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April 26, 2021 by Vertical Axion
Since the pandemic began, there has been an enormous boom in app spending, and that trend shows no signs of stopping. In fact, app sales broke a new record in the first quarter of 2021, with the total clocking in at an impressive $32 billion. That’s up $9 billion from just one year ago. Apple […]
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April 24, 2021 by Vertical Axion
It’s no secret that Microsoft is one of the 800-pound gorillas of the tech world. Even so, there are areas where the company undeniably struggles. Their Internet Explorer browser was a disaster from day one. It was ultimately retired in preference for Microsoft Edge, which has some supporters, but still lags far behind Chrome and […]
April 23, 2021 by Vertical Axion
Just in time for tax season, Google has released a new app called Stack for Android devices. Stack is functionally similar to a Microsoft app called Lens, which was originally released for use with Windows phones, but has since found a home on the Play Store. The purpose of the app is to help get […]
April 22, 2021 by Vertical Axion
Apple users have long enjoyed a 64-bit version of Microsoft’s OneDrive, but Windows users have been left out in the cold, until now. Recently, the Redmond Giant announced the release of a Windows-10, 64-bit version of the code. It’s not currently available to the general public, but you can get a preview of its functionality […]
April 21, 2021 by Vertical Axion
At long last, Microsoft has a web browser that the market seems to like. Their new Chromium-based Edge browser has enjoyed rampant growth over the past twelve months, seeing its market share increase by 1300 percent for the year. It should be noted that one year ago, Chromium-based Edge had a market share of just […]
April 20, 2021 by Vertical Axion
It’s not often that people actually look forward to a Windows 10 update, but the upcoming 21H2 “Sun Valley” update may be the exception that proves the rule. With legions of people still working from home courtesy of the ongoing pandemic, this update promises to make both your camera and your monitor work better, in […]
April 19, 2021 by Vertical Axion
Gamers tend to be surprisingly tech savvy, and as such, they’re a bit harder to trick with social engineering than many other groups. Gamers do have a weakness, and it’s one that hackers around the world have recently begun to exploit in a systematic way. Increasingly, security researchers are finding instances of poisoned cheat codes. […]
April 17, 2021 by Vertical Axion
If you have an Android device and you’re something of an app fanatic, you may have been tempted by an app called FlixOnline, which was available on the Google Play Store for a time. The app’s description promises a free trial subscription to Netflix, which naturally prompted many people to download it and give it […]
April 16, 2021 by Vertical Axion
As you’re probably aware, recently a vast trove of Facebook profiles totaling 533 million in all, wound up on a hacker forum. The company was initially silent about the issue, but the company has now released a statement about the matter. Unfortunately, that statement isn’t terribly reassuring. The good news, if you can call it […]
April 15, 2021 by Vertical Axion
Most businesses are getting better at guarding against malware attacks. We still hear about successful attacks far too often, but companies are undeniably getting better at defending against them. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of firmware attacks, which are growing increasingly common. In fact, according to the first ever Security Signals report published by […]
April 14, 2021 by Vertical Axion
Last year, Microsoft seemed to struggle for a time with its monthly Windows 10 updates. We were treated to a whole series of updates that caused as many issues as they were designed to solve. Some updates led to more than a few “Blue Screen of Death” crashes and howls of frustrations from the company’s […]
April 13, 2021 by Vertical Axion
If you had to guess, worldwide, how many phishing emails would you estimate are sent out every day, what would you say? If you guessed anything less than three billion, you’d be incorrect. Three billion a day, on average. That’s both terrifying and depressing. On hearing that grim statistic, it’s natural to assume that there’s […]
April 12, 2021 by Vertical Axion
It’s tax season once again! That, among other things, means that hackers and scammers are out in force, so beware! As in years past, the primary vehicle hackers and scammers use to run their various tax scams are phishing emails. They’re usually designed to appear as though they come from the IRS, and generally indicating […]
April 10, 2021 by Vertical Axion
It goes without saying that the pandemic has changed a great many things about life, as well as the world we live and work in. One significant change on the work front has, of course, been the dramatic rise in the number of people working from home. We’re reaching a point now where, although we […]
April 9, 2021 by Vertical Axion
Taiwanese tech giant Acer is the latest company to fall victim to relentless hackers. What makes the Acer breach especially noteworthy is the fact that the group behind the attack is demanding a fifty-million-dollar ransom, which is the highest figure any group has ever demanded. The only thing that even comes close was another REvil […]
April 8, 2021 by Vertical Axion
If you don’t spend much time in the Apple ecosystem, you may not realize that Xcode is a completely legitimate tool used in macOS for developing a wide range of software and applications. Recently, based on research conducted by SentinelLabs, it has come to light that hackers are abusing Xcode via malware that has been […]
April 7, 2021 by Vertical Axion
A large US hacker collective claimed credit for something you may not have heard of yet called “#OperationPanopticon.” According to the group behind the attack, they compromised a high level administrator account at a Silicon Valley firm called Verkada, which runs a platform for security systems online. This enabled them to gain access to video […]
April 6, 2021 by Vertical Axion
For the last month or so, Google has been testing the notion of using HTTPS as the default protocol for all URLs a user types into the address bar. Those who have been experimenting with Chrome’s latest Canary build have already seen the new feature in action, and the company has decided to forge ahead. […]
April 5, 2021 by Vertical Axion
Many industry insiders consider physical security keys used in the context of two-factor authentication login schemes to be the final word in digital security. That is because even if your password is compromised, if you’re using a physical piece of hardware that has to be inserted when prompted for to complete the process, a hacker […]
April 3, 2021 by Vertical Axion
Clubhouse has taken the internet by storm. Or rather, it has taken the iOS ecosystem by storm, since the company has yet to release an Android version of their increasingly popular app. If you’re not sure what all the fuss is about, Clubhouse is an audio chat app that is invitation only. If you get […]
April 2, 2021 by Vertical Axion
One of the more disturbing trends this year is that worms are becoming popular among the hackers of the world again. We’ve seen a handful of new malware strains introduced in recent months with worm modules added to their code, allowing them to scan and infect Windows systems connected to the initial source of the […]
April 1, 2021 by Vertical Axion
If you’re a Google Chrome user, and you’re interested in maximizing the overall performance of your system, then Google’s recent announcement about their browser is sure to make you smile. The release of Chrome 89 includes enhancements design to make it run notably faster on Windows 10 and use significantly fewer resources on both Android […]
March 31, 2021 by Vertical Axion
If you rely on TCP port 554, you’ll probably want to do a bit of reconfiguration. Last year, security researchers discovered a new version of the NAT Slipstream vulnerability that allowed hackers to deploy malicious scripts in order to bypass a website visitor’s NAT firewall and access any TCP/UDP port on the visitor’s internal network. […]
March 30, 2021 by Vertical Axion
In early January of this year (2021), Microsoft informed security expert Brian Krebs that the company found four zero-day security flaws in their Exchange Server. Those flaws were actively being exploited by a persistent threat group known as Halfnium, sponsored by the Chinese government. According to Microsoft’s statistics, more than 30,000 Exchange Servers had already […]
