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January 21, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Recently, a group of investors wrote an open letter to Apple, urging the company to do more in regards to offering better and more robust parental controls on the devices the company makes. Although the group of investors control some …
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January 20, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Did you purchase an HP laptop between December of 2015 and December of 2017? If so, then you may have problems. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has been made aware of eight instances where HP battery packs overheated, charred, …
January 19, 2018 by Vertical Axion
The owners of Android devices have been able to properly view vertical videos for more than two years, but for Apple users, it was a different story. Instead of getting the traditional full-screen experience when viewing vertical videos, Apple users …
January 18, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Have you been hearing strange, otherworldly sounds on your Bose or Sonos speakers? If so, rest assured that your speakers aren’t haunted. They’ve likely been hijacked by hackers. Researchers at Trend Micro have confirmed that some models (the Sonos Play:1, …
January 17, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Another week, another attack vector, and this one deserves extra points for creativity. New research has proved the viability of using something as simple and innocuous as sound waves to disrupt the normal functioning of HDDs, which can be used …
January 16, 2018 by Vertical Axion
AMD long ago dropped support of 32-bit operating systems, and now, Nvidia is following suit. The long-anticipated move by the company will mean the end of driver support for the 32-bit builds of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows …
January 15, 2018 by Vertical Axion
“Paint” is one step closer to being a thing of the past. In May of this year, Microsoft caught a surprising amount of flak when they announced that the venerable app, which had been included with the OS in every …
January 13, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Chromebooks have brought Android apps to a much wider market, making them accessible to virtually everyone, but the Chrome OS has always lagged behind other platforms developmentally. One of its most serious limitations where running apps was concerned centered on …
Facebook scams are fairly common occurrences, owing to the sheer size of the platform’s user base. It’s no surprise that there’s a new one making the rounds that you should be aware of. This latest threat was discovered by researchers …
January 11, 2018 by Vertical Axion
There’s some bad news if you own a computer driven by an Intel processor. Recently, a dangerous, catastrophic security flaw has been discovered in Intel’s X86-64 architecture that allows hackers to access the kernel, which sits at the heart of …
January 10, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Not long ago, observant Reddit users noted and began discussing a curious phenomenon. It appeared that older iPhones were unexpectedly slowing down, and no one could name the reason why. It caught the attention of a number of security researchers …
January 9, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Few things are more ubiquitous in an office environment than printers. Of course, these days, most printers are much more than simply that. They can also scan, copy and even send emails. As such, they’ve become an increasingly attractive option …
January 8, 2018 by Vertical Axion
SplashData has released their latest annual report on the most commonly used passwords. Unfortunately, the more things change, the more they stay the same. By now, everyone knows that the number of hacking attempts and high-profile data breaches are on …
January 6, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Apple has been quietly working on something called “Project Marzipan” for a couple of years now, and it appears that they’re getting closer to unveiling it. The company seeks to bring its MacOS and iOS platforms closer together by developing …
January 5, 2018 by Vertical Axion
Do you use “Keeper?” If you’re not sure what it is, then you probably don’t. It’s a password manager that Microsoft has been bundling with some of its Windows 10 releases. Either way, there’s a serious flaw in its design …
January 4, 2018 by Vertical Axion
In the malware ecosystem, few strains are more terrifying than those that target industrial control systems. Think Stuxnet, Industroyer and IronGate. Recently, security researchers from FireEye have identified a new threat in this class of malware. Alternately called “Triton” or …
January 3, 2018 by Vertical Axion
In recent months, Microsoft Word has been getting a fair amount of bad press, thanks to an old-but-still-supported feature called DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange). This is the feature that allows Word to pull data from other MS Office applications. For …
January 2, 2018 by Vertical Axion
If you have a Genie DVR system, you should be aware of a major security flaw in the firmware that could allow a hacker to take complete control over the device. At issue is the equipment offered by AT&T as …
January 1, 2018 by Vertical Axion
What’s the next big thing for the PC world? If the industry’s major players have anything to say about it, it will be the “always-on” PC. Forget about plugging into your company’s network. Forget about free WiFi Hotspots. With an …
December 30, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Security researchers at UpGuard recently made a terrifying discovery in finding an unprotected Amazon S3 server containing several databases belonging to a data analytics provider called Alteryx. While the server contained a variety of databases, the two that are of …
December 29, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Most people agree that the use of USB drives increases efficiency and boosts productivity, which goes a long way toward explaining their popularity, but these handy little drives can also be problematic. According to a recently published survey by Apricorn, …
December 28, 2017 by Vertical Axion
How many apps do you have on your smartphone? Do you know how much data they’re collecting about you? Most people have scores of apps installed (and often hundreds), even if they only use a few on a regular basis, …
December 27, 2017 by Vertical Axion
HP is in the news again. If you missed the initial story, earlier in the year, it was reported that an audio driver that came pre-installed on a number of HP laptops contained keylogging code that stored every key stroke …
December 26, 2017 by Vertical Axion
On the surface, the new Facebook For Kids messenger app looks like a solid win that should put the minds of parents all over the world at ease. The company conducted extensive interviews and assembled a Blue-Ribbon panel of experts …
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