Blog FTC Enforcing That Businesses Patch Log4j Java Security Issue January 21, 2022 by Vertical Axion By now you’re almost certainly aware of the Log4j Java issue. It’s a serious and fixable flaw relating to java logging. Recently the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a chilling warning to anyone who hasn’t yet fixed the flaw and protected against the vulnerability. The FTC’s statement reads in part as follows: […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
Blog Update Your All In One SEO Plugin For Security Patch January 4, 2022 by Vertical Axion Do you own and operate a WordPress website? Do you also use the “All in One” SEO plugin? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then be aware that you’ll want to update that plugin as soon as possible. Recently security researcher Marc Montpas from Automattic Security discovered and reported a pair of […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Large GoDaddy Data Breach Involves WordPress Customer Email Adresses December 4, 2021 by Vertical Axion Are you a GoDaddy customer? Do you maintain a WordPress blog with the company? If so be advised that the company recently announced a breach of their network. An as yet unidentified third party accessed GoDaddy’s Managed WordPress hosting environment. Based on the investigation to date the intrusion began on September 6, 2021. While taking […] Read more » Business & Finance Business Advice Data Breach General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Microsoft Windows 7 And 8 OneDrive Support Is Ending November 16, 2021 by Vertical Axion Are you a OneDrive user running Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1? If so be aware that on January 1st, 2022 your OneDrive desktop application will reach end of support. The company offered the following by way of explanation: “In order to focus resources on new technologies and operating systems and to provide users […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Security Windows
Blog Warn Your Employees About The New DocuSign Phishing Campaign October 26, 2021 by Vertical Axion Phishing attacks tend to focus on executive level targets. They focus on high ranking targets who have considerable system access. That appears to be changing. A recent trend tracked by researchers from Avanan has revealed that nearly half of all phishing emails analyzed in recent months were crafted to impersonate non-executives. Additionally more than three […] Read more » Business Advice Employees General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology Tips
Blog DDOS Attackers Are Targeting VoIP Providers October 11, 2021 by Vertical Axion Hackers around the world are flexing their muscles. For reasons that aren’t yet clear they have been launching distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks against Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers and it is leading to widespread voice outages. VoIP provider Bandwidth.com is the latest company to fall victim to these attacks. On the afternoon […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Recent Study Shows Alarming Insights On People And Passwords October 7, 2021 by Vertical Axion A new study recently published by the digital identity firm Beyond Identity contains a number of surprises relating to passwords and password security. This is information that IT professionals and small or medium-sized business owners should be aware of. While it is not a rigorous and scientific study the results of the company’s survey are […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Increasing Online Love Scams Are Costing Victims Big Money October 6, 2021 by Vertical Axion Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic online dating sites have seen a tremendous surge in memberships. People are seeking romance online since in person dating was sharply curtailed by lock downs. Naturally this proved to be an irresistible lure to scammers around the world. So much so that the FBI has recently issued a […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
Blog New Malware Is Targeting Linux And WordPress Users October 1, 2021 by Vertical Axion A new strain of malware which has been dubbed ‘Capoae’ has been spotted in the wild. It was written in Go and this strain targets Linux systems and WordPress installations. It was discovered by Larry Cashdollar. Larry is a senior security researcher at Akamai. Capoae is quickly becoming a favorite among threat actors because of […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Update Apple Devices Soon For Important Security Patch September 30, 2021 by Vertical Axion Apple released a very important security update today. The update fixes a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that have been spotted in use in the wild to attack both Macs and iPhones. One of the two has been used to install the Pegasus spyware onto iPhones. These two vulnerabilities are being tracked as CVE-2021-30860 and CVE-2021-30858 […] Read more » Apple Business Advice General Interest iPhone Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
