Blog You Might Need This HP Bios Security Update June 6, 2022 by Vertical Axion HP recently released a BIOS update to address a pair of high-severity vulnerabilities that affect a wide range of PC and notebook products offered by the company. In both cases, the vulnerabilities would allow an attacker to execute code arbitrarily and with Kernel level privileges. The two flaws are being tracked as CVE-2021-3808 and CVE-2021-3809 […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
Blog Update Zyxel Products To Fix Possible Security Vulnerability June 4, 2022 by Vertical Axion Do you use a Zyxel firewall? If so, there’s good news. The company has fixed an issue you may not have even been aware that you had. The company pushed out the fix in a silent update a little over two weeks ago, but when they implemented the push, they didn’t provide many details about […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
Blog Tricky Ransomware Encrypts Small Data But Overwrites Large Data May 28, 2022 by Vertical Axion The MalwareHunterTeam recently discovered a new ransomware operation that is particularly nasty. Called Onyx, outwardly, the operation does what most ransomware campaigns do. It gets inside a corporate network, exfiltrates the data that it wants, then seems to encrypt the rest, and then threatens to release the files to the broader public unless their demands […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Secure Your SQL Server To Avoid This Malware Infection April 2, 2022 by Vertical Axion Do you rely on Microsoft SQL and MySQL databases? If so, be advised that the cybersecurity firm AhnLab recently published a report about a newly emerging threat. It seems that hackers are now targeting poorly secured Microsoft SQL and MySQLdatabases with a malware strain known as GhostCringe. If you’re not familiar with it, GhostCringe is […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Email Phishing Attackers Are Pretending To Be The IRS April 1, 2022 by Vertical Axion Emotet is in the news again according to the latest information from email security firm Cofense. Emotet is notorious for spreading via phishing campaigns and this latest phishing campaign sees them impersonating the IRS. By all outward appearances, the emails look legitimate. The Emotet gang knows that with so many people feeling harried during tax […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Hackers Are Breaking Into Microsoft Teams And Dropping Malware February 23, 2022 by Vertical Axion Researchers at Avanan are a Check Point subsidiary. They have recently issued a warning that anyone who uses Microsoft Teams should be aware of. According to the latest statistics, more than 270 million people use Teams every single month. According to Avanan, hackers are breaking into Team chats and attaching malicious files to ongoing conversations. […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Hackers Are Setting Their Sights On Linux Systems February 22, 2022 by Vertical Axion For most of the history of the internet Linux has been able to stay below the radar of hackers around the world. While there have been some attacks that specifically targeted Linux users, they’ve managed to keep a low enough profile that it hasn’t been a major issue. According to a group of researchers from […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog This Plugin Could Put Your WordPress Site At Risk February 4, 2022 by Vertical Axion The WP HTML Mail plugin has been installed on more than 20,000 websites. If you’ve built a WordPress site for your business and you use that plugin, be aware that you are at risk. A high severity security flaw was recently discovered in the plugin that could allow an attacker to perform a code injection […] Read more » Business Advice Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
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
