Blog Large Company Snap-On Tools Recently Hit By Data Breach May 5, 2022 by Vertical Axion If you have any tools in your garage, odds are good that at least a few of them are Snap-on tools. The brand is ubiquitous in the United States and the company is one of the leading manufacturers globally. They sell under a variety of different brand names and some of them you may not […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Millions Of Cash App Users Had Their Data Breached April 28, 2022 by Vertical Axion Do you use the popular smartphone app “Cash App?” If so, you’re certainly not alone. It is wildly popular and used by millions of people around the world. As one of the most wildly popular things on the web, that has made it a target. Cash App was formerly known as Square. Recently, they submitted […] Read more » Business & Finance Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Some Microsoft’s Source Code Was Stolen By Hacker Group April 19, 2022 by Vertical Axion Microsoft recently confirmed that an account belonging to one of their employees was compromised by the Lapsus$ hacking group, which allowed them to abscond with portions of the company’s source code. Yes, you read that correctly. Microsoft got hacked. They now join the latest in a seemingly unending parade of large tech companies to have […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Data Breach Announced At Popular Photo Site Shutterfly April 8, 2022 by Vertical Axion Online photography platform Shutterfly is the latest high-profile company to fall victim to a hacking attack. The company recently disclosed that in December of last year (2021) they were targeted by the Conti gang, who successfully breached their system and initiated a ransomware attack. The company’s breach notification statement was sent to impacted users and […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Automotive Part Maker Denso Is Latest To Have Data Breached April 4, 2022 by Vertical Axion The automotive parts giant named DENSO is the latest corporation to fall victim to a hacking attack. The company has offices all over the world and supplies parts to brands including General Motors, Fiat, Volvo, Toyota, and others. Collectively the company and its subsidiaries employ more than 160,000 people and boasts revenues of more than […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Hackers Get Source Code During Data Breach At Samsung March 24, 2022 by Vertical Axion Samsung’s corporate network was breached recently. That’s bad news all by itself. The company has recently confirmed that in addition to the confidential customer information that was stolen, the hackers also made off with the source code for the software used in the company’s Galaxy smartphones. The hackers responsible for the attack call themselves “Lapsus$.” […] Read more » Android Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog People Are Still Not Using Secure Passwords Despite Warnings March 18, 2022 by Vertical Axion It’s 2022 and after years of warning people repeatedly about the dangers of using the same old passwords and using the same password across multiple websites, you would think this would get better. You would think we’d have that problem solved and there would be one less network security risk to worry about. Unfortunately, if […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Network Security Breach Confirmed At Nvidia March 17, 2022 by Vertical Axion Nvidia joined the seemingly unending parade of major corporations to fall victim of a hacking attack. Recently, a group of hackers calling itself “Lapsus$” began sharing details about the incident and the damage that it caused. Nvidia confirmed the attack. Nvidia released a formal statement which reads in part as follows: “On February 23, 2022, […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest 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 Top 10 Brands That Phishing Attackers Use To Scam Users February 2, 2022 by Vertical Axion Scammers delight in impersonating government agencies and well-known brands to lure email recipients into giving up their personal information. That information is then either exploited directly or sold to the highest bidder on the Dark Web. Have you ever wondered which agencies, companies or brands are the most imitated by these attackers? Whether you have […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
