Blog Vice Society Claims Cincinnati State College Cyberattack November 26, 2022 by Vertical Axion Data allegedly stolen from Cincinnati State Technical and Community College has been leaked after Vice Society attacked the campus. Many of the stolen documents were posted on the hackers’ websites. These documents date from several years ago until November 24, 2022, suggesting that threat actors still have access to the compromised systems, but this has […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology Technology News
Blog Hackers Execute Arbitrary Code with Microsoft Office November 25, 2022 by Vertical Axion According to cybersecurity experts at Cisco Talos, Microsoft Office has a high-severity vulnerability that could allow prospective cyber attackers to execute malicious code on the target device remotely. Microsoft announced the issue in a brief blog post, stating that its researcher Marcin ‘Icewall’ Noga had identified a class attribute double-free vulnerability impacting Microsoft Excel. The […] Read more » Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Malicious SEO Campaign Affects Thousands of Sites November 24, 2022 by Vertical Axion In a massive malicious SEO campaign, cybercriminals are promoting low-quality Q&A sites by redirecting visitors to fake discussion forums. As a result, almost 15,000 sites have been compromised. In September 2022, researchers at Sucuri discovered the attacks. Each compromised site was found to contain approximately 20,000 files that were utilized in the search engine campaign. […] Read more » Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology Technology News
Blog Phishing Kit Targets US Shoppers November 23, 2022 by Vertical Axion Security experts at Akamai have discovered a campaign that uses an elaborate phishing kit. This campaign targets Americans using lures centered around holidays like Labor Day and Halloween. The kit combines several methods and employs several evasion detection techniques to prevent non-victims from visiting its phishing pages. One of the most intriguing aspects of the […] Read more » Phishing Recent News Security Technology Technology News
Blog Lenovo Patches Critical Security Flaws November 22, 2022 by Vertical Axion Lenovo reports that it has patched two critical security flaws that affected several of its ThinkBook, IdeaPad, and Yoga laptops. Lenovo is also recommending that consumers update their systems immediately. The flaws make it possible for cybercriminals to deactivate the UEFI Secure Boot tool, allowing them to load and run malicious scripts during the system […] Read more » Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology Technology News
Blog DuckDuckGo Releases App Tracking Protection Beta for Android November 21, 2022 by Vertical Axion The feature is comparable to Apple’s ‘App Tracking Transparency. However, unlike Apple, DuckDuckGo’s method does not rely on app developers’ compliance with user choice. All known trackers are blocked. According to DuckDuckGo, Android users have an average of 35 applications installed on their smartphones, resulting in between 1,000 and 2,000 monitoring attempts every day for […] Read more » Android Browsers Security Technology Technology News
Blog Bypass Android Lock Screen on Pixel and Other Devices November 18, 2022 by Vertical Axion David Schütz, a cybersecurity researcher, inadvertently discovered a means to circumvent the lock screen on his fully updated Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 5 devices, allowing anybody with physical access to the smartphone to unlock it. Bypassing the lock screen on Android smartphones is a straightforward five-step method that should only take a few minutes. […] Read more » Android Recent News Security Technology News
Blog SaaS Phishing Attacks Are Increasing November 15, 2022 by Vertical Axion It’s getting easier than ever to conduct effective phishing campaigns thanks to the rise in popularity of SaaS platforms. A recently published report released by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 revealed that the use of Software as a Service to conduct phishing attacks has surged by an incredible 1,100 percent between June 2021 and June […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog The Rise of Encryption in Businesses November 12, 2022 by Vertical Axion As our world becomes increasingly digitized, businesses are finding themselves at a greater risk of cyberattacks. One way companies can protect their data is by encrypting it. Encryption transforms readable data into an unreadable format, making it difficult for unauthorized individuals to access and interpret it. A recent survey conducted by Thales discovered that the […] Read more » General Interest Security Technology Technology News
Blog Hundreds of U.S. News Outlets Affected by Malware November 11, 2022 by Vertical Axion A cyber-security threat actor known as SocGholish has compromised a JavaScript code used by an unnamed media content provider. The malware is being used to spread the FakeUpdates malware to major media outlets across the United States. More than 250 regional and national newspaper sites are affected by the malicious JavaScript. Some impacted media organizations […] Read more » Browsers Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology Technology News
