Blog Google Improves Android Feature To Change Compromised Passwords June 7, 2021 by Vertical Axion Several months back, Google introduced a new feature to its Chrome browser that searched a user’s stored passwords, comparing them against a list of known compromised passwords. The best part is they are alerting the user if any of the passwords they have saved have been compromised. It’s an excellent feature and definitely helps to […] Read more » Android General Interest Google New Technology Recent News Security
Blog Apple Malware Problem Unacceptable According To Apple Executive June 5, 2021 by Vertical Axion Craig Federighi, one of the top executives at Apple, is not happy, and recently made his displeasure known in court. In response to questions from Apple’s lawyers, he said, “Today, we have a level of malware on the Mac that we don’t find acceptable.” Federighi made the statement in defense of Apple’s longstanding strategy to […] Read more » Apple General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Wifi Vulnerability May Affect Most Devices June 3, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently, a whole raft of security flaws have been found that impact all Wi-Fi devices, including smart phones, IoT devices, and personal computers going back as far as 1997. This unfortunately means that almost every Wi-Fi device in use today is vulnerable. Collectively, the attacks associated with these issues have been dubbed FragAttacks. Mathy Vanhoef, […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
Blog New RevengeRAT Trojan Gives Hackers Access To Your Data June 2, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently, Microsoft issued an alert, warning users about a remote access tool called RevengeRAT, also known as AsyncRAT. It is being used to target travel and aerospace companies with spear-phishing emails. The emails use social engineering tricks to prompt employees at these types of firms to open a poisoned Adobe PDF attachment which downloads a […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Numerous Malicious Financial Apps Discovered Targeting Android Devices May 31, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently, Google did some house cleaning. They removed ten different apps from the Play Store, all of which contained droppers for financial Trojans, this according to a recent blog post by Check Point Research. Apparently, all ten of the poisoned apps were submitted by the same threat actor, who took pains to get them past […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Google Analytics Gets New Security Feature May 29, 2021 by Vertical Axion Based on current trends, marketers are going to have to get used to operating in a world without cookies. In light of that, Google has recently made some significant changes to Google Analytics designed to help marketers live and ultimately thrive in that world. Back in October 2020, the company rolled out the first significant […] Read more » General Interest Google Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Some Versions Of Windows 10 Will Stop Receiving Security Updates May 28, 2021 by Vertical Axion On the heels of the May 2021 Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft has flagged certain versions of Windows 10 that will no longer receive security updates. These include versions 1803, 1809, and 1909. If you’re currently using any of those, you’ll want to update to a later version to continue to take advantage of security updates […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Security Windows
Blog Consider Replacing Your Old Broadband Routers For Security May 26, 2021 by Vertical Axion A company named ‘UK security Watchdog, Which?’ recently released a report with some disturbing security ramifications. Based on a survey of more than 6000 UK households, the company identified 13 different older routers that are still regularly being used today. Of those 13, nine were found to fall well short of meeting modern security standards. […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
Blog Google Prioritizing Privacy And Safety With Play Store Updates May 25, 2021 by Vertical Axion Google generally does a great job with security when it comes to the Google Play Store. Of course, the company regularly makes headlines when poisoned apps are discovered, but given the sheer number of apps available on the Play Store, the percentage of problematic ones is barely a blip on the radar. That certainly doesn’t […] Read more » General Interest Google Google Apps New Technology Recent News Security
Blog Google May Force All Users To Use 2 Factor Authentication May 24, 2021 by Vertical Axion Sometimes Google takes a heavy-handed approach to security, but it’s also widely accepted that their heart is in the right place. That seems to be the case with the company’s most recently announced change. In the near future, the search giant is going to start pushing Gmail and Google account holders to use two-factor authentication […] Read more » General Interest Google Recent News Security Technology News
