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Apple’s popular iTunes service has millions of active customers, and that make them a favorite target of scammers.
Well, an old iTunes-related scam that tries to trick you into disclosing your iTunes login information by trying to claim a bogus refund from Apple is making the rounds once again.
The scam works something like this: [Read more…]
As you probably know, many free download sites attach additional “drive-by” downloads to the files you download from their sites to your PC.
A relative handful of those “add-on” programs are actually beneficial, but the vast majority of them are simply junk that will bloat your system and slow it down.
Even worse, some add-ons that claim to provide a useful service are actually malware that will spy on you and/or do nefarious things and make it look like you’re the culprit.
One of the most insidious “drive-by” add-ons that you’re likely to ever encounter is a program called S5Mark. [Read more…]
By now you’ve probably heard about the dangerous VPNFilter malware that’s attacking routers all over the globe.
If you haven’t, this is an insidious strain of malware that could potentially allow a hacker to take control of your router and use it for a wide variety of illicit purposes.
What’s more, the malware can even remove itself after a time and brick your router in the process. [Read more…]
As you surely already know, the opinions and attitudes of Facebook users vary widely.
After all, with 1.5 billion users there are going to be people expressing opinions that don’t exactly match with those of other users.
Unfortunately, some of the views expressed in the posts, memes and videos can be quite offensive to some users.
But at what point does a post cross the line into what is commonly referred to nowadays as “hate speech”?
Well, Facebook has come up with a plan to find out, and they want you to help!
Starting today, some users are now seeing this question on every post that shows up in their newsfeed: [Read more…]
As a public company, Facebook is required to submit a current financial report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) once every 90 days.
Each of those quarterly reports are required to include anything that could possibly affect the value of the company’s stock in a negative way.
Well, Facebook’s most recent quarterly report is warning investors that they’re expecting to discover additional data breaches similar to the Cambridge Analytica breach that’s been all over the news of late. [Read more…]