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
Blog Hackers Attacking Exchange Servers In New Warning From Microsoft July 3, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, Microsoft’s Defender ATP Research Team issued guidance relating to defending against attacks that target Exchange servers. They are coming under increasing attack based on the latest Microsoft statistics, which show a marked increase in the use of web shells on on-premises Exchange servers. The company is currently tracking multiple ongoing attacks, some of which […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Update Your Webex Desktop App To Avoid Security Threat July 2, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you rely on Cisco’s Webex Meetings app for video conferencing? If so, be advised that the company found and addressed a pair of high severity security flaws that could allow hackers to remotely execute code on vulnerable machines. The two issues are being tracked as CVE-2020-3263 and CVE-2020-3342. They impact Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Intel Steps Up Game With CPU-Level Malware Protection June 26, 2020 by Vertical Axion Tech companies both big and small are always looking for new ways to protect their customers from the threat of malware.While that’s not something that hardware vendors are known for, Intel has leapt into the fray with a recent announcement. Their planned “Tiger Lake” mobile processers will offer CPU-level malware protection features. Tom Garrison is […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Update Fix For VLC Media Player Security Bug Now Available June 25, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you use the VLC Media Player to watch downloaded movies and other videos? If so, be aware that researchers have discovered a serious security flaw in the code that allows for remote code execution, which could compromise your system. The vulnerability is being tracked as CVE-2020-13428 and is described as a buffer overflow issue. […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
