Blog Google Analytics Gains Additional Features October 21, 2020 by Vertical Axion Since Google introduced Google Analytics back in 2005, it has become the industry standard. A simple, free method of getting a bird’s eye view into who’s searching for what on the internet. Millions of business owners around the world rely on Google Analytics to make informed decisions about how to position and present the products […] Read more » General Interest Google New Technology Recent News Technology News
Blog Surge In Ransomware Continues In 2020, Targeting Healthcare October 20, 2020 by Vertical Axion The year 2020 could well be described as the Year of Ransomware. Security researchers around the globe who monitor such things have noted a sharp uptick in the use of ransomware this year, with well known threats like REvil, Ryuk, and Maze being the most common variants deployed by hackers. That’s bad enough by itself, […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Security Technology News
Blog New Updates For Office 365 Will Include Phishing Protection October 19, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you an Office 365 user? If so, be aware that Microsoft is adding some powerful new protections to the software suite, designed to make you safer. Hackers commonly target Office 365 users with a type of attack known as “Consent Phishing.” That basically means that the hacker in question will use a variety of […] Read more » Microsoft Office 365 Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Microsoft Testing User Based Windows Setup For Performance Optimization October 17, 2020 by Vertical Axion What do you primarily use your PC for? It’s a more important question than you might think, because different use cases for your PC require it to be configured in different ways to optimize your user experience. Until now, that’s something that each individual user has attended to, making tweaks as necessary to the core […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Microsoft And HP Partnering For Better Laptop Battery Health October 16, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you own a newer HP laptop? If so, do you make use of the HP Battery Health Manager? If you don’t know what that is, then the answer to the second question is probably no, but you’re about to find out what it is. Windows has partnered with HP, and has released an update […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News
Blog Kraken Malware Uses Microsoft Windows Error Reporting To Exploit System October 15, 2020 by Vertical Axion Hackers are relentless when it comes to testing the boundaries of software for potential weaknesses to exploit. It seems that an unknown group of hackers has found a new one. Based on what researchers at Malwarebytes are seeing, a group of hackers has developed a new fileless attack technique designed to abuse Microsoft’s WER (Windows […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog New HEH Botnet Malware Can Destroy Devices It Attacks October 14, 2020 by Vertical Axion Security researchers at Netlab have recently reported on their discovery of a terrifying new botnet on the web. Dubbed HEH, this botnet is a different sort of threat. Unlike most others, this one is not designed to launch DDOS attacks or install malicious code. Its purpose is much simpler, and it only does two things. […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Update Windows Display Drivers Soon For Security Fix October 13, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’ve got an NVIDIA graphics card in your PC, and odds are pretty good that you do, be aware that the company recently released a security update. It patches a number of high severity vulnerabilities in the Windows GPU display driver that could allow a hacker to gain complete control over your system via […] Read more » Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Solid State Drives Get Health Monitoring In Windows 10 Update October 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you have a solid state drive (SSD) inside your PC? An increasing percentage of newer models are including them, taking advantage of their better speeds, relative to HDDs. Unfortunately, a recent Microsoft Windows 10 update wasn’t very kind to SSD owners, and caused SSDs to defrag much more frequently than is recommended, which had […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Software Crack Sites Are Being Used To Distribute Ransomware October 10, 2020 by Vertical Axion Hackers have long used the lure of software cracks to infect unsuspecting users, but recently, a new group is making waves and finding significant success in using the Exorcist 2.0 ransomware to lock a user’s files and extort them. It’s a nasty combination. The user thinks he’s getting a free unlock for some piece of […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
