Blog Thanos Ransomware May Get Around Certain Security Systems June 22, 2020 by Vertical Axion In 2019, a new strain of ransomware called Thanos burst onto the scene and has since been spreading quietly and seeing increased adoption by hackers around the world. The code has been traced to a Russian hacker going by the name Nosophorus, who has been offering the software as ‘Ransomeware-as-a-service’ on Russian-speaking forums on the […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Internet Based Devices May Have Issues Following SSL Certificate Expiration June 20, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, a number of Roku streaming channels mysteriously stopped working, leaving customers scratching their heads trying to figure out what went wrong. After some research, Roku’s support staff discovered that the issue stemmed from a global certificate expiration. They advised impacted customers to update their certificates manually by visiting the company’s website and following the […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Technology Technology News
Blog Update Windows 10 Immediately If You Haven’t Updated Since March June 18, 2020 by Vertical Axion When was the last time you applied a Windows 10 security patch? If you haven’t patched since March 10th, it would be an excellent idea to do so as quickly as possible. Recently, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a dire warning concerning a newly discovered security flaw. The flaw […] Read more » Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
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 Password Text Export Feature Coming To Firefox June 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion Mozilla’s Firefox browser, like most modern browsers, has a built-in password management feature that allows you to save passwords for sites you log into on a regular basis. Since the browser stores the information, that’s one less thing you have to remember. That allows you the convenience of one click access to the sites you […] Read more » Mozilla Firefox Recent News Security 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 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 Monetary Demands Are Skyrocketing For Ransomware Decryptions June 5, 2020 by Vertical Axion Ransomware attacks have evolved quite a lot over the course of the past year, and have become one of the most visible threats organizations of all sizes face. That is, based on recently published research conducted by Group-IB, which analyzed the rapidly changing threat landscape. Their findings should disturb every business owner. Here’s a quick […] Read more » Ransomware Recent News Security
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
