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Security researcher examines MacKeeper, says sensitive data for more than 13 million accounts easily accessed

And yet more reasons have surfaced as to why you’d want to punch the entire staff of MacKeeper in their heads. A security researcher claims that extremely poor security has allowed him to access sensitive data for more than 13 million MacKeeper accounts. White-hat researcher Chris Vickery, who has previously exposed data breaches at MLB, […]

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MacKeeper customers now eligible to receive full refund due to class-action lawsuit

Call it karma. Customers of the MacKeeper have until November 30th to file a claim for a full refund as a result of a proposed class-action lawsuit settlement. Given the terms of the deal, only customers who bought the software for July 8th are eligible. The class action suit accused MacKeeper’s original developer, ZeoBIT, of […]

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Macworld/iWorld 2014 Expo Hall wrap-up

Last week was a bit of a whirlwind as Macworld/iWorld took over a large portion of my week. Now that I’ve had some time to put together some of the things I saw, I thought I’d provide a brief recap. This year, the convention was held in Moscone Center’s North Hall. The first day, Thursday, […]