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
Blog Mandatory Two Factor Authentication Coming To Ring Devices February 29, 2020 by Vertical Axion Finally, a smart device manufacturer is taking device security seriously, and that’s great news indeed. You may recall reading about a serious issue with Ring security systems recently. The news was that the security issue allowed hackers to commandeer user systems and spy on them. The hackers were sending the users messages and making disturbing […] Read more » Branding General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Dangerous Malware Is Disguising Itself As Fortnite Launcher February 27, 2020 by Vertical Axion LokiBot burst onto the scene in 2015, and has earned a reputation as being a powerful. This fearsome trojan is being distributed in a new way that poses a very real threat to targets of all shapes and sizes. The latest campaign emulates the launcher for Epic Games, which is the developer behind the game […] Read more » Gaming General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Dashlane Password Manager Removed From Google For Privacy Issues February 26, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you use the Dashlane Chrome web extension to help you manage your passwords? If so, you’re not alone. The extension has more than three million users based on download stats. Unfortunately, Google recently announced that they took the extension down from the store temporarily because of issues with the “Use of Permissions and User […] Read more » Chrome Google Recent News Security
Blog Old School Virus Called KBOT Is Hitting Networks February 25, 2020 by Vertical Axion There was a day when worms were once common, terrifying threats on the internet. In the early days of the world wide web, there were a number of famous attacks that were considered highly advanced for their time. Time and technology have moved on of course, and these days, modern malware is significantly more advanced. […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
