Blog This New Ransomware Can Infect A Network In Just Minutes November 3, 2020 by Vertical Axion Not all ransomware strains are created equally. Some are designed as slow burns that will infect a target system, expanding its reach for days, or even weeks before striking and locking your business critical files. Others are designed to hit fast and hard. Lockbit definitely falls into this latter category, based on a detailed analysis […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Photoshop Testing Security For Images To Prevent Theft And Fakes October 31, 2020 by Vertical Axion Deep Fakes are becoming an increasingly large problem. If you’re not familiar with the term, a Deep Fake is an advanced photo or video technique in which an existing person in a video is digitally overwritten by some other person. Want to make it look like a wholesome actress has a porn video on the […] Read more » Adobe General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Mac And Android Added To GravityRAT Malware’s Targets October 31, 2020 by Vertical Axion Malware comes in all shapes and sizes. Some strains copy and encrypt files. Others serve annoying ads. Still others work quietly in the background, mining this or that cryptocurrency using your computer’s processing power to do it. GravityRAT is a different sort of creature. It has been actively developed since at least 2015 by Pakistani […] Read more » Android iPhone Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog WordPress Loginizer Plugin Was Automatically Updated Due To Vulnerability October 30, 2020 by Vertical Axion WordPress tends to take a light-handed approach when it comes to managing the legions of plugins that are compatible with the most popular blogging platform on the planet. This time, however, they’re taking a different approach. They’re forcing a security update to counter a dangerous bug in a wildly popular plugin that’s being used by […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Coordinated Effort Underway To Take Down Trickbot Malware October 29, 2020 by Vertical Axion Score one for the good guys. A team led by Microsoft’s DCU (Digital Crimes Unit) that includes Symantec, NTT Ltd, ESET, and Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs is working on something new. They have launched a sustained, coordinated attack on Trickbot’s infrastructure in a bid to destroy it, preventing the hackers who control it from making […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Adobe Patches A Number of Critical Vulnerabilities In Latest Update October 28, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you make frequent use of Adobe products, then you’ll definitely want to give priority to applying the latest security update offered by the company. It’s an out of band patch that impacts ten different products in the Adobe lineup and is aimed squarely at addressing a number of critical security flaws. Since this is […] Read more » Adobe General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Windows 10 Update Shows App Warnings For Malware October 27, 2020 by Vertical Axion A great many malware strains are designed to engage quietly during a PC’s startup process and then idle in the background. They are in the system logging keystrokes, taking screen shots at periodic intervals and uploading them to a command and control server, or doing other nefarious things. Microsoft wants to limit malware’s ability to […] Read more » Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft New Technology Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Intel Adding Additional Security To Future Processors October 23, 2020 by Vertical Axion Intel has had more than its share of challenges over the last couple of years. Not the least of which included a whole family of new attack vectors that made headlines and caused panic around the world. This happened as hackers discovered new ways to attack machines with ‘Intel Inside,’ which globally, is a lot […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection New Technology Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Hacked Networks And Credentials Being Sold At Alarming Rates October 22, 2020 by Vertical Axion Selling network access is big business on underground hacking websites. Even worse, the business is growing at an alarming rate, according to a report recently published by cyber security firm KELA. According to their report, the number of ads found on hacking forums advertising ‘Network Access’ tripled between August and September, 2020. The value of […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Surge In Ransomware Continues In 2020, Targeting Healthcare October 20, 2020 by Vertical Axion The year 2020 could well be described as the Year of Ransomware. Security researchers around the globe who monitor such things have noted a sharp uptick in the use of ransomware this year, with well known threats like REvil, Ryuk, and Maze being the most common variants deployed by hackers. That’s bad enough by itself, […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Security Technology News
