Blog Update Adobe Acrobat Reader To Patch Security Issue November 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion A lot of people have a complicated relationship with Adobe Acrobat reader. On the one hand, it’s an undeniably useful piece of software and one of the most widely installed and used on the planet. There’s simply no better and more convenient way to view PDFs, no matter what kind of device you’re using. On […] Read more » Adobe General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Office 365 Exchange Users Get Disposable Email Feature November 10, 2020 by Vertical Axion During the 2019 Microsoft Ignite convention, the company announced a new feature they were planning to add to Exchange Online. The new feature, dubbed “plus addressing” would give Office 365 Exchange users the ability to create a potentially unlimited number of disposable email addresses using a + delimiter. That’s handy, given that so many sites […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Recent News Technology News
Blog For Security, Windows 10 Update Removes Adobe Flash Player November 9, 2020 by Vertical Axion In September of this year, Microsoft announced that they would soon be releasing an optional update designed to remove the Adobe Flash Player from any machine applying the update, and rendering it impossible for Flash to be reinstalled on that device. It’s easy to understand how and why the company reached the decision to do […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Notification To Update Microsoft Word Could Be Hidden Malware November 7, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’ve spent any time at all surveying the threat landscape, then you’re almost certainly familiar with the name Emotet. As one of the largest malware botnets on the planet, it’s dangerous and then some, and its tentacles extend to every corner of the globe. There’s nowhere on earth you can go that Emotet can’t […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Government Warns Increase In Cyber Attacks Targeting Hospitals November 6, 2020 by Vertical Axion Is your business in any way affiliated with or connected to the healthcare industry? If so, be advised that recently, the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a statement in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services warning of an “Increased and Imminent Cybercrime Threat.” According to […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Amazon Employee Responsible For User Data Breach November 5, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, one or more Amazon employees disclosed customer email addresses to an unknown third party, prompting Amazon to send a notification email out to impacted customers which reads as follows: “We are writing to let you know that your e-mail address was disclosed by an Amazon employee to a third-party in violation of our policies. […] Read more » Amazon Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Some Popular Android Apps Found To Include Malware November 4, 2020 by Vertical Axion Google does an admirable job of keeping its sprawling Play Store free of apps containing malware. Their verification system is world-class. That said, no system is perfect, and that includes Google’s. In recent months, the company has removed nearly a hundred apps that made it through their various gateways and checkpoints while containing all manner […] Read more » Android Google Apps Recent News Security Technology News
Blog This New Ransomware Can Infect A Network In Just Minutes November 3, 2020 by Vertical Axion Not all ransomware strains are created equally. Some are designed as slow burns that will infect a target system, expanding its reach for days, or even weeks before striking and locking your business critical files. Others are designed to hit fast and hard. Lockbit definitely falls into this latter category, based on a detailed analysis […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Photoshop Testing Security For Images To Prevent Theft And Fakes October 31, 2020 by Vertical Axion Deep Fakes are becoming an increasingly large problem. If you’re not familiar with the term, a Deep Fake is an advanced photo or video technique in which an existing person in a video is digitally overwritten by some other person. Want to make it look like a wholesome actress has a porn video on the […] Read more » Adobe General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Mac And Android Added To GravityRAT Malware’s Targets October 31, 2020 by Vertical Axion Malware comes in all shapes and sizes. Some strains copy and encrypt files. Others serve annoying ads. Still others work quietly in the background, mining this or that cryptocurrency using your computer’s processing power to do it. GravityRAT is a different sort of creature. It has been actively developed since at least 2015 by Pakistani […] Read more » Android iPhone Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
