Blog Intel Graphics Get Update To Address Security Issues March 23, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you have a personal computer that uses Intel technology, you’re not going to want to miss the update released in March’s Patch Tuesday. The latest update addresses a total of 27 vulnerabilities. Ten of them rated as high severity flaws that impact Intel’s Graphics Drivers for Windows. Also impacted is the Smart Sound Technology […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Google Chrome Guest Mode Is Great For Shared Computers March 21, 2020 by Vertical Axion Google has recently rolled out a small but important change to its Chrome browser for Windows, Linux and macOS users. The most recent update adds a ‘Default to Guest mode’ to the browser that can be enabled via Enterprise policy or a simple command-line switch. When the new feature is enabled, any time a browser […] Read more » Chrome Google Security Technology News
Blog Certain RAM Modules Continue To Have Security Vulnerabilities March 20, 2020 by Vertical Axion Remember the Rowhammer vulnerability that made headlines around the world last year? 2019 saw all sorts of unusual threats, so if you’re struggling to recall the details of that one in particular, here’s a quick review: Any time a modern RAM card handles data, it is saved in memory cells that are arranged in a […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Recent Data Breach Affects Some Walgreens Mobile App Users March 19, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you a Walgreens customer? Do you make use of the company’s mobile app, available for both Android and iOS devices? If so, be advised that the company recently disclosed a serious flaw in the app that inadvertently leaked both Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Personal Health Information (PHI). The information was in the form […] Read more » Android Branding General Interest Security Technology News
Blog The Web Browser Wars Have A Clear Winner In 2020 March 18, 2020 by Vertical Axion It’s notoriously difficult to get reliable statistics on web browser usage. While there are sites that purport to track such things such as StatCounter and NetMarketShare, the numbers coming from these sources have proved to be problematic and unreliable. Enter the US Government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP, for short). While it doesn’t reveal anything about […] Read more » Chrome General Interest Google Microsoft Recent News Technology News
Blog T-Mobile Is The Latest To Get Hit By Data Breach March 17, 2020 by Vertical Axion Are you a T-Mobile customer? If so, be advised, the company recently published a Notice of Data Breach on their website to inform all clients that an email vendor they utilize was hacked. The notice said that the hack exposed the financial and personal information of a small fraction of the company’s customers. In addition […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Phone Call And Text Phishing Scams Are On The Rise March 16, 2020 by Vertical Axion For the last couple of years, the primary means of communication when conducting phishing campaigns has been email. Phishing emails have been absolutely rampant. So much so that people are increasingly on their guard against them. Naturally, this prompts scammers to change their tactics, switching things up a bit to catch people by surprise. In […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Phishing Security Technology News
Blog New Phishing Emails Trick Users With Convincing Security Credentials March 14, 2020 by Vertical Axion Unit 42 is a research division of Palo Alto Networks. Their researchers have discovered a sneaky and surprisingly effective phishing campaign that appears to have been launched in January of this year (2020). When targeted by this attack, a user will get an email containing a braded document containing the name of a legitimate cybersecurity […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Phishing Security Technology News
Blog Facebook Is Fighting Back Against Spam Accounts March 13, 2020 by Vertical Axion Unless you’re plugged into the world of social media, you may not realize it. There’s a war on, and until recently, it was a war that Facebook was losing. The war is being fought with billions of fake accounts being used to fundamentally alter the social media landscape. It is influencing the kinds of content […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog JCrew Retailer Customers May Have Had Information Accessed March 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion Another week, another data breach. This time, the target being US clothing retailer J. Crew. The company announced that sometime in April of 2019, an unknown group of hackers utilized a credential stuffing attack to breach one of the company’s databases and accessed some of its customer account data. Credential stuffing, as you may know, […] Read more » Branding Data Breach General Interest Security Technology News
