662,438.80 in restitution
April 18, 2015
· 2014 was a banner year for malware
· The Pentagon wants a few thousand cyber professionals
April 19, 2015
· EA releases Star Wars: Battlefront trailer (Video)
April 20, 2015
· Dating service Match.com users at risk
· New POS malware named Punkey found
April 21, 2015
· No truth to the stories of airplane hacking
· Teenagers responsible for Belgian and French hacks
· Trojan gift card offer targets WhatsApp users
April 22, 2015
· Always clean your Apple after cheating or someone will do it for you
· The age of the Hackbot is growing near
· Taking down Fraud Sites is like playing Whac-a-Mole
April 23, 2015
· Dennis Technology Labs tests AV software
· Crafting a phishing email 101
April 24, 2015
· Google maps shows Android bot relieving itself on the Apple logo
· Cracked software 101
· Google Play Store hack responsible for loss of thousand for California woman
April 25, 2015
· New computerized British rail system open to cyber attack
April 27, 2015
· Cryptographers concerned about ransomware
· Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 teaser released (Video)
April 28, 2015
· Student hides keylogging devices in computers; gets four months in jail (Mug shot)
· New Zero day flaw found in WordPress
April 29, 2015
· Kaspersky finds decryption keys for CoinVault
· Police break up cyber gang that stole over $15 million
April 30, 2015
· One code can hack 90% of all credit card readers
· Google releases Password Alert
· Waze to broadcast unusual traffic via Twitter
· 'Facebook Login' allegedly hijacked by the 'Great Firewall of China'
