Blog Mac Malware Is Becoming A Bigger Threat For Users February 16, 2022 by Vertical Axion In late 2020 a new strain of malware called UpdateAgent appeared and began infecting Mac users. Initially the strain wasn’t all that worrisome. It stole system information but it was by no means the worst threat on a Mac user’s radar. Since that time, the hackers behind the malicious code have been busy. UpdateAgent has […] Read more » Apple General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Additional Security Recently Added To Office 365 February 15, 2022 by Vertical Axion Back in September of 2020 Microsoft announced that it was experimenting with the addition of SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS) support to Exchange Online. This was done in a bid to ensure the email communication and security of their Office 365 customers. In a recent statement by the company the Exchange Online Transport Team […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Android Malware Steals Data And Factory Resets Phones February 14, 2022 by Vertical Axion BRATA malware was first spotted in the wilds by Kaspersky back in 2019. Its earliest incarnation saw it targeting e-banking users and it was designed to steal banking and login credentials of anyone infected. That’s undeniably bad but according to researchers the latest version of BRATA has gotten downright nasty. Security professionals have discovered a […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Security Technology News
Blog Suspicious Files Get New Warnings In Google Drive February 12, 2022 by Vertical Axion If you have Google Drive, there’s good news. The company has recently announced that soon they’ll be rolling out a new feature to help alert users to the presence of suspicious documents. Google Drive users will soon start seeing banners alerting them to possible dangers This will serve as an additional layer of defense that […] Read more » General Interest Google Google Apps Security Technology News
Blog High Profile Instagram Accounts Being Held For Ransom By Hackers February 11, 2022 by Vertical Axion Hackers have recently hit upon a new money-making scheme. Some groups have started breaking into Instagram accounts belonging to people with high numbers of followers. They are then holding those accounts hostage until the owner agrees to pay the ransom. In some cases, the hackers are charging as much as $40,000 USD to return an […] Read more » General Interest Instagram Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog Dark Herring Subscription Scam Affected Millions Of Android Users February 10, 2022 by Vertical Axion Google partner Zimperium zLabs has recently discovered a sophisticated scam targeting more than 100 million Android users. The scam has been in operation right under Google’s nose for nearly two years. The scam has now been shut down by Google but while it was in operation, it spanned some 470 Android apps on the Play […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Security Technology News
Blog Apple Released A Fix For Multiple Zero Day Exploits February 9, 2022 by Vertical Axion There’s good news for Apple users. The company has been busy and has recently released security updates that address two Zero-Day vulnerabilities. These are security flaws that could be exploited by hackers to cause no end of trouble to anybody running macOS or iOS. The first Zero-Day addressed is being tracked as CVE-2022-22587 and is […] Read more » Apple General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Security
Blog Android Apps Are Coming To Windows 11 February 8, 2022 by Vertical Axion One of the most persistently frustrating aspects of our highly interconnected world is that we seem to exist in at least three different distinct ecosystems. Apple users live in the Apple ecosystem which encompasses both its mobile products and its PCs. Windows users live in the Windows ecosystem which encompasses both laptops and desktops but […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Microsoft New Technology Windows 11
Blog E-Mail From Department Of Labor Could Be Phishing Attack February 7, 2022 by Vertical Axion There is a new phishing campaign to keep a watchful eye on according to email security firm INKY. It’s a particularly fiendish one. The attackers have designed an email template that does an admirable job of imitating the look and feel of emails sent from the US Department of Labor. These are being sent out […] Read more » General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Vulnerability In This Cisco Software Could Allow Hackers Access February 5, 2022 by Vertical Axion Cisco recently discovered a critical security flaw in their Cisco Redundancy Configuration Manager (RCM) for Cisco StarOS. The vulnerability allowed an attacker to execute code arbitrarily and gain root-level access on any device suffering from the vulnerability which is being tracked as CVE-2022-20649. The good news is that Cisco responded with blistering speed and this […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
