Blog What Caused The Major Facebook Outage? October 23, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you use Facebook then you are no doubt aware that recently the company experienced an outage that took the site offline for several hours. Many people initially assumed that the company had been hacked. However as the outage continued there were none of the telltale signs of an attack. The outage impacted all of […] Read more » Business & Finance Facebook General Interest Instagram Recent News Social Networking Technology Technology News
Blog Twitch Hack Was Much Bigger Than Expected October 22, 2021 by Vertical Axion Are you a gamer or do you broadcast on Twitch for some other reason? If so be aware that the platform was recently hacked and the amount of information the attackers made off with is much more substantial than was originally estimated. Some of the data has now been leaked by an anonymous user on […] Read more » Data Breach Gaming General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Some AMD Chips Aren’t Performing Well With Windows 11 October 21, 2021 by Vertical Axion Do you have a computer powered by an AMD chipset? Are you excited to upgrade to Windows 11? If you answered yes to both of those questions you should know that at present some AMD processors are struggling to run Windows 11 smoothly. In fact a few processors have seen performance drops of up to […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Technology News Windows 11
Blog Google Forcing Accounts To Use Two Factor Authentication October 20, 2021 by Vertical Axion Google recently announced that they’re planning to auto-enroll some 150 million user accounts into two factor authentication (2FA). The company prefers the term two-step verification (2SV). The company had this to say about the planned move: “…because we know the best way to keep our users safe is to turn on our security protections by […] Read more » General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection New Technology Recent News Security
Blog New Firefox Browser Feature Appears To Be Adware October 19, 2021 by Vertical Axion With the release of Firefox 92 back in September Mozilla made a change that may well doom the browser. If you use Firefox you have probably already noticed it. When you start typing an address you will find sponsored Firefox contextual suggestions in a drop-down list. In simplest terms companies pay a premium to get […] Read more » Browsers General Interest Mozilla Firefox Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Hackers Can Take Control Of Some Electronic Diabetic Devices October 18, 2021 by Vertical Axion Medical equipment provider Medtronic has issued an urgent recall order for insulin pump controllers belonging to their “MiniMed Paradigm” family. The company cited serious cyber security risks as the reason for the recall. The models in question are MMT-500 and MMT-503 which is used in conjunction with the Medtronic MiniMed 508 pump. Overall more than […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Dangerous Android Malware Is Infecting Millions October 16, 2021 by Vertical Axion Researchers from Zimperium zLabs have detected a nasty, dangerous, global malware campaign that has managed to infect more than 10 million Android devices from around the world in more than 70 different countries. As with most malware campaigns this one relies on social engineering to spread. The first stage of the infection process is that […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Sneaky Malware Stealing Sensitive Gamer Information On Gaming Sites October 15, 2021 by Vertical Axion Are you a gamer? Do you have an account on Steam, EA Origin, or the Epic Games Store? If so there’s an emerging threat you should be aware of. A new strain of malware is now being sold on the Dark Web. Discovered by researchers operating out of Kaspersky Labs the new malware strain has […] Read more » Gaming General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Hackers Find Security Vulnerability With Apple Pay October 14, 2021 by Vertical Axion Do you have an iPhone? Do you make use of the Apple Pay service? If so there is a security issue you need to be aware of. Researchers have discovered a means by which fraudulent payments can be made from a locked iPhone. Two conditions must be true for the flaw to be exploited. The […] Read more » Apple General Interest iPhone Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Google Is The Most Popular Search Result On Bing October 13, 2021 by Vertical Axion It’s good to be the King and in the world of search Google is the undisputed King. That fact has made the tech giant something of a target however. Google has been sued repeatedly and investigated by both the US Congress and the EU’s General Court owing to its dominant position in the realm of […] Read more » Chrome General Interest Google Microsoft Recent News Technology News
