Blog Beware Of Voice Message Phishing Attacks Called Vishing June 11, 2021 by Vertical Axion Hackers and scammers have been experimenting with “vishing” in recent months, as a subset of phishing. Conventional phishing tactics rely on sending emails that employ a variety of social engineering tricks to convince unsuspecting recipients to hand over sensitive information up to and including login credentials. However, “vishing” adds a new angle: Voice, either via […] Read more » General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Malware Called Phorpiex Delivers Ransomware With Old School Tactics June 10, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you’re involved with internet security on any level, then you’re probably already familiar with the name Phorpiex. The malicious botnet has been around for years, and the people who control it have taken steps to keep it relevant. They’re finding new ways to deliver ransomware and other threats, and sometimes, by moving in the […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Massive Data Leak Affects More Than 100M Android Users June 9, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you own an Android smart device, be advised there has been a data leak. Security researchers at Check Point have recently discovered a massive data leak that left an assortment of personal data for more than 100 million Android users exposed. The data was found in unprotected databases used by a total of 23 […] Read more » Android Data Breach General Interest Google Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Apple Malware Problem Unacceptable According To Apple Executive June 5, 2021 by Vertical Axion Craig Federighi, one of the top executives at Apple, is not happy, and recently made his displeasure known in court. In response to questions from Apple’s lawyers, he said, “Today, we have a level of malware on the Mac that we don’t find acceptable.” Federighi made the statement in defense of Apple’s longstanding strategy to […] Read more » Apple General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New Wifi Vulnerability May Affect Most Devices June 3, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently, a whole raft of security flaws have been found that impact all Wi-Fi devices, including smart phones, IoT devices, and personal computers going back as far as 1997. This unfortunately means that almost every Wi-Fi device in use today is vulnerable. Collectively, the attacks associated with these issues have been dubbed FragAttacks. Mathy Vanhoef, […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
Blog New RevengeRAT Trojan Gives Hackers Access To Your Data June 2, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently, Microsoft issued an alert, warning users about a remote access tool called RevengeRAT, also known as AsyncRAT. It is being used to target travel and aerospace companies with spear-phishing emails. The emails use social engineering tricks to prompt employees at these types of firms to open a poisoned Adobe PDF attachment which downloads a […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Microsoft Edge Browser Gets Fix For Crashing Issue June 1, 2021 by Vertical Axion Earlier this month, Microsoft Edge users were in an uproar, with significant numbers of them reporting that the browser would lock up when they were watching YouTube videos or reading comments on YouTube videos. The browser would simply become non-responsive, and then, after a time, would crash to desktop. Users who opened their task manager […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Microsoft Edge Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Numerous Malicious Financial Apps Discovered Targeting Android Devices May 31, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently, Google did some house cleaning. They removed ten different apps from the Play Store, all of which contained droppers for financial Trojans, this according to a recent blog post by Check Point Research. Apparently, all ten of the poisoned apps were submitted by the same threat actor, who took pains to get them past […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Google Analytics Gets New Security Feature May 29, 2021 by Vertical Axion Based on current trends, marketers are going to have to get used to operating in a world without cookies. In light of that, Google has recently made some significant changes to Google Analytics designed to help marketers live and ultimately thrive in that world. Back in October 2020, the company rolled out the first significant […] Read more » General Interest Google Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Consider Replacing Your Old Broadband Routers For Security May 26, 2021 by Vertical Axion A company named ‘UK security Watchdog, Which?’ recently released a report with some disturbing security ramifications. Based on a survey of more than 6000 UK households, the company identified 13 different older routers that are still regularly being used today. Of those 13, nine were found to fall well short of meeting modern security standards. […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
