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March 4, 2017 by Vertical Axion
The Darkweb has trends, just like the conventional web does. In years past, the hottest data for sale on the black market was credit card info, but that is now changing according to the latest Trend Micro survey. The new hot property? Medical records, and Trend’s survey indicates that North American hospitals are more exposed […]
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March 3, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Lockdroid is one of the oldest forms of ransomware in the Android ecosystem, and recently, it has been evolving at a frightening pace. Just last month, researchers found a version that displayed a 2D barcode, with the idea being that the infected user would scan the barcode to get a URL where payment could be […]
March 2, 2017 by Vertical Axion
There’s a nasty new form of Malware making the rounds that targets Chrome users, so if that’s your browser of choice, be warned that if you’re not careful, you could wind up with a lot more than you bargained for. Here’s how the new attack works: If you go to a website that doesn’t display […]
March 1, 2017 by Vertical Axion
In recent years, an increasing number of companies have migrated to the Cloud for cost-saving reasons, but today, we got a painful reminder of the limitations and risks associated with doing that. Amazon’s cloud-based service, AWS, suffered an outage that is impacting a number of people who rely on the service, including, but not limited […]
February 28, 2017 by Vertical Axion
If you’re a music lover and you’ve been to the website of the annual California music festival Coachella, then you are at risk. The entire Coachella database was recently found for sale on the Darkweb. It contains email addresses, passwords and in many cases, IP addresses and other personal information of everyone who has registered […]
February 27, 2017 by Vertical Axion
WordPress is the reigning King of the Content Management Systems, and by extension, the king of much of the internet. More people use the platform than any other, and with good reason. It’s an enormously flexible platform that will allow you to build any kind of website you want with ease. With creative use of […]
February 25, 2017 by Vertical Axion
It’s an oldie but a goodie, and an attack vector that Windows users have seen since the late 90’s. Macros. These are essentially shortcut codes that Microsoft Word and other applications use to automate certain processes. They’re written in Visual Basic, and unfortunately, in addition to making your life easier in MS Office, they can […]
February 24, 2017 by Vertical Axion
If, for some reason, you’re still running Windows XP or Vista, you probably already know that it’s well past time to upgrade. Microsoft officially ended support months ago, even for critical updates, which means that your computer is essentially a ticking bomb. Sooner or later, a hacker is going to find it, and when he […]
February 23, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Remember back in the early 2000’s when Nokia was the king of the cellphone market? Well, if you’re feeling nostalgic for those days, there’s (potentially) good news on the horizon. At a recent tech conference in China, the Finnish company announced the release of the “NSeries.” The NSeries is a new generation of smartphones that […]
February 22, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Kaspersky Labs originally discovered “fileless malware” back in 2014, but it wasn’t until this year that it became mainstream. Now, the company is reporting that more than 150 banks around the world may be infected. The problem with this kind of attack is that, as the name implies, it does not rely on files being […]
February 21, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Over the weekend, a hacker who goes by the name Stackoverflowin performed a public service. Of course, in the process of doing so, he terrified and confused a lot of people. Having researched a printer vulnerability, he wanted to help get the word out and have a little fun at the same time. So, he […]
February 20, 2017 by Vertical Axion
JavaScript is hands down the tool of choice of hackers who are interested in inserting malicious code onto a user’s device. Most commonly, scripts are embedded in compressed (zipped) files, and when unpacked, install on the user’s machine without him or her even being aware of what’s going on. The problem has reached such epic […]
February 18, 2017 by Vertical Axion
ReRAM is coming to a computer manufacturer near you, and soon. If you haven’t heard of this technology yet, you’re not alone, but it is one of the most exciting developments in the world of processors and chipsets in literally years. Under the hood, memory is used as a storage device, and processors do the […]
February 17, 2017 by Vertical Axion
It hasn’t been a good time for Netgear. In recent months, security researchers across the industry have identified several critical security flaws that could leave your network exposed and vulnerable to attacks. The most recent were discovered by the security firm Trustwave which reported their findings to Netgear. These flaws revolve around the ability to […]
February 16, 2017 by Vertical Axion
In recent years, Dropbox has been struggling to find its way. Having realized that there’s little money to be made in simply being a cloud storage service, they’ve been experimenting with a number of incentives and add-ons in an effort to lure customers into buying the premium version of their product. Paper is the company’s […]
February 15, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Windows hasn’t had much luck with scaled down operating systems, but there have been hints that the company is about to try again. This time, the company will try with a product called Windows 10 Cloud. Two of their earlier efforts, Windows CE and RT, didn’t go anywhere. The company’s bold experiment with Windows 8.1, […]
February 14, 2017 by Vertical Axion
It is an article of faith that Google’s Play Store and Apple’s iStore are the two safest sources for downloading apps. As good as their security routines are, however, they’re not perfect, and sometimes, things slip through the cracks. The world got a painful reminder of their fallibility last year when a group of hackers […]
February 13, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Here’s’ an interesting and inspiring story about corporate inventiveness and good citizenship. If you grew up playing with Legos, then you know that half the fun of them is in sharing your creations with others Adults, of course, have plenty of platforms to share on, but those platforms don’t tend to be kid-friendly, and because […]
February 11, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Password security continues to be the single biggest weak point in the realm of digital security. The problems on this front are numerous, but chiefly stem from the facts that: • Too many people use simple, easily guessed passwords • Too many people use the same password across multiple accounts • And too many people […]
February 10, 2017 by Vertical Axion
If you use an Android device, and since they are the most popular devices on the planet these days, you probably do, then you may also be using a pattern locking mechanism to secure it. On the face of it, that seems to make a lot of sense. After all, given the number of high […]
February 9, 2017 by Vertical Axion
How’s your network security? Is it on par with police departments, which, you’d have to imagine, have fairly robust security? If so, you’re still not safe. Recently, police in Cockrell Hill, Texas, announced in a press release that they had been the victim of a ransomware attack that cost them dearly. The hackers demanded $4000 […]
February 8, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Is your laptop a fire hazard? If it’s using an HP battery, it may be. Recently, HP began receiving reports of batteries overheating, and in at least one case, in Canada, a laptop actually caught fire. That prompted HP to issue a recall of more than 41,000 batteries, but as the number of complaints continued […]
February 7, 2017 by Vertical Axion
If you’re a Mac user who uses GarageBand or Logic Pro, you’re going to want to update both of those programs with Apple’s latest patches. According to the company, they discovered critical security flaws in both pieces of software that could allow hackers to remotely execute code. Apple stressed that there are no known instances […]
February 6, 2017 by Vertical Axion
The Department of Health and Human Services is off to a busy start in 2017, having just levied their second hefty fine for HIPAA violations. In this instance, the company in question was Puerto Rican insurer MAPFRE. Back in 2011, MAPFRE had reported an ePHI incident involving a flash drive that was stolen from the […]
