Blog Corporate Internet Users Watch Out For Conti Ransomware July 22, 2020 by Vertical Axion Although you may not be familiar with the name, a strain of ransomware called “Conti” is surging in popularity on the Dark Web and seeing a rapidly growing number of installations, so it’s definitely one to be on guard against. Advanced intel’s Vitali Kremez has been tracking this strain since it first appeared in late […] Read more » Business Advice Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Billions Of Breached User Credentials Are Available For Purchase July 20, 2020 by Vertical Axion On a regular basis, we see headlines talking about how this or that company got hacked and X number of employee or customer logins got exposed. However, since those headlines happen in isolation, it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. A trip to the Dark Web will reveal just how big of a […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Trickbot Malware Has A New Trick Up Its Sleeves July 17, 2020 by Vertical Axion Malware Lab’s researcher Maciej Kotowicz has made an intriguing discovery that makes the Trickbot banking trojan even more of a threat. The most recent strain of the malware he looked at is sporting a new feature that allows the code to check the resolution of the screen on the machine it’s running on. If it […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Pirated Mac Applications Could Contain ThiefQuest Ransomware July 15, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you have one or more illegal copies of Apple software on your Mac, be aware that there’s a new threat to be concerned about. An info-stealing, data wiping malware strain known as ThiefQuest has been found embedded in torrents of illicit software written for macOS. While ThiefQuest isn’t as commonly seen as some other […] Read more » Apple General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Major University In California Pays Large Ransom After Ransomware Attack July 13, 2020 by Vertical Axion The University of San Francisco (UCSF) is the latest organization to fall victim to hackers, running afoul of a group utilizing the Netwalker ransomware strain. UCSF is a research university whose recent efforts have been focused on health sciences generally and COVID-19-related research specifically. On June 3rd, 2020, Netwalker published a notice on a site […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology
Blog If 123456 Is Your Password, Change It Immediately July 11, 2020 by Vertical Axion You probably aren’t familiar with the name Ata Hakcil. He’s a computer engineering student who recently conducted one of the largest password security surveys currently available. To conduct his research, he collected a number of username and password “data dumps” from the Dark Web and analyzed the passwords he found there. Hakcil was able to […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Hackers Used Favicon Website To Steal Credit Card Information July 10, 2020 by Vertical Axion Hackers are constantly on the lookout for new ways of causing mayhem and stealing data. Recently, researchers have unearthed a new technique to be on guard against. A few hackers have begun embedding credit card stealing scripts inside favicon meta data. If you’re not familiar with the term, you definitely know what a favicon is. […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog VMware Patches Many Security Issues To Fix Certain Vulnerabilities July 9, 2020 by Vertical Axion Does your company make use of VMware products? If so, be advised that a pair of researchers from Synacktiv recently reported a series of critical security flaws in VMware’s ESXi, Workstation and Fusion products. The recent discovery prompted the company to issue an emergency security patch to address those issues. The most serious of the […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Nvidia GPU Users Should Update As New Security Patches Released July 8, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you have computers on your corporate network that rely on NVIDIA hardware and software, be advised that the company recently released security updates to address serious security vulnerabilities found in CUDA and GPU Display drivers and Virtual GPU Management software. These are security flaws that could lead to an escalation of privileges, denial of […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Powerful Malware Is Targeting Windows-Based Machines July 7, 2020 by Vertical Axion Researchers have discovered a devilishly clever new stain of malware currently in use by hackers around the world. The new strain is appropriately called “Lucifer,” and has been making life quite difficult for IT professionals managing Windows environments. The malware exploits critical vulnerabilities in Windows-based systems to launch DDoS attacks and install cryptojacking code. The […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
