Blog Microsoft Takes Another Step Against Malware September 2, 2020 by Vertical Axion Ever since Microsoft released Windows Vista, the Redmond giant has made it possible for users to disable Microsoft Defender by way of the Registry. Unfortunately, by granting that ability, it gave well-designed malware strains the ability to do the same. That is now changing. As the company explains in a recent blog post: “DisableAntiSpyware is […] Read more » Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Carnival Cruise Lines Company Suffers Ransomware Attack August 31, 2020 by Vertical Axion Carnival Cruise lines, reeling since the start of the global pandemic, has a new problem. Recently, the company disclosed that they were the victims of a ransomware attack. Carnival’s disclosure was almost frighteningly uninformative. The company gave no clear indication which of their brands was impacted, how widespread the damage was, how many guest records […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Security Technology News
Blog New Damaging Phishing Attacks Are Targeting Pandemic SBA Loans August 26, 2020 by Vertical Axion The CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) has recently published an advisory, warning of a new phishing campaign that specifically targets business owners who have received pandemic relief in the form of loans from the Small Business Administration. Apparently, according to the advisory, the campaign was launched toward the end of July 2020 by an […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Popular Adobe Programs Currently Have Many Security Issues August 24, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader or Lightroom installed on your computer, then you’ll definitely want to grab and install the latest security patch from the company, which addresses a whopping twenty-six serious security vulnerabilities. Eleven of the issues addressed are rated as “Critical” given that they allow an attacker to bypass security features on […] Read more » Branding General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Before Twitter Patch, Private Messages May Have Been Vulnerable August 22, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’re a Twitter user, you should know that the company recently announced that they had addressed a serious security flaw that could have allowed hackers to gain direct access to Direct or Private Messages users sent via Twitter. If you seldom use that feature, then the impact to you would have been minimal in […] Read more » General Interest Security Technology News Twitter
Blog Trickbot Adds New Trick Linux Malware August 17, 2020 by Vertical Axion Trickbot is about as bad as they come in the world of malware. Originally a malware strain from the Windows ecosystem, security professionals have recently found samples of the code in the wild that prove that Trickbot has made the jump to the Linux world as well. One of the things that makes this such […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog This New Malware Added An Email Attachment Stealer August 15, 2020 by Vertical Axion Emotet’s massive botnet was dormant for several months, but on July 17th, 2020, it suddenly rumbled back to life. It started spewing out massive numbers of phishing emails aimed at installing Trickbot payloads on anyone unfortunate enough to open one of their poisoned emails. The emails are often described as invoices, manifests, and the like. […] Read more » General Interest Security Technology News
Blog Online Shoppers Are Seeing An Increase In Scams August 14, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, the FBI issued an advisory warning about a sharp increase in the number of reported victims of online shopping scams. According to data compiled by the FTC, the last few months have seen more scam reports over the past few months than they’ve ever had reported. In some ways, this is not a great […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Meetup Website Has Patched Vulnerability Open To Hackers August 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, security researchers at Checkmarx discovered a pair of serious vulnerabilities in the popular online meeting website Meetup. According to the researchers, a hacker could combine cross-site scripting (XSS) with cross-site request forgeries (CSRF) to gain admin privileges on the site. This would allow them to do anything from changing the details of any user’s […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Cisco Data Center Manager Software Users Should Patch Immediately August 11, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you use Cisco’s Data Center Manager Software? If so, be advised that the company recently issued an advisory concerning a serious security flaw. The advisory reads, in part, as follows: “The vulnerability exists because different installations share a static encryption key. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static key to craft […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News Uncategorized
