Blog Update NinjaForms In WordPress To Avoid Potential Hack May 15, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you one of the million-plus website owners making use of Ninja Forms for WordPress? If so, be aware that the company has recently patched a serious security flaw that allowed hackers to inject malicious code and take over websites. The attack is accomplished via a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) that leads to a Stored […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Security Technology News
Blog Tweets Can No Longer Be Sent From SMS To Twitter May 14, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you use Twitter on a regular basis, then you probably saw the official tweet from the company. Effective immediately, they’ve shut down the functionality that allowed users to tweet via SMS, something that has been a part of the platform since its earliest days. For the time being, the company is keeping SMS-based two-factor […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Social Networking Technology News Twitter
Blog Microsoft Edge Update Will Benefit Security And Remote Workers May 13, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft is working hard to improve its Edge browser, and the latest beta build (Dev version 84.0.495.2) has a lot to be excited about. Most of the benefits are aimed at security and remote employees. There are three new updates, and they involve a security improvement, ease with profile switching, and a few miscellaneous improvements. […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Security
Blog Illegal Movie Downloads Can Give Your Device Malware May 9, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’re like a lot of people stuck at home during the pandemic, you probably ran out of Netflix titles to watch a couple of weeks ago. As a result, researchers have noted a huge surge in traffic to torrent sites as more and more people are drawn to downloading movies illegally in search of […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog WiFi 6e Should Be A Big Improvement To Crowded Wifi Spaces May 8, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’re like a lot of people, right now, you’re doing what work you can from home. If that’s the case, you’ve probably noticed that your home WiFi network is struggling. The current signal spectrum is getting awfully crowded, and its beginning to impact performance. That’s exactly why the FCC recently approved a new connection […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Technology News
Blog Payment Protection And Stimulus Programs Are Being Used By Scammers May 7, 2020 by Vertical Axion Just about everyone in the country has been negatively impacted by the pandemic. That is why the government is sending relief via the Payment Protection Program, the stimulus program, and other programs. These programs are aimed directly at small and medium sized businesses to help keep them afloat until life can get back to normal. […] Read more » General Interest Security Technology News
Blog Microsoft’s Edge Browser To Release New Features May 6, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft recently re-reinvented its web browser. After finally giving up on bug-plagued Internet Explorer, the company introduced Microsoft Edge, which it hoped would take the internet community by storm. When that didn’t happen, they re-introduced Edge, this time as a Chromium-based browser, which essentially made it a Google Chrome clone. The company is clearly not […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Uncategorized
Blog Google Is Adding Verification Policy For Online Ads May 5, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, Google announced they were making some important changes to their rules governing online ads. They’re adding verifications that they normally reserve for political advertisements,. This step is in a bid to combat what many industry experts are calling an ‘Infodemic’ of bad information, fake cures, and false hopes arising from the chaos surrounding the […] Read more » General Interest Google Recent News Technology News
Blog Microsoft Stopped Hackers Using GIFs To Access User Data May 4, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft Teams (which is the company’s Enterprise chat app) isn’t all business. Like most other chat apps, it allows those who use it to send amusing animated Gif images. Unfortunately, that proved to be problematic. Recently, researchers from CyberArk discovered a serious security issue with Teams that allowed hackers to exploit the Gif function to […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Trickbot Leads The Pack In COVID-19 Malware May 1, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, security companies all over the world have seen a surge in spam, hacking, and scam campaigns that are taking advantage of the fear and confusion surrounding the global pandemic. They’re using promises of COVID-19 information and access to pandemic-related equipment as hooks to lure people into clicking on links or downloading poisoned files. Although […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Security
