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April 16, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Congratulations to Adobe Flash Player for not being the software most targeted by hackers. Security vendor “Recorded Future” has just published their annual list of the software hackers most commonly focus on when targeting computers and handheld devices for attack. For the last several years, Adobe’s Flash Player has topped the list, but this year […]
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April 14, 2018 by Vertical Axion
The energy sector is in danger, and almost nobody is talking about it. This, according to a newly published report by Kaspersky Labs. At issue are ICS (Industrial Control System) computers. Hackers are increasingly targeting them, having recently been given a robust set of tools to do so. Recall that in 2010, Kaspersky Labs uncovered […]
April 13, 2018 by Vertical Axion
How much of your website’s traffic is driven by bots? The answer may surprise you. Overall, bots account for nearly half of all web traffic. The “good” bots account for 20.4 percent, and “bad” bots account for 21.8 percent. Hackers, scammers and fraudsters commonly use bad bots to scrape content, test stolen account credentials, issue […]
April 12, 2018 by Vertical Axion
There’s a lot to talk about in Apple’s latest update to iOS. Version 11.3 boasts some significant changes and is well worth getting. We’ll go over the highlights below. Battery management is the biggest and most significant change. Last year, the company found itself in hot water when they began quietly throttling older phones and […]
April 11, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Amazon has made a small but significant change to its Alexa service, which now makes it possible to donate to charity by issuing voice commands. So far, there are 48 charities connected to the system, with more in the pipeline. There are two ways you can make use of the new feature. The first is […]
April 10, 2018 by Vertical Axion
If you use Amazon’s Cloud MP3 Locker to store your music online, now is the time to start looking for a new home for it. Last year, the company announced that they were ending the service, but didn’t provide a firm date. April 30, 2018 will be the last day you’ll be able to access […]
April 9, 2018 by Vertical Axion
There are some big changes coming to Facebook, which may have some serious unintended consequences. In a recent interview, Mark Zuckerberg indicated that he’s considering allowing users to independently appeal to the content moderation team if their posts get taken down for violating various community policies. On the surface of it, this seems like it […]
April 7, 2018 by Vertical Axion
There’s a new type of hacking attack to be concerned with, and it’s growing by leaps and bounds. Called “Crypto-Jacking,” it’s a process by which malicious code is placed on websites. When the sites are visited, the code secretly siphons off a portion of the affected user’s PC, laptop, or smartphone’s processing power and uses […]
April 6, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Another week, another high-profile data breach. This time, it’s Under Armour in the hot seat. Under Armour acquired the MyFitnessPal app back in February 2015, and the company recently announced that their new acquisition was hacked in late February 2018. So far, the company is taking all steps we’ve come to see as usual in […]
April 5, 2018 by Vertical Axion
If you are a fan of, and regularly use Goo.gl (the URL shortener service), brace for impact. The company has announced that as of March 30, 2019, the service will be shut down for good. Long before then, beginning April 18th of this year, only existing users will be able to shorten links via goo.gl. […]
April 4, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Researchers at Preempt Security recently discovered a critical flaw in Microsoft’s Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP for short) that impacts every version of Windows in existence. It could allow a hacker to remotely exploit Windows Remote Desktop to execute malicious code and steal any data stored on the machine. The flaw, logged as CVE-2018-0886 […]
April 3, 2018 by Vertical Axion
There’s a new threat on the horizon, according to security researchers from Check Point. A group of hackers in China are busy building a massive botnet that so far, totals almost five million Android smartphones. The hackers are quietly taking control of these devices using a strain of malware known as “RottenSys.” While the malware […]
April 2, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Wearable computing devices from smart watches to glasses are struggling to find an audience, and Google’s Android Wear operating system hasn’t gotten much love in recent years. It has weakened as major players in the tech space have struggled to find a market for these products. On the face of it, these products would seem […]
March 31, 2018 by Vertical Axion
By now, you’ve almost certainly heard of “Spectre,” one of two recently discovered security flaws that impact every chip made by Intel in the last ten years. The story of Spectre, and Intel’s response to it has been an interesting one. In response to the flaw’s discovery, Intel rushed a firmware patch, but quickly had […]
March 30, 2018 by Vertical Axion
According to a Microsoft security researcher, a massive malware attack attempted to install a cryptocurrency mining software on more than 400,000 computers in less than twelve hours. The failed campaign is noteworthy because of the attack vector used. It was a supply chain attack implemented by compromising Bittorrent, a highly popular program used to share […]
March 29, 2018 by Vertical Axion
If your company has an incident response plan that you can rely on in the face of a cyber attack, then you’re ahead of most of the world, according to research recently conducted by the Ponemon Institute. Shockingly, more than 75 percent of survey respondents from around the world admitted that they have no formal […]
March 28, 2018 by Vertical Axion
There’s a fun, new update for Apple’s iMessage app that will probably make lots of power users happy. As long as you also have Google’s iOS app installed, you’ll be able to perform Google searches from within iMessage itself. In order to make it work, you’ll have to go into the app drawer (App Store […]
March 27, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Freemium software is certainly nothing new. They are free apps that offer premium features if you don’t mind ads displaying while you’re using it or paying a small fee to have the ads removed. At least one company is trying a new business model on for size, albeit with limited success. The company is Qbix, […]
March 26, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Marvell Semiconductor has a new product out, and it’s a game changer. Their new “Alaska” chip (the Alaska C 88×7120) is the first on the market to support the new 802.3 standard. The 802.3cd is on tap to eventually replace current Ethernet ports running at 25Gbps to 100Gbps with ports that will run at 50Gbps, […]
March 24, 2018 by Vertical Axion
It used to be the case that credit card companies and retail outlets were the primary targets of hackers around the world. Make no mistake, they still get attacked with regularity, but the hackers have found a new and even more lucrative target: Health Organizations. According to a new report jointly produced by the Ponemon […]
March 23, 2018 by Vertical Axion
If you post ads on Craigslist for short term employment, be aware that there’s a new malspam campaign that aims to distribute Sigma ransomware on the computers of unwary users. By all outward appearances, the emails seem to come from Craigslist in response to ads posted in Craigslist’s “Gigs” section for short term employment. The […]
March 22, 2018 by Vertical Axion
According to a new report published by Spiceworks, nearly 90 percent of businesses will use some type of biometric technology for authentication by the year 2020. In fact, some 62 percent of companies already use biometrics in some form, with another 24 percent stating their intention to do so within the next two years. The […]
March 21, 2018 by Vertical Axion
A Reddit user named “Noam_ha” recently posted a screenshot displaying a popup message when users open the venerable Windows Media Player (WMP), asking users if they would instead like to open the video file with the company’s more modern Movies and TV app. The popup message touts the Movie and TV app’s advantages, which includes […]
March 20, 2018 by Vertical Axion
The “Spectre” vulnerability that impacts literally every Intel chip made over the last decade keeps finding new ways to make the news. In this instance, researchers at Ohio State University have discovered a new variant of the vulnerability that they have dubbed “SGX Spectre.” To understand how it’s different, a bit of explanation is in […]
