Blog Big Changes Coming To Microsoft Outlook In Coming Years January 13, 2021 by Vertical Axion Microsoft has been moving toward a unified “single version” of Outlook that would offer a seamless user experience across all platforms and devices. Unfortunately, thus far, that objective has remained elusive. In late 2020, however, the company announced “Project Monarch” which seeks to create a new email/calendar client that will finally accomplish the company’s long-stated […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News
Blog Hacker Attacks On Healthcare Industry Are On The Rise January 12, 2021 by Vertical Axion In the early days of the pandemic, several major groups of hackers pledged that their activities would not be aimed at institutions that were engaged in vaccine research. There was at least one high profile instance where the agreement was violated, but for the most part, the hackers kept their word. Research facilities were left […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Adobe Flash Has Reached End of Life Status January 11, 2021 by Vertical Axion Is your company’s website built around Adobe’s aging Flash Player? If so, be aware that you are officially on your own. Flash reached its EOL (End of Life) as of January 1st of this year (2021). From a business perspective, you don’t have to worry that your Flash-dependent website will suddenly stop working, but from […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Weak Passwords Are Making Easy Work For This New Malware January 9, 2021 by Vertical Axion There’s a new worm making the rounds on Windows and Linux-based servers that you should be aware of. This nasty bit of code has been spreading rapidly, using simple brute-force methods to break into public facing-services like Tomcat, MySQL, Jenkins, WebLogic and others. Unfortunately, the prevalence of weak passwords protecting these public-facing systems has made […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Security Incident Exposes Some T-Mobile Customer Data January 8, 2021 by Vertical Axion In 2020, there have been a number of high-profile data breaches, and as we move closer to the end of the year, we have yet another to report. This time, cellular carrier T-Mobile is the victim, having recently disclosed a security incident that exposed the phone numbers and call records of some of the company’s […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Security Technology News
Blog Be Careful Your Home Security Cameras Can Be Hacked January 7, 2021 by Vertical Axion Various hackers around the world have found a new hobby. Recently, there has been a rise in “Swatting Attacks”, which have seen hackers take advantage of the notoriously weak or nonexistent security in “smart” devices built for home use. Hackers do this so they can call the police on you and then watch you and […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Kawasaki Is The Latest Company To Endure Data Breach January 6, 2021 by Vertical Axion Japanese juggernaut Kawasaki Heavy Industries is the latest company to fall victim to a security breach. The company, which employs more than 35,000 people and has offices all over the globe recently disclosed the breach to its customers. The company discovered that one or more unauthorized parties accessed a company server in Japan from an […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Appliance Maker Whirlpool Suffers Ransomware Attack January 5, 2021 by Vertical Axion In 2020, hackers around the world have increasingly gravitated to ransomware as their preferred method of attack. This year, there have been dozens of high-profile, successful attacks on companies around the world. Whirlpool, one of the largest home appliance manufacturers in the world, is the latest company to fall victim to this type of attack. […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Millions Of Windows 7 Users Remain Despite Support Ending January 4, 2021 by Vertical Axion One year ago, Microsoft officially ended support for the venerable Windows 7 operating system. No new security patches have been issued, which means that anyone running a Windows 7 machine at this point is taking a tremendous security risk. That is especially true if that machine is connected to a corporate network. It would be […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Google Storage Was The Cause Of Their Recent Global Outage January 2, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you make extensive use of Google’s products, you almost certainly noticed the worldwide outage of Google’s services. As details continue to emerge about the outage, it’s increasingly clear that Google has some egg on its face and that the outage was an entirely self-inflicted wound. The failure was ultimately caused by the company’s Identity […] Read more » General Interest Google Recent News Technology News
