Blog PC Users Beware Of Downloader For Zoom Created By Hackers May 11, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you working from home right now? If so, you’re certainly not alone. Tens of millions of people are doing the same, and there are untold millions around the world doing likewise. Working from home presents a host of new challenges, not the least of which is finding ways of communicating face to face without […] Read more » Business Advice Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
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 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 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 Another Text Bug Could Crash Your iPhone May 2, 2020 by Vertical Axion The more things change, the more they stay the same. When Apple released iOS 11 a few years back, the company had a serious issue revolving around text messages and foreign language character sets. In that earlier case, the problem revolved around a certain string of Sindhi characters that had the result of locking the […] Read more » iPhone 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
Blog Some Smart WiFi Linksys Routers May Need A Password Reset April 30, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you have a home network, odds are good that you use a Linksys router. In fact, it’s a brand that a great many small and medium sized businesses rely on as well. With that in mind, be advised that recently, the company locked user accounts on its Smart WiFi cloud service. The company is […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Agent Tesla Malware Steals WiFi Passwords From Infected Users April 29, 2020 by Vertical Axion A few new variants of the Agent Tesla info-stealer malware have been spotted in the wild and should be on your radar if they’re not already. The new variants are more dangerous than previous versions of the malware. They now sport a module that enables them to scrape WiFi passwords from devices they invest. That […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Gmail Blocks Millions Of COVID-19 Phishing Emails Daily April 28, 2020 by Vertical Axion Google’s popular Gmail service has been busy. In a typical day, the company’s email system blocks more than a hundred million phishing emails. During the last week alone, the company reports that their system saw a massive spike in phishing emails related to COVID-19, with more than 18 million such messages being blocked in just […] Read more » Gmail Google Phishing Recent News Security
Blog Hackers Stopped With Help of Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit April 27, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) recently played an instrumental role in taking down a botnet made up of more than 400,000 devices. A botnet is a tool that hackers use to invade systems. The botnets were rented out to a variety of groups to conduct DDoS attacks, launch phishing campaigns, and deliver a variety of […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News Uncategorized
