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Do you use Instagram? If so, there’s a very good chance that your account will get hacked very soon.
Right now hackers (who appear to be from Russia) are hacking into and taking control of Instagram accounts by the thousands.
In a nutshell, the hackers are somehow breaking into the accounts and changing both the username and password, making it impossible for the rightful account owners to log back in (or in many cases even locate the account). [Read more…]
CCleaner has been one of my favorite Windows cleanup tools for years, and I’ve recommended it to countless other folks during that time.
Unfortunately, CCleaner’s maker Piriform has just announced that hackers have somehow managed to break into one of their servers and add malicious code to a recent build of the CCleaner software.
That means if you recently downloaded CCleaner to your PC or installed a recent update, your computer could well have malware on it. [Read more…]
Do you own a Samsung Galaxy S4, S5 or S6?
If so, there’s a good chance that a flaw in your phone’s keyboard software has left your phone vulnerable to a hacking attack.
Fortunately, the vulnerability seems to only be an issue when the phone is connected to the Internet via an unsecured Wi-Fi connection. [Read more…]
Adobe has just released a critical update to their Flash Player to plug four new critical security holes. It appears that the holes will never stop opening up in this software.
Any,way, if you visit websites that use Flash (and most of us do), I strongly recommend that you head on over to the Adobe website and install the update ASAP. Here’s how:
Another day, another major hack. This time the victims were folks who shopped at one of the company’s 1,400 brick and mortar retail stores during much of 2014.
If you shopped at a Staples retail store between April and October 2014 and paid for your purchase(s) with a credit or debit card, I recommend that you check this list carefully to see if your store had its Point of Sale System hacked. It very well could have. [Read more…]