Blog Only 33 Percent Of People Change Password After Data Breach June 13, 2020 by Vertical Axion A new study was published by researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University’s Security and Privacy Institute and was presented at the 2020 IEEE Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection. The study has grim news for IT Security Professionals. The key finding in the report is that only about one third of users will change their […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog A List Of Devices That Will Support The iOS 14 Update June 11, 2020 by Vertical Axion By the time you read these words, Apple will likely be previewing iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 at the all-virtual WWDC 2020. While the latest version of Apple’s OS will no doubt be packed with features you’ll love, unfortunately, it may not be compatible with some older iPhones and iPads. That could mean you’ll have […] Read more » Apple General Interest iPhone Technology News
Blog Major Security Flaw Found In Some Cisco Routers June 10, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, Cisco disclosed the existence of four serious security flaws in their routers that use iOS and iOS XE software. One of the four, CVE-2020-3227 is rated at a severity of 9.8 out of 10. It allows a remote attacker without credentials to execute commands to the operating software without proper authorization, which in turn, […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Recent News Security Technology
Blog Lawsuit Claims Google Private Browsing Isn’t Really Private June 9, 2020 by Vertical Axion Google is in hot water with a complaint filed to the District Court of Northern California. The complaint alleges that the tech giant tracks users’ browsing data and a variety of other identifying information via Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, and a variety of other applications. It tracks data even when users are accessing the […] Read more » Chrome General Interest Google Security Technology News
Blog PonyFinal Is Another New Ransomware To Watch Out For June 8, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft recently issued a security advisory about a new strain of ransomware that’s been cropping up with increasing frequency in India, Iran and the US. Called PonyFinal, one of the things that differentiates this strain from the pack is that it’s deployed in what the company describes as human-operated ransomware attacks. Most of the ransomware […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Old LiveJournal Database Breach Is Now Being Leaked Online June 6, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you have an account on LiveJournal? If so, you may have heard the persistent rumors that have been circulating since 2014 that the company was breached and some 33 million user records were stolen. To this day, LiveJournal denies that they were breached. Unfortunately, this month (May, 2020), a database containing 33,717,787 records, each […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Major WiFi Updates Came To Windows 10 Recently June 4, 2020 by Vertical Axion Great news for the legions of Windows 10 users around the world. Version 2004 comes with a significant WiFi update that includes Wi-Fi6 and WPA3 support, which will give users better wireless performance and increased security. That’s great news, but of course, there’s a catch. In order to make use of WiFi 6, you’ll need […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Hackers Set Their Sights On Cloud Services June 3, 2020 by Vertical Axion Thanks to the pandemic, tens of millions of people are working from home. Even before then, the Cloud was experiencing a tremendous amount of growth, but since shelter in place orders were issued by many governments around the world, growth has absolutely skyrocketed. This has drawn the attention of a number of hacking groups, which […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Wishbone App Database Leaked To Public By Hacker June 1, 2020 by Vertical Axion The hacking group calling themselves ‘The Shiny Hunters’ has been busy. Recently, they put databases containing user records from eleven different companies up for sale on the Dark Web, including a massive database containing some 40 million records belonging to the popular Wishbone app. Wishbone is a social media platform that’s especially popular among children. […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Data Breach Affected Some Bank Of America Loan Applicants May 30, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’re like many business owners, you may have recently applied for a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) which was one of the COVID-19 relief funds established by the Federal government in response to the global pandemic. If you applied for that loan through Bank of America, be advised that the company recently […] Read more » Business & Finance Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security
