Blog Latest Possible Customer Data Breach Comes From Ubiquiti January 25, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you have a network either at home or at your office, it’s quite likely that you’ve got a few pieces of Ubiquiti equipment somewhere in the mix. Ubiquiti is a major player in the network device market, best known for its UniFi line of networking products, paired with a cloud-based management platform. Unfortunately, its […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Latest Malware Is Targeting Macs And Is Hard To Detect January 23, 2021 by Vertical Axion There was a time when Apple was a niche player in the technology market. As such, one thing Apple users could count on was the fact that they didn’t have to worry much about viruses or malware. Hackers didn’t bother targeting them because there was so much low hanging fruit in the Windows market. Times […] Read more » Apple Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Google Calendar Search Bar Moved For Easier Use January 22, 2021 by Vertical Axion Google calendar is one of the most efficient products that Google made. Although, not as popular as other Google products, users who use it testify that it has made them more productive. In keeping to time, setting appointments, and meeting up to schedules, Google calendar has proven to be very helpful. It gives one control […] Read more » General Interest Google Google Apps New Technology Technology News
Blog Gen Intel Processors May Get Built In Ransomware Protection January 21, 2021 by Vertical Axion At CES 2021, arguably the most influential and significant tech event in the world, Intel made an important announcement regarding its historic eleventh generation of chips. The latest designs will feature hardware-based ransomware detection protocols, which should serve to make those types of attacks less likely to succeed. In 2020, ransomware became the attack vector […] Read more » General Interest New Technology Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Firefox To Follow Chrome in Backspace Keyboard Functionality Change January 20, 2021 by Vertical Axion In July 2016, Google Chrome blocked the use of the backspace key to navigate to a previous page in their Chrome 52 release. This was because of reports that it brings about loss of data inputted into a form on a page by switching to a previous page. The data loss often occurs when the […] Read more » Chrome Mozilla Firefox Recent News Technology News
Blog Even Big Companies Like Nissan Get Hacked January 19, 2021 by Vertical Axion Even the largest companies in the world can’t claim immunity to hacking, data breaches and momentary lapses in judgment. Nissan is a classic case in point. Recently, due to a careless oversight, default admin credentials were left in place on part of the company’s network. That allowed an unknown third party to easily breach the […] Read more » Branding Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Adobe Flash Is Done And Flash Content Is Being Blocked January 18, 2021 by Vertical Axion Adobe has finally done it, as promised. For more than a year, the company has been slow-walking their iconic Adobe Flash Player to its eventual doom. As of December 31st, 2020, Adobe stopped providing support for the product. Not long after, beginning on January 12th, 2021, it made another change that prevented Flash content from […] Read more » Adobe General Interest Recent News Technology News
Blog This New Malware Has A Unique Email Offer January 16, 2021 by Vertical Axion The Quaverse Remote Access Trojan–affectionately dubbed QRat–has been with us since at least 2015. It’s a good piece of malware because it’s notoriously difficult to detect and it provides high value information like passwords, sensitive files, screenshots and more. In addition to remotely offloading files, hackers can assume complete control over any infected system. In […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Security Technology News
Blog New PayPal Phishing Attempts Are After Your Account Info January 15, 2021 by Vertical Axion Hackers and scammers have hit the ground running in 2021, launching an extensive new phishing campaign that targets the legions of PayPal users around the world. The campaign is being run on both text message and email channels and if you’re a PayPal user, you may have already seen it. If you haven’t, in the […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Brand New Ransomware Found On The Internet January 14, 2021 by Vertical Axion Hackers around the world didn’t waste any time. New Year’s celebrations have barely ended, and already, we have our first reports of a new malware strain to help ring in 2021. Dubbed Babuk Locker, the strain is aimed squarely at corporate networks. Based on an analysis of the code, security experts have concluded that the […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
