Blog Recent Data Breach Affects Some Walgreens Mobile App Users March 19, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you a Walgreens customer? Do you make use of the company’s mobile app, available for both Android and iOS devices? If so, be advised that the company recently disclosed a serious flaw in the app that inadvertently leaked both Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Personal Health Information (PHI). The information was in the form […] Read more » Android Branding General Interest Security Technology News
Blog T-Mobile Is The Latest To Get Hit By Data Breach March 17, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you a T-Mobile customer? If so, be advised, the company recently published a Notice of Data Breach on their website to inform all clients that an email vendor they utilize was hacked. The notice said that the hack exposed the financial and personal information of a small fraction of the company’s customers. In addition […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Phone Call And Text Phishing Scams Are On The Rise March 16, 2020 by Vertical Axion For the last couple of years, the primary means of communication when conducting phishing campaigns has been email. Phishing emails have been absolutely rampant. So much so that people are increasingly on their guard against them. Naturally, this prompts scammers to change their tactics, switching things up a bit to catch people by surprise. In […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Phishing Security Technology News
Blog New Phishing Emails Trick Users With Convincing Security Credentials March 14, 2020 by Vertical Axion Unit 42 is a research division of Palo Alto Networks. Their researchers have discovered a sneaky and surprisingly effective phishing campaign that appears to have been launched in January of this year (2020). When targeted by this attack, a user will get an email containing a braded document containing the name of a legitimate cybersecurity […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Phishing Security Technology News
Blog Facebook Is Fighting Back Against Spam Accounts March 13, 2020 by Vertical Axion Unless you’re plugged into the world of social media, you may not realize it. There’s a war on, and until recently, it was a war that Facebook was losing. The war is being fought with billions of fake accounts being used to fundamentally alter the social media landscape. It is influencing the kinds of content […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog JCrew Retailer Customers May Have Had Information Accessed March 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion Another week, another data breach. This time, the target being US clothing retailer J. Crew. The company announced that sometime in April of 2019, an unknown group of hackers utilized a credential stuffing attack to breach one of the company’s databases and accessed some of its customer account data. Credential stuffing, as you may know, […] Read more » Branding Data Breach General Interest Security Technology News
Blog New Android Malware Can Get Past Two-Factor Authentication March 11, 2020 by Vertical Axion Since 2010, Google has been doing its part to help keep its massive user base safe. They introduced a small but critical service called Google Authenticator, which is used by a number of online accounts as a two-factor authentication layer. Google launched the service as an alternative to SMS-based one-time pass codes. While SMS-based codes […] Read more » Android Business Advice Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Facial Recognition Company Hacked, Leaking Billions Of Photos March 9, 2020 by Vertical Axion Photos are a new kind of currency, and gaining in value. Clearview AI is a facial recognition startup used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies around the country. The company was hacked, giving the hackers access to literally billions of photographs. In addition to the images themselves, the hackers gained access to Clearview’s customer list. […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Emails Pretending To Be Secret Admirers Could Be Ransomware March 6, 2020 by Vertical Axion Nemty Ransomware isn’t an especially well-known threat, but it’s dangerous and should not be discounted. Recently, researchers have discovered an ongoing spam-email driven campaign that’s attempting to spread the ransomware far and wide. An unknown group of hackers are sending out what appear to be love letters from secret admirers in a broad pattern. They […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security
Blog Tax Information Theft Is On The Rise This Year March 4, 2020 by Vertical Axion It’s tax season, and if you’re like many people, you make use of one of the numerous e-file platforms offered by TurboTax, TaxAct, and similar companies. Unfortunately, tax season also presents a tremendous opportunity for hackers. So much that the IRS has issued a formal warning to accountants and taxpayers alike, urging them to enable […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security
