Blog Medical Service Provider Data Breach Affects 2 Million Users July 1, 2022 by Vertical Axion Depending on where you live, you may have received medical care from the Shields Health Care Group (Shields), or from a provider associated with them. If so, be aware that the Massachusetts-based medical provider specializing in PET/CT scans, MRIs, radiation oncology, and ambulatory surgical services has been hacked. The unknown hackers gained access to their […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Beware New Windows Vulnerability With Remote Search Window Access June 30, 2022 by Vertical Axion You may not know the name Matthew Hickey, but you should thank him for a recent discovery that could save you a lot of grief. Hickey is the co-founder of a company called Hacker House. He recently discovered a flaw that could allow for the opening of a remote search window simply by opening a […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Recent News Security Technology Tips Windows
Blog Some Carrier Embedded Android Apps May Have Security Vulnerabilities June 29, 2022 by Vertical Axion Recently, Microsoft reported high severity security vulnerabilities in multiple apps offered by large international mobile service providers. What makes this especially noteworthy is the fact that these vulnerabilities aren’t app specific, but framework specific. Many carriers use the same basic framework to construct their apps and now all have been found to contain vulnerabilities. The […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Google Apps Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology Tips
Blog Millions Of MySQL Server Users’ Data Found On The Internet June 28, 2022 by Vertical Axion Do you maintain a MySQL server? If so, you’re certainly not alone. What you may not know is that according to research conducted by The Shadowserver Foundation, (a cybersecurity research group) there are literally millions of MySQL servers visible on the internet that shouldn’t be. In all, the group found more than 3.6 million MySQL […] Read more » Business Advice Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Hackers Are Using Personal Messages On WhatsApp To Attack June 27, 2022 by Vertical Axion Are you a WhatsApp user? If so, be aware that hackers have worked out a means of hijacking a user’s WhatsApp account and gaining access to a user’s contact list and personal messages. The attack relies on mobile carriers’ automated service to forward calls to different phone numbers, which is a service every major mobile […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog Microsoft Releases Multiple New Features For Teams June 25, 2022 by Vertical Axion Teams was “just another Microsoft application” before the pandemic. Thanks to Covid-19 though, demand for video conferencing solutions shot through the roof, and suddenly Teams found its groove. Microsoft had been gamely trying to bolster its popularity and the pandemic certainly helped. For more than two years, the Redmond giant has been pouring an increasing […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News
Blog Intel Users Should Update Firmware To Avoid This Ransomware June 24, 2022 by Vertical Axion Not long ago, researchers at Eclypsium got a lucky break. An unknown and unidentified individual began leaking communications from inside the Conti ransomware organization. These leaked communications seemed to confirm what has long been suspected: That there are strong ties between the Conti gang and Russia’s FSB (military intelligence). This sounds like something right out […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology Tips
Blog The Windows Follina Vulnerability Has A Temporary Fix June 23, 2022 by Vertical Axion File this away under “good news, bad news.” The bad news is that there’s a new, critical zero-day threat to be concerned about. The threat has been dubbed ‘Follina.’ It is being tracked as CVE-2022-30190 and is being described by Microsoft as an MSDT (Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool) remote code execution flaw that impacts […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Microsoft Will Not Release Exchange Server Updates Until 2025 June 22, 2022 by Vertical Axion Are you planning on setting up an Exchange server soon or are you running one now? If so, be aware that Microsoft is changing their guidance when it comes to the technology and specifically running a server on-premises. Two years ago, the Redmond giant announced that the next versions of their Skype for Business Server, […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Enemybot Malware May Go Beyond DDOS Attacks June 21, 2022 by Vertical Axion Unless you’re an IT Security Professional, you may never have heard of EnemyBot. It is a bit like the Frankenstein of malware threats, a botnet that has borrowed code from multiple different sources. While that’s not terribly original, it does make it dangerous. The hackers behind the code are actively adding new exploits as newly […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
