Blog Hackers Stopped With Help of Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit April 27, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) recently played an instrumental role in taking down a botnet made up of more than 400,000 devices. A botnet is a tool that hackers use to invade systems. The botnets were rented out to a variety of groups to conduct DDoS attacks, launch phishing campaigns, and deliver a variety of […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News Uncategorized
Blog Apple Announced A New Low-Priced iPhone April 25, 2020 by Vertical Axion Rumors have been swirling for months about Apple and the possibility that they’ll release a successor to their iPhone SE. Recently, the company put a pin in all the speculation and unveiled their second-generation iPhone SE. It looks like an iPhone 8, but lacks the upgraded internals. The best part? When the company starts taking […] Read more » Apple Branding General Interest iPhone Recent News
Blog How To Quickly Shift To A Work-From-Home Business Model To Maximize Productivity In Today’s Coronavirus Environment April 24, 2020 by Vertical Axion As a business owner today, you are now facing unprecedented challenges to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic. You are asked to self-isolate and practice social distancing to “flatten the curve.” You are asked to allow your employees to work from home to reduce possible exposure and slow the spread of COVID-19. These are all […] Read more »
Blog 5 Steps To Rise Above The Fear Of COVID-19 And Focus On Growing Your Business April 24, 2020 by Vertical Axion In a matter of just a few short weeks, we have gone from living how we’ve always lived to changing just about everything we do. Schools are out for weeks if not months. Cruises have stopped sailing, and air transportation may be next. Bars and restaurants are closing, sporting events are nonexistent and so many […] Read more »
Blog Cybercriminals Are Counting On You Letting Your Guard Down During This Global Pandemic – Here’s How To Stop Them April 24, 2020 by Vertical Axion Read more »
Blog Beware Of Phishing Emails Appearing As From The Federal Government April 24, 2020 by Vertical Axion The Digital Security firm Inky reports that they’ve discovered a new, disturbing phishing campaign you should be aware of. The company has spotted a disturbing number of scam emails purporting to be from Mike Pence, the Vice President of the United States. The emails bear titles like “Coronavirus Guidelines for America.” It’s bad enough that […] Read more » Law Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Windows 10 Disk Cleanup Feature Coming Soon April 23, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’re a veteran Windows user, you’ve almost certainly made frequent use of the “Disk Cleanup” feature, which has been a standard part of the OS for what feels like forever. Recently though, Microsoft has given the utility a bit of a facelift and an upgrade. Lurking under the hood of Windows 10, in the […] Read more » Microsoft New Technology Recent News Windows
Blog Hackers Targeting WooCommerce Users To Steal Credit Card Information April 22, 2020 by Vertical Axion WooCommerce is a WordPress-based, free plugin that makes it incredibly easy to sell just about anything online. With more than five million installations, it’s clearly a favorite on the web. Unfortunately, its popularity also makes it an easy target. Ben Martin and Willem de Groot are researchers with Sanguine Security. They found a new attack […] Read more » Business & Finance Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Spread Of COVID-19 Data Available From Google And Apple April 21, 2020 by Vertical Axion Big tech firms are lining up to help us get a better handle on the data concerning this pandemic. Data includes who has Covid-19 and how fast and far the virus is spreading around the country (and around the world). Recently, tech giants Apple and Google announced a partnership that will focus on the use […] Read more » Amazon General Interest Google Recent News Technology News
Blog Ransomware Targets Company Working On A COVID-19 Vaccine April 20, 2020 by Vertical Axion It’s common knowledge that hackers are highly opportunistic and certainly not above targeting children, the sick and the dying if there’s money to be made. Even so, attacking a drug company currently doing research to find a vaccine for COVID-19 has to be counted as a new low, even for hackers. Sadly, that exact scenario […] Read more » Ransomware Security Technology
