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 Support Comes To An End For iOS 14 For iPhone Devices February 3, 2022 by Vertical Axion When Apple first released iOS 15 they posted a promise on their website. That promise was: “If you’re using iOS or iPadOS 14.5 or later, you might now see the option to choose between two software update versions. This option allows you to choose between updating to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS 15 […] Read more » Apple 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
Blog Apple Safari Bug May Leak Personal Information And History February 1, 2022 by Vertical Axion There was a recently discovered issue with the way the IndexedDB API was implemented in Safari’s WebKit engine. This is giving IT professionals who work in an environment dominated by Apple products heartburn. The faulty implementation allows or could allow an attacker to intercept leaking browser activity in real time including the user IDs associated […] Read more » Apple Data Breach General Interest Security
Blog New Malware Can Infect Linux, Mac, Or Windows Users January 31, 2022 by Vertical Axion There’s a new strain of malware called SysJoker to be mindful of. It’s especially dangerous because it can target Windows, Mac or Linux systems. That makes it an equal opportunity strain. Researchers at Intezer are credited with discovering the malware in the wild in December of 2021 during an investigation of an attack on a […] Read more » Apple General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Recent News Security Technology Tips
Blog Report Says PC Sales Went Up Ten Percent In 2021 January 29, 2022 by Vertical Axion According to the latest Gartner’s statistics, a total of 339.8 million personal computers were shipped in 2021. That was up from 309.1 million in 2020 which amounts to about 10 percent growth in the market. The company noted that the fourth quarter of 2021 saw a 5 percent drop compared to last year, which may […] Read more » Apple General Interest Google Microsoft Recent News Technology News
Blog Ransomware Attack Wreaks Havoc On Prison Employees And Inmates January 28, 2022 by Vertical Axion Chalk up another first for the hackers. For the first time that we know of, a successful hacking attack caused prisoners in New Mexico to be confined to their cells for a time. The Metropolitan Detention Center in Bernalillo County, New Mexico went into lockdown on January 5th of this year (2022) when hackers infiltrated […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New PCIe 6 Standard Brings Speeds Two Times Faster January 27, 2022 by Vertical Axion For those that aren’t aware, PCI SIG is short for the PCI Special Interests Group. They have just announced the release of the latest PCI Express (PCIe) specification which is called PCIe 6.0. It has the entire industry abuzz. Standards aren’t usually all that exciting but, in this case, it’s a very big deal. That’s […] Read more » Business & Finance Gaming General Interest New Technology Recent News Technology News
Blog Live Captioned Language Translation Comes To Google Meet January 26, 2022 by Vertical Axion Google is once again raising the bar where messaging and team meeting software is concerned. The company just rolled out the first phase of its new live translation service for Meet users after months of beta testing the feature. Naturally this is the first step in a long process, so there are some limitations and […] Read more » General Interest Google Google Apps Microsoft New Technology
Blog New iOS Update Provides Fix For HomeKit Brick Issue January 25, 2022 by Vertical Axion If you have an iPhone by now you’ve almost certainly heard of the security flaw in the HomeKit protocol which allows Apple users to discover and control a wide range of Smart Devices in their home from the HomeKit dashboard. The recently discovered security flaw dubbed “DoorLock” allows an attacker to essentially brick your phone […] Read more » Apple General Interest iPhone Recent News Security Technology News
