Blog Last Year Microsoft Blocked More Than 25 Billion Hacker Attacks February 19, 2022 by Vertical Axion Individual users often don’t have a good sense of the scope and scale of hacking attacks around the world. The numbers may shock you. According to Microsoft, in 2021 the company blocked more than 25.6 billion brute force authentication attacks against Azure AD users. They also and intercepted a staggering 35.7 billion phishing emails with […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Security Technology News Windows
Blog More Scammers Are Using Social Media To Target Victims February 18, 2022 by Vertical Axion An increasing number of scammers are using social media to target victims and relying on social engineering tricks to convince people to part with their personal information or money. The problem has grown serious enough that the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has issued a formal warning to consumers. According to a recently released FTC report: […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Instagram Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog Microsoft Defender Adds Cross Platform Mobile Protections February 17, 2022 by Vertical Axion Microsoft recently announced an important upgrade to Microsoft Defender. It now supports vulnerability management for both Android and iOS. The company’s announcement reads in part as follows: “With this new cross-platform coverage, threat and vulnerability management capabilities now support all major device platforms across the organization – spanning workstations, servers, and mobile devices. Threat and […] Read more » Android General Interest iPhone Microsoft New Technology Security
Blog Mac Malware Is Becoming A Bigger Threat For Users February 16, 2022 by Vertical Axion In late 2020 a new strain of malware called UpdateAgent appeared and began infecting Mac users. Initially the strain wasn’t all that worrisome. It stole system information but it was by no means the worst threat on a Mac user’s radar. Since that time, the hackers behind the malicious code have been busy. UpdateAgent has […] Read more » Apple General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Additional Security Recently Added To Office 365 February 15, 2022 by Vertical Axion Back in September of 2020 Microsoft announced that it was experimenting with the addition of SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS) support to Exchange Online. This was done in a bid to ensure the email communication and security of their Office 365 customers. In a recent statement by the company the Exchange Online Transport Team […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Android Malware Steals Data And Factory Resets Phones February 14, 2022 by Vertical Axion BRATA malware was first spotted in the wilds by Kaspersky back in 2019. Its earliest incarnation saw it targeting e-banking users and it was designed to steal banking and login credentials of anyone infected. That’s undeniably bad but according to researchers the latest version of BRATA has gotten downright nasty. Security professionals have discovered a […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Security Technology News
Blog Suspicious Files Get New Warnings In Google Drive February 12, 2022 by Vertical Axion If you have Google Drive, there’s good news. The company has recently announced that soon they’ll be rolling out a new feature to help alert users to the presence of suspicious documents. Google Drive users will soon start seeing banners alerting them to possible dangers This will serve as an additional layer of defense that […] Read more » General Interest Google Google Apps Security Technology News
Blog High Profile Instagram Accounts Being Held For Ransom By Hackers February 11, 2022 by Vertical Axion Hackers have recently hit upon a new money-making scheme. Some groups have started breaking into Instagram accounts belonging to people with high numbers of followers. They are then holding those accounts hostage until the owner agrees to pay the ransom. In some cases, the hackers are charging as much as $40,000 USD to return an […] Read more » General Interest Instagram Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog Dark Herring Subscription Scam Affected Millions Of Android Users February 10, 2022 by Vertical Axion Google partner Zimperium zLabs has recently discovered a sophisticated scam targeting more than 100 million Android users. The scam has been in operation right under Google’s nose for nearly two years. The scam has now been shut down by Google but while it was in operation, it spanned some 470 Android apps on the Play […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Security Technology News
Blog Apple Released A Fix For Multiple Zero Day Exploits February 9, 2022 by Vertical Axion There’s good news for Apple users. The company has been busy and has recently released security updates that address two Zero-Day vulnerabilities. These are security flaws that could be exploited by hackers to cause no end of trouble to anybody running macOS or iOS. The first Zero-Day addressed is being tracked as CVE-2022-22587 and is […] Read more » Apple General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Security
