Blog Over 4,000 Online Shopping Retailers Hit With Data Breach December 8, 2021 by Vertical Axion The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has identified more than 4,000 different retailers that have been compromised by hackers exploiting known vulnerabilities on checkout pages in order to divert payments and steal payment card details. The NCSC has been quietly alerting vulnerable retailers over the past 18 months. Based on the data gathered by […] Read more » Business & Finance Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Hackers Hit Wind Energy Provider With Ransomware December 6, 2021 by Vertical Axion Vestas Wind Systems is one of the leaders in wind turbine manufacturing in North America with 40,000 MW currently installed and another 36,000 MW under service in both the US and Canada. Recently the company published a breach notification indicating that they had been the subject of a successful cyber attack which occurred on Friday, […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Large GoDaddy Data Breach Involves WordPress Customer Email Adresses December 4, 2021 by Vertical Axion Are you a GoDaddy customer? Do you maintain a WordPress blog with the company? If so be advised that the company recently announced a breach of their network. An as yet unidentified third party accessed GoDaddy’s Managed WordPress hosting environment. Based on the investigation to date the intrusion began on September 6, 2021. While taking […] Read more » Business & Finance Business Advice Data Breach General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Beware Certain Sites Because Of TSA PreCheck Renewal Scam December 3, 2021 by Vertical Axion According to a report recently released by Abnormal Security there’s been a huge upsurge of instances of people getting scammed after visiting what they thought were Global Entry, NEXUS, and TSA PreCheck service sites. The issue is that scammers are building very convincing fakes of these types of sites and charging busy travelers $140 for […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
Blog Android Malware Named MasterFred Seeks User App Login Information November 27, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you have an Android device be aware that there’s a new strain of malware out there. Called MasterFred this new malware utilizes well-constructed fake login overlays in order to steal the login and credit card information for Twitter Instagram and Netflix users. A sample of the code was submitted to VirusTotal in June of […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Most Bait Phishing Attacks Target Gmail Accounts November 26, 2021 by Vertical Axion A new report by Barracuda was recently published. It revealed that the vast majority of baiting email attacks conducted this year were done via G-mail accounts. The firm surveyed 10,500 different organizations and found that more than a third (35 percent) of them received at least one bait attack email in September 2021 alone. That’s […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Gmail Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security
Blog Update Microsoft Exchange Server For Important Security Patch November 23, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you use Exchange Server to handle your company’s email then you’re probably already aware that a critical security flaw has been discovered that puts the server at risk. The issue is being tracked as CVE-2021-42321 and impacts both Exchange Server 2016 and 2019. Even worse is that Microsoft reports that this issue has been […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Linux Users Are Getting Some Security Help From Microsoft November 20, 2021 by Vertical Axion Open-source applications don’t get much in the way of protection. However in recent years Microsoft has taken steps to change that and especially as it relates to Linux. A few months back the company expanded those protections by adding endpoint detection and response (EDR) to Defender for Endpoint. More recently Microsoft added that capability for […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Facebook Will End Facial Recognition Program November 18, 2021 by Vertical Axion Facebook has seen no end of trouble lately and has been called before Congress multiple times over the past year to explain themselves and their policies. This is all happening as the US tries desperately to stem the unending tide of mis-information and dis-information and do more to protect children and teens. This is all […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog Microsoft Windows 7 And 8 OneDrive Support Is Ending November 16, 2021 by Vertical Axion Are you a OneDrive user running Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1? If so be aware that on January 1st, 2022 your OneDrive desktop application will reach end of support. The company offered the following by way of explanation: “In order to focus resources on new technologies and operating systems and to provide users […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Security Windows
