Blog Major Data Breach At Robinhood Is Affecting Millions November 10, 2021 by Vertical Axion Do you buy stocks via the no-cost RobinHood platform? If so be advised that the company has recently disclosed a massive data breach estimated to impact more than seven million customers. The attack against RobinHood’s networks occurred on November 3rd. It happened after an unidentified threat actor called the company’s customer support line and utilized […] Read more » Cryptocurrency Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Links In Stories Now Available For All Instagram Users November 10, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you’re not an Instagram user you may not have heard of ‘Stories.’ They are vertical photos or videos with a duration of no more than fifteen seconds per clip. You can post multiple 15 second clips in a row as well. The unique part is that they vanish after 24 hours of posting. Stories […] Read more » Business & Finance Facebook General Interest Instagram New Technology Recent News Social Networking Technology News
Blog Hackers Turn To New Trick Called SEO Poisoning November 9, 2021 by Vertical Axion Hackers have a new tool in their toolbox you should be aware of. Called SEO Poisoning or sometimes “search poisoning” the attack relies on Black Hat SEO techniques to optimize web content. Researchers from Menlo Security have spotted two separate campaigns one linked to the SolarMarker backdoor and the other leveraging REvil ransomware to infect […] Read more » Browsers General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Facebook Is Changing Its Name And Here’s The Details November 8, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently one of the biggest companies on the web got a name change when the Facebook CEO announced that the company would henceforth be known as ‘Meta.’ Here’s what you need to know: First and foremost nothing at all will change about the company’s iconic social media platform. It will still be known as Facebook. […] Read more » Facebook General Interest New Technology Recent News Social Networking Technology News
Blog New TodayZoo Phishing Campaign Is Going After Passwords November 6, 2021 by Vertical Axion Microsoft recently reported on the existence of an unusual phishing campaign designed primarily to harvest the passwords of unsuspecting victims. One of the things that makes the campaign so unusual is the fact that it appears to be built by using bits of code copied and pasted from the work of other hackers. Call it […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog This Mac Malware Should Have Users Worried November 5, 2021 by Vertical Axion Researchers from Microsoft have reported the discovery of a new variant of macOS malware called WizardUpdate. The new version should worry all Mac users because it has been upgraded to incorporate enhanced evasion and persistence tactics that will make it more difficult to track, locate and ultimately stop. WizardUpdate is also known as UpdateAgent and […] Read more » Apple General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft New Technology Recent News Security
Blog Some Microsoft Operating System Updates Will Expire November 4, 2021 by Vertical Axion Are you in the habit of not upgrading your Windows OS on a regular basis? If you are then when you get around to it you may find that you’ve got a rather long backlog of updates to apply. The process can take quite some time and involve a number of system restarts to complete […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Windows
Blog Google Adds Feature To Help People Focus November 3, 2021 by Vertical Axion Google has taken another step in a long series of steps designed to improve the lives of everyone who uses their ecosystem of products. In this case the company has added a new feature to Google Calendar. Called “Focus Time” and it’s an event setting that seeks to help people block out time free from […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Google Google Apps New Technology Recent News
Blog End To End Encryption Comes To Microsoft Teams November 2, 2021 by Vertical Axion In a bid to further bolster security Microsoft has recently announced the roll-out of end to end encryption for one to one Microsoft Teams calls. Teams already encrypts user data both in transit and at rest and it allows IT admins to establish automatic transcription and recording of all video calls. Microsoft had this to […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Security
Blog Criminals Are Using YouTube Video Channels To Spread Malware November 1, 2021 by Vertical Axion YouTube has long been a hunting ground used by hackers and scammers to push all manner of hoaxes, scams and malicious code onto unsuspecting users. A security researcher known only as Frost is working for Cluster 25. Frost has reported a significant uptick in the number of malware campaigns orchestrated from YouTube. Overwhelmingly these campaigns […] Read more » General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News YouTube
