Shamrock Computer Services

Sadly, people think they can trust these companies because they know the name. Yet they repeatedly take advantage of those who come to them. Shameful!

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Office Depot and Tech Support Firm Will Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations That They Tricked Consumers into Buying Costly Computer Repair Services Office Depot, Inc.

This type of attack uses credentials (usernames & passwords) from other breaches to gain access to a different account. This happens because people use the same password repeatedly. Use different passwords for different sites and change them often!

Tax Returns Exposed in TurboTax Credential Stuffing Attacks Financial software company Intuit discovered that tax return info was accessed by an unauthorized party after an undisclosed number of TurboTax tax preparation software accounts were breached in a credential stuffing attack.

Many of you may receive a message saying your copy of Windows is not activated. Microsoft claims to have a problem with their Activation server affecting systems world wide. Microsoft says it's working on the problem.

Microsoft's Windows 10 activation system is broken, a fix is coming Windows 10 activation system is broken in many regions. In some cases, Windows 10 Pro has been downgraded to Home.

This is a long but important read. You don't have to be a technical individual to understand the implication of these events. Well worth the time to read and become informed.

China Used a Tiny Chip in a Hack That Infiltrated U.S. Companies The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies by compromising America's technology supply chain.

This is why none of these types of devices will ever be in our home!

Amazon Alexa Recorded a Conversation and Sent It to a Contact Without Permission As much as people enjoy their virtual assistants, sometimes they do things that are downright creepy. Such is the case for a family in Portland who discovered that Amazon Alexa recorded a conversation without permission and sent it to a random person in their contact list.

Don't Trust the VPN Facebook Wants You to Use The "Protect" menu item in Facebook's mobile apps refers users to the company's Onavo Protect VPN, but the tool falls short of basic privacy standards.

Recently, it was learned that CCleaner had been compromised. An update had been issued, and initially, most thought that would be the end of it. Apparently it's not. If you have CCleaner recently at all, please read the article below. If you have been infected, the recommendation is to completely wipe your system and reload! Please contact me if you need any assistance.

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CCleaner malware outbreak is much worse than it first appeared Microsoft, Cisco, and VMWare among those targeted with additional mystery payload.