Shamrock Computer Services

03/23/2020

03/28/2019

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, Inc.

02/23/2019

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!

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.

11/08/2018

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.

Windows 10 activation system is broken in many regions. In some cases, Windows 10 Pro has been downgraded to Home.

10/04/2018

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.

The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies by compromising America's technology supply chain.

05/24/2018

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

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.

02/21/2018

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.

09/22/2017

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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Microsoft, Cisco, and VMWare among those targeted with additional mystery payload.