Blog E-Mail From Department Of Labor Could Be Phishing Attack February 7, 2022 by Vertical Axion There is a new phishing campaign to keep a watchful eye on according to email security firm INKY. It’s a particularly fiendish one. The attackers have designed an email template that does an admirable job of imitating the look and feel of emails sent from the US Department of Labor. These are being sent out […] Read more » General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Vulnerability In This Cisco Software Could Allow Hackers Access February 5, 2022 by Vertical Axion Cisco recently discovered a critical security flaw in their Cisco Redundancy Configuration Manager (RCM) for Cisco StarOS. The vulnerability allowed an attacker to execute code arbitrarily and gain root-level access on any device suffering from the vulnerability which is being tracked as CVE-2022-20649. The good news is that Cisco responded with blistering speed and this […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog This Plugin Could Put Your WordPress Site At Risk February 4, 2022 by Vertical Axion The WP HTML Mail plugin has been installed on more than 20,000 websites. If you’ve built a WordPress site for your business and you use that plugin, be aware that you are at risk. A high severity security flaw was recently discovered in the plugin that could allow an attacker to perform a code injection […] Read more » Business Advice Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Support Comes To An End For iOS 14 For iPhone Devices February 3, 2022 by Vertical Axion When Apple first released iOS 15 they posted a promise on their website. That promise was: “If you’re using iOS or iPadOS 14.5 or later, you might now see the option to choose between two software update versions. This option allows you to choose between updating to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS 15 […] Read more » Apple General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Top 10 Brands That Phishing Attackers Use To Scam Users February 2, 2022 by Vertical Axion Scammers delight in impersonating government agencies and well-known brands to lure email recipients into giving up their personal information. That information is then either exploited directly or sold to the highest bidder on the Dark Web. Have you ever wondered which agencies, companies or brands are the most imitated by these attackers? Whether you have […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Apple Safari Bug May Leak Personal Information And History February 1, 2022 by Vertical Axion There was a recently discovered issue with the way the IndexedDB API was implemented in Safari’s WebKit engine. This is giving IT professionals who work in an environment dominated by Apple products heartburn. The faulty implementation allows or could allow an attacker to intercept leaking browser activity in real time including the user IDs associated […] Read more » Apple Data Breach General Interest Security
Blog New Malware Can Infect Linux, Mac, Or Windows Users January 31, 2022 by Vertical Axion There’s a new strain of malware called SysJoker to be mindful of. It’s especially dangerous because it can target Windows, Mac or Linux systems. That makes it an equal opportunity strain. Researchers at Intezer are credited with discovering the malware in the wild in December of 2021 during an investigation of an attack on a […] Read more » Apple General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Recent News Security Technology Tips
Blog Ransomware Attack Wreaks Havoc On Prison Employees And Inmates January 28, 2022 by Vertical Axion Chalk up another first for the hackers. For the first time that we know of, a successful hacking attack caused prisoners in New Mexico to be confined to their cells for a time. The Metropolitan Detention Center in Bernalillo County, New Mexico went into lockdown on January 5th of this year (2022) when hackers infiltrated […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New iOS Update Provides Fix For HomeKit Brick Issue January 25, 2022 by Vertical Axion If you have an iPhone by now you’ve almost certainly heard of the security flaw in the HomeKit protocol which allows Apple users to discover and control a wide range of Smart Devices in their home from the HomeKit dashboard. The recently discovered security flaw dubbed “DoorLock” allows an attacker to essentially brick your phone […] Read more » Apple General Interest iPhone Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Blackberry Device Support Is Now Officially Gone January 24, 2022 by Vertical Axion You may find many people who would argue that the iconic Blackberry was ahead of its time. It was in many ways the godfather of the entire smartphone industry. When it was initially released it was an absolute game changer. Of course, time allowed other companies including tech giants Apple and Google to catch up […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
