Blog People Are Paying Ransomware Attackers In Large Numbers In 2020 December 3, 2020 by Vertical Axion Hackers have increasingly gravitated to ransomware attacks in 2020, as being one of the best and most reliable paths to a payday. That brings to mind an interesting question though. Naturally, the viability of this type of attack comes down to what percentage of victims are willing to actually pay the ransom, and what is […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Some Businesses Are Dangerously Avoiding Critical IT Security Updates November 13, 2020 by Vertical Axion How good is your IT staff at staying current when it comes to applying all the latest security patches? Unfortunately, the answer for most businesses is, “probably not as good as you think.” According to research conducted by Bitdefender, a staggering 64 percent of un-patched vulnerabilities discovered on corporate networks in 2020 involve bugs that […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Corporate Internet Users Watch Out For Conti Ransomware July 22, 2020 by Vertical Axion Although you may not be familiar with the name, a strain of ransomware called “Conti” is surging in popularity on the Dark Web and seeing a rapidly growing number of installations, so it’s definitely one to be on guard against. Advanced intel’s Vitali Kremez has been tracking this strain since it first appeared in late […] Read more » Business Advice Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
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 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 Update NinjaForms In WordPress To Avoid Potential Hack May 15, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you one of the million-plus website owners making use of Ninja Forms for WordPress? If so, be aware that the company has recently patched a serious security flaw that allowed hackers to inject malicious code and take over websites. The attack is accomplished via a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) that leads to a Stored […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Security Technology News
Blog SBA And CDC Phishing Emails Can Carry Malware May 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion According to Microsoft, its machine learning threat detection models have helped its research teams uncover multiple mal-spam campaigns. These campaigns have been tied together by the common theme of incorporating poisoned disk image files used as attachments. Each campaign has been aimed at a different target population, but all use some variant of COVID-19 in […] Read more » Business & Finance Business Advice Phishing Recent News Security
Blog PC Users Beware Of Downloader For Zoom Created By Hackers May 11, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you working from home right now? If so, you’re certainly not alone. Tens of millions of people are doing the same, and there are untold millions around the world doing likewise. Working from home presents a host of new challenges, not the least of which is finding ways of communicating face to face without […] Read more » Business Advice Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog Trickbot Leads The Pack In COVID-19 Malware May 1, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, security companies all over the world have seen a surge in spam, hacking, and scam campaigns that are taking advantage of the fear and confusion surrounding the global pandemic. They’re using promises of COVID-19 information and access to pandemic-related equipment as hooks to lure people into clicking on links or downloading poisoned files. Although […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Security
Blog Be On The Lookout As Astaroth Malware Makes A Comeback April 6, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you familiar with Astaroth? If you’re a data security professional, you’ve probably at least heard the name. The group gained some notoriety last year when it came to light that they had developed a means of spreading “fileless malware” using legitimate Windows tools to infect machines around the world. The Windows Defender ATP team […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
