Blog WiFi 6e Should Be A Big Improvement To Crowded Wifi Spaces May 8, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’re like a lot of people, right now, you’re doing what work you can from home. If that’s the case, you’ve probably noticed that your home WiFi network is struggling. The current signal spectrum is getting awfully crowded, and its beginning to impact performance. That’s exactly why the FCC recently approved a new connection […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Technology News
Blog Payment Protection And Stimulus Programs Are Being Used By Scammers May 7, 2020 by Vertical Axion Just about everyone in the country has been negatively impacted by the pandemic. That is why the government is sending relief via the Payment Protection Program, the stimulus program, and other programs. These programs are aimed directly at small and medium sized businesses to help keep them afloat until life can get back to normal. […] Read more » General Interest Security Technology News
Blog Microsoft’s Edge Browser To Release New Features May 6, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft recently re-reinvented its web browser. After finally giving up on bug-plagued Internet Explorer, the company introduced Microsoft Edge, which it hoped would take the internet community by storm. When that didn’t happen, they re-introduced Edge, this time as a Chromium-based browser, which essentially made it a Google Chrome clone. The company is clearly not […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Uncategorized
Blog Google Is Adding Verification Policy For Online Ads May 5, 2020 by Vertical Axion Recently, Google announced they were making some important changes to their rules governing online ads. They’re adding verifications that they normally reserve for political advertisements,. This step is in a bid to combat what many industry experts are calling an ‘Infodemic’ of bad information, fake cures, and false hopes arising from the chaos surrounding the […] Read more » General Interest Google Recent News Technology News
Blog Microsoft Stopped Hackers Using GIFs To Access User Data May 4, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft Teams (which is the company’s Enterprise chat app) isn’t all business. Like most other chat apps, it allows those who use it to send amusing animated Gif images. Unfortunately, that proved to be problematic. Recently, researchers from CyberArk discovered a serious security issue with Teams that allowed hackers to exploit the Gif function to […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Another Text Bug Could Crash Your iPhone May 2, 2020 by Vertical Axion The more things change, the more they stay the same. When Apple released iOS 11 a few years back, the company had a serious issue revolving around text messages and foreign language character sets. In that earlier case, the problem revolved around a certain string of Sindhi characters that had the result of locking the […] Read more » iPhone Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Some Smart WiFi Linksys Routers May Need A Password Reset April 30, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you have a home network, odds are good that you use a Linksys router. In fact, it’s a brand that a great many small and medium sized businesses rely on as well. With that in mind, be advised that recently, the company locked user accounts on its Smart WiFi cloud service. The company is […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Agent Tesla Malware Steals WiFi Passwords From Infected Users April 29, 2020 by Vertical Axion A few new variants of the Agent Tesla info-stealer malware have been spotted in the wild and should be on your radar if they’re not already. The new variants are more dangerous than previous versions of the malware. They now sport a module that enables them to scrape WiFi passwords from devices they invest. That […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Hackers Stopped With Help of Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit April 27, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) recently played an instrumental role in taking down a botnet made up of more than 400,000 devices. A botnet is a tool that hackers use to invade systems. The botnets were rented out to a variety of groups to conduct DDoS attacks, launch phishing campaigns, and deliver a variety of […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News Uncategorized
Blog Beware Of Phishing Emails Appearing As From The Federal Government April 24, 2020 by Vertical Axion The Digital Security firm Inky reports that they’ve discovered a new, disturbing phishing campaign you should be aware of. The company has spotted a disturbing number of scam emails purporting to be from Mike Pence, the Vice President of the United States. The emails bear titles like “Coronavirus Guidelines for America.” It’s bad enough that […] Read more » Law Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
