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

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    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, ATP, Slipknot and a network of K-12 charter schools in California, posted the following to Reddit:

    I have recently downloaded over 13 million sensitive account details related to MacKeeper, Zeobit, and/or Kromtech […] stuff like names, email addresses, usernames, password hashes, computer name, ip address, software license and activation codes, type of hardware (ex: “macbook pro”), type of subscriptions, phone numbers and computer serial numbers.

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

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    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 deceptively advertising the program and making false claims about what it could fix. It was filed in May 2014 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

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  • Macworld/iWorld 2014 Expo Hall wrap-up

    2014-expo-floorLast 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, was my traditional walk around the show floor which I always do on the first day so I can make some mental notes about what I want to go back and see later. This makes it easier to go straight to the important stuff when you only have about 45 minutes between talks and demos. There wasn’t much that was unique about the Expo Hall this year, except for possibly the two live stages (I only recall one in the past).

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