Blog Hackers Are Using DDOS Attacks To Profit Off Businesses February 6, 2021 by Vertical Axion Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDOS) have been used by hackers since the earliest days of the web. Get enough internet-connected devices to ping a server at the same time, and you can knock the server offline. Keep the pressure on and you can keep it offline, pretty much indefinitely. These days, given the web’s […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News Uncategorized
Blog Soon Apple Will Add App Tracking Information To iOS February 5, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently, Apple announced two important new improvements to the way the company handles and tracks user data. That includes data used by third-party apps downloaded and installed from the Apple App Store. According to the company’s statement, both changes would be available by late spring of this year (2021). The first of these is an […] Read more » Apple iPhone Recent News Security Technology News
Blog PIXLR Data Breach Information Leaked Online February 3, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you do any photo editing online, odds are good that you use PIXLR. It is one of the most popular such sites on the web because it offers many of the features you find in professional photo editing tools like Photoshop and is available for free (there’s also a premium version of the service […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Millions Of Teespring Users Had Private Information Breached February 1, 2021 by Vertical Axion Teespring is a popular destination on the web that allows users to create and sell custom-printed apparel, including, as the name implies, custom-designed tee-shirts. If you use the site, you should know that recently, an as yet unknown third party successfully breached the site and made off with a couple of the company’s databases. These […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Healthcare Ransomware Problem Is Getting Worse Recently January 30, 2021 by Vertical Axion Ransomware attacks are one of the most prevalent cyber attacks on healthcare. It has been around for many years, however, it became a trend in 2016. Recently, there is a significant increase in the frequency and types of ransomware attacks being perpetrated. Since 2019, even before Covid-19, healthcare providers became the primary target of ransomware […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Chrome Will Help Users By Checking Passwords For Strength January 29, 2021 by Vertical Axion While Google has come under fire from privacy groups in recent months, the fact remains that on balance, the company is working hard to improve overall user experience on the web and provide better security. The most recent changes to the company’s Chrome browser is an excellent example of that very thing. For months now, […] Read more » Chrome Google Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Rogue Malware Is An Android Users Worst Nightmare January 27, 2021 by Vertical Axion Security researchers at Check Point have recently identified a new strain of malware that seems to be a Frankenstein’s Monster created by combining two older strains. Dubbed ‘Rogue RAT,’ this deceptively simple bit of malicious code gives anyone who uses it the ability to record your calls, steal your passwords, read all of your messages […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Security Technology News
Blog Latest Possible Customer Data Breach Comes From Ubiquiti January 25, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you have a network either at home or at your office, it’s quite likely that you’ve got a few pieces of Ubiquiti equipment somewhere in the mix. Ubiquiti is a major player in the network device market, best known for its UniFi line of networking products, paired with a cloud-based management platform. Unfortunately, its […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Latest Malware Is Targeting Macs And Is Hard To Detect January 23, 2021 by Vertical Axion There was a time when Apple was a niche player in the technology market. As such, one thing Apple users could count on was the fact that they didn’t have to worry much about viruses or malware. Hackers didn’t bother targeting them because there was so much low hanging fruit in the Windows market. Times […] Read more » Apple Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Gen Intel Processors May Get Built In Ransomware Protection January 21, 2021 by Vertical Axion At CES 2021, arguably the most influential and significant tech event in the world, Intel made an important announcement regarding its historic eleventh generation of chips. The latest designs will feature hardware-based ransomware detection protocols, which should serve to make those types of attacks less likely to succeed. In 2020, ransomware became the attack vector […] Read more » General Interest New Technology Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
