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 Gmail Gets New Quick Menu Setting In Update June 2, 2020 by Vertical Axion Google recently announced a change to Gmail that will make it easier for the service’s 2 billion+ users to experiment with different themes, layouts and settings. Even better, users can see the results of their changes before actually applying them. To make use of the new feature, all you have to do is click the […] Read more » Gmail Google Recent News 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
Blog Home Chef Company Data Breach Affected 8 Million Customers May 28, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you a Home Chef customer? If so, be advised that the company recently announced a data breach. It was discovered after the hackers who broke in sold more than 8 million user records on the Dark Web. The group, calling themselves “The Shiny Hunters” has been busy of late. They’ve been selling databases containing […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Chrome Feature Stops Ads That Use Excessive Resources May 26, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, Google announced a change that should be a welcome relief to many users, especially those who surf primarily on laptops or handhelds. Beginning in late August, the browser will automatically unload ad iframes that soak up an excessive amount of computing resources. Advertising is, of course, ubiquitous on the web. There’s little you can […] Read more » Google Recent News Technology News
Blog Update WordPress Pagebuilder Plugin To Avoid Potential Hack May 25, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you use SiteOrigin’s Pagebuilder plugin for WordPress? If so, you’ve got plenty of company. The intuitive, widget-based plugin has been installed more than a million times and is used by webmasters all over the world to create responsive grid pages for websites. Unfortunately, a pair of security flaws in the plugin’s code recently came […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Bandwidth Limits For Updates Coming To Windows 10 Soon May 23, 2020 by Vertical Axion Some Windows 10 updates are big. Most of them range in size from 200-500MB, but some are even larger. This month’s, for example (May 2020), is more than 2GB in size, which is big enough that downloading and installing it can hog all the bandwidth you’ve got. That can easily bring your system to a […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Windows
Blog Preview Now Available For Microsoft’s New Family Safety App May 22, 2020 by Vertical Axion Family safety features have been a part of the Windows 10 experience since its release, and those tools were made available on the Xbox in tandem with the release of Windows 10. You may, in fact, already be using them on your home computer and your Xbox. Unfortunately, similar protections were simply unavailable from Microsoft […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security
Blog Hackers Are Demanding Extra Ransomware Payments From Victims May 21, 2020 by Vertical Axion Hackers who use ransomware to conduct their attacks have a new trick up their sleeves. A ransomware family has begun employing the tactic of not only demanding payment to unlock infected systems, but also demanding an additional payment. They’re demanding an extra payment to keep them from publishing copies of the files they stole before […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
