Blog Nintendo Switch User Information Breach Affected Over 300,000 Users June 19, 2020 by Vertical Axion A couple of months ago, Nintendo announced that their Switch gaming and live streaming service had been hacked, and as a result, some 160,000 user accounts had been compromised. As the company has continued their investigation into the incident, however, they’ve updated their disclosure, revealing that an additional 140,000 accounts were compromised, bringing the total […] Read more » Data Breach Gaming General Interest Security Technology News
Blog Update Windows 10 Immediately If You Haven’t Updated Since March June 18, 2020 by Vertical Axion When was the last time you applied a Windows 10 security patch? If you haven’t patched since March 10th, it would be an excellent idea to do so as quickly as possible. Recently, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a dire warning concerning a newly discovered security flaw. The flaw […] Read more » Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog New Chromium Based Edge Browser Update From Windows 10 June 17, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft has been talking for months about their new Edge browser based on Chromium technology. Users will finally be able to see it in action as of the KB4559309 Windows 10 update, which will replace the legacy Edge browser with the company’s latest offering. It should be noted that previous Windows 10 releases did include […] Read more » Microsoft Microsoft Edge Technology News Uncategorized Windows
Blog This New Malware Is Hitting Exchange Servers To Steal Info June 16, 2020 by Vertical Axion In late 2019, a new strain of malware called “Valak” was detected. In the six months that followed its initial discovery in the wild, more than 30 variants of the code were detected. Initially, Valak was classified as a simple loading program. As various groups have tinkered with the code, it has morphed into a […] Read more » Business Advice Malware and Virus Protection Security Technology News
Blog Storage Cleanup Tools In Windows 10 Getting Added Feature June 15, 2020 by Vertical Axion For more than 20 years, “Disk Cleanup” has been a feature in every Windows Build. It’s a quick, easy way to free up hard disk space by getting rid of unneeded system and temporary files. In the October 2018 release of Windows 10, Microsoft added a checkbox that allowed users to also delete the contents […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Technology News Windows
Blog Only 33 Percent Of People Change Password After Data Breach June 13, 2020 by Vertical Axion A new study was published by researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University’s Security and Privacy Institute and was presented at the 2020 IEEE Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection. The study has grim news for IT Security Professionals. The key finding in the report is that only about one third of users will change their […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Password Text Export Feature Coming To Firefox June 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion Mozilla’s Firefox browser, like most modern browsers, has a built-in password management feature that allows you to save passwords for sites you log into on a regular basis. Since the browser stores the information, that’s one less thing you have to remember. That allows you the convenience of one click access to the sites you […] Read more » Mozilla Firefox Recent News Security Technology News
Blog A List Of Devices That Will Support The iOS 14 Update June 11, 2020 by Vertical Axion By the time you read these words, Apple will likely be previewing iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 at the all-virtual WWDC 2020. While the latest version of Apple’s OS will no doubt be packed with features you’ll love, unfortunately, it may not be compatible with some older iPhones and iPads. That could mean you’ll have […] Read more » Apple General Interest iPhone Technology News
Blog Major Security Flaw Found In Some Cisco Routers June 10, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, Cisco disclosed the existence of four serious security flaws in their routers that use iOS and iOS XE software. One of the four, CVE-2020-3227 is rated at a severity of 9.8 out of 10. It allows a remote attacker without credentials to execute commands to the operating software without proper authorization, which in turn, […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Recent News Security Technology
Blog Lawsuit Claims Google Private Browsing Isn’t Really Private June 9, 2020 by Vertical Axion Google is in hot water with a complaint filed to the District Court of Northern California. The complaint alleges that the tech giant tracks users’ browsing data and a variety of other identifying information via Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, and a variety of other applications. It tracks data even when users are accessing the […] Read more » Chrome General Interest Google Security Technology News
