Blog YouTube Security Flaw Could Have Exposed Billions of User Emails March 14, 2025 by Vertical Axion Have you ever wondered how hackers get your email address? They use many tricky methods, but thanks to security researchers Brutecat and Nathan, they can’t use your YouTube account to find them. The researchers notified Google that a YouTube security flaw could expose billions of email addresses and open them to phishing attacks. How YouTube […] Read more » Business & Finance Security YouTube
Blog SVG Files: A New Gateway for Phishing Attacks March 11, 2025 by Vertical Axion Hackers never stop looking for ways to steal data from your business. Now, they’ve turned their attention to leveraging SVG files, a type you would never suspect. These seemingly harmless image files are the source of a recent spate of SVG phishing attacks to bamboozle people into sharing their Office 365 login credentials. If your […] Read more » Business & Finance Recent News Security
Blog Combating Deepfakes: Protecting Workplaces From Digital Deception March 7, 2025 by Vertical Axion Imagine this: you get a call from your CEO asking you to wire a large sum of money to a foreign bank account. It’s unusual but comes directly from them, so you do it. Later, you learn it wasn’t your CEO on the other end of the line but a criminal using deepfake technology to […] Read more » Business & Finance Business Advice Security
Blog Hidden Text Salting: A New Email Security Threat March 6, 2025 by Vertical Axion Email remains hackers’ first choice for launching attacks on unsuspecting companies because it’s easy, inexpensive, and effective. Phishing messages take advantage of the weakest link in any security strategy—humans—and for every tool security experts develop to close that gap, cybercriminals find a way around it. Hidden text salting is the latest approach to thwarting email […] Read more » Business & Finance Business Advice Security
Blog Hackers Exploit GenAI for Faster, Smarter Cyber Attacks March 5, 2025 by Vertical Axion There’s no question that generative AI (GenAI) affects businesses of all sizes. But for all the good news — increased productivity, more accurate data analysis, streamlined operations, etc. — there’s plenty of bad news, too. IT security professionals report that GenAI cyber attacks are skyrocketing, creating a greater concern than data breaches. The latest Splunk […] Read more » Business & Finance Recent News Security
Blog OneDrive for Business May Not Be Fully Secure March 4, 2025 by Vertical Axion Heads up: If your company uses OneDrive for Business to store critical documents in the cloud, they may not be as secure as you think. According to security expert Brian Maloney, Microsoft is not adequately securing data on user’s devices, which could present a massive security risk if that device becomes compromised. Without adequate OneDrive […] Read more » Business & Finance Recent News Security
Blog Microsoft Teams Adds Phishing Alerts to Boost Security March 3, 2025 by Vertical Axion Cybercriminals will stop at nothing to infiltrate organizations, and phishing attacks remain one of their most common — and successful — approaches. Despite efforts to build awareness and train people to recognize fake messages, hackers are still successfully impersonating individuals and brands and tricking recipients into divulging sensitive information. Microsoft Teams is a popular target […] Read more » Business & Finance Microsoft Recent News Security
Blog Apple Patches First Zero-Day of 2025 March 1, 2025 by Vertical Axion It might be a new year, but cybercriminals are still up to their old tricks —including exploiting previously unknown security flaws in operating systems to launch attacks on businesses. Finding and patching these vulnerabilities is a priority for technology providers. In that vein, the first Apple zero-day patch of 2025 appeared in late January. If […] Read more » Apple Business & Finance Recent News Security
Blog Google Launches Chrome Web Store for Enterprise Users February 28, 2025 by Vertical Axion Suppose your team uses Google extensions for daily workflows around your business. In that case, you’ll want to pay attention to the new Chrome Web Store for Enterprise users. Could the launch of this new feature mean your IT security team gains more control over the extensions allowed on your network? Yes — on top […] Read more » Business & Finance Google Recent News Security
Blog Seamlessly Integrate App Security Into Cyber Defense February 27, 2025 by Vertical Axion Cybersecurity incidents continue to keep pace with technological advancements, and the more sophisticated and insidious criminals become, the more these breaches and hacks cost companies. Recent data from IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report indicates that the average attack cost in 2024 hit $4.8 million, a devastating outcome for many businesses. The increase in […] Read more » Business & Finance Security Technology
