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November 5, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Recently, Verizon experienced a minor but significant data breach. Between October 6, 2022, and October 10, 2022, an unknown malicious actor gained access to Verizon’s prepaid wireless accounts, compromising approximately 250 individuals. According to a letter to customers, Verizon discovered …
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October 24, 2022 by Vertical Axion
In light of a recent data breach, the City of Tucson, Arizona, is alerting approximately 123,000 citizens that their personal information has been compromised. The issue was detected in May 2022, but the city’s investigation didn’t conclude until last month.…
September 21, 2022 by Vertical Axion
An unknown hacker, who claims to be eighteen years old, acquired administrative access to Uber’s corporate network and proprietary internal tools on Thursday, September 15, 2022. On September 15, 2022, at 6:25 pm PT, Uber issued a statement on Twitter …
September 2, 2022 by Vertical Axion
If you eat out or are in the habit of ordering take-out on a regular basis, be aware. Recently, a large, well-organized web-skimming campaign has been uncovered that allowed hackers to swipe the payment card details for more than 300 …
August 30, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Do you make use of the “MyChart” portal to refill prescriptions, contact your healthcare providers or make appointments? If so, you should know that recently, the healthcare giant Novant disclosed a data breach that impacted more than 1.3 million patients. …
August 12, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Are you a fan of NFTs? If so, you’ve probably heard of OpenSea, which is the largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens. If you have an account there, be aware that recently the company disclosed that their network had been breached …
July 26, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Do you have an account with Michigan-based Flagstar Bank? As one of the largest banks in the United States, it’s quite possible that you do. If so, be aware that the company recently issued a breach disclosure notification relating to …
July 12, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Do you receive healthcare of any kind from Kaiser Permanente? If so, be aware that they recently published a data breach notification indicating that an unidentified attacker accessed an email account that contained personal health information on April 5th, 2022.…
July 1, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Depending on where you live, you may have received medical care from the Shields Health Care Group (Shields), or from a provider associated with them. If so, be aware that the Massachusetts-based medical provider specializing in PET/CT scans, MRIs, radiation …
June 28, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Do you maintain a MySQL server? If so, you’re certainly not alone. What you may not know is that according to research conducted by The Shadowserver Foundation, (a cybersecurity research group) there are literally millions of MySQL servers visible on …
June 16, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Do you own a Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, or Cadillac? If so, be aware that GM recently acknowledged that they fell victim to a credential stuffing attack a little over a month ago. The attack exposed some customer information to the …
May 5, 2022 by Vertical Axion
If you have any tools in your garage, odds are good that at least a few of them are Snap-on tools. The brand is ubiquitous in the United States and the company is one of the leading manufacturers globally. They …
April 28, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Do you use the popular smartphone app “Cash App?” If so, you’re certainly not alone. It is wildly popular and used by millions of people around the world. As one of the most wildly popular things on the web, that …
April 19, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Microsoft recently confirmed that an account belonging to one of their employees was compromised by the Lapsus$ hacking group, which allowed them to abscond with portions of the company’s source code. Yes, you read that correctly. Microsoft got hacked. They …
April 8, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Online photography platform Shutterfly is the latest high-profile company to fall victim to a hacking attack. The company recently disclosed that in December of last year (2021) they were targeted by the Conti gang, who successfully breached their system and …
April 4, 2022 by Vertical Axion
The automotive parts giant named DENSO is the latest corporation to fall victim to a hacking attack. The company has offices all over the world and supplies parts to brands including General Motors, Fiat, Volvo, Toyota, and others. Collectively the …
March 24, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Samsung’s corporate network was breached recently. That’s bad news all by itself. The company has recently confirmed that in addition to the confidential customer information that was stolen, the hackers also made off with the source code for the software …
March 18, 2022 by Vertical Axion
It’s 2022 and after years of warning people repeatedly about the dangers of using the same old passwords and using the same password across multiple websites, you would think this would get better. You would think we’d have that problem …
March 17, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Nvidia joined the seemingly unending parade of major corporations to fall victim of a hacking attack. Recently, a group of hackers calling itself “Lapsus$” began sharing details about the incident and the damage that it caused. Nvidia confirmed the attack.…
March 10, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Meyer Corporation is a California-based company and a giant in the cookware industry. Meyer is the latest victim in a seemingly never-ending parade of hacking attacks. The full extent of the attack has not yet been disclosed because an investigation …
March 3, 2022 by Vertical Axion
We have recently learned that Puma Sportswear was impacted by a data breach in the waning days of 2021. It’s important to note that Puma’s networks were not attacked directly. The attack was made against Kronos which is one of …
February 4, 2022 by Vertical Axion
The WP HTML Mail plugin has been installed on more than 20,000 websites. If you’ve built a WordPress site for your business and you use that plugin, be aware that you are at risk. A high severity security flaw was …
February 2, 2022 by Vertical Axion
Scammers delight in impersonating government agencies and well-known brands to lure email recipients into giving up their personal information. That information is then either exploited directly or sold to the highest bidder on the Dark Web. Have you ever wondered …
February 1, 2022 by Vertical Axion
There was a recently discovered issue with the way the IndexedDB API was implemented in Safari’s WebKit engine. This is giving IT professionals who work in an environment dominated by Apple products heartburn. The faulty implementation allows or could allow …
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