According to cybersecurity specialists, 2021 will still be marked by the health crisis that arose due to Covid-19 throughout 2020. At least the first semester will be marked by threats and fears of the disease and will continue there, focusing their attacks on those who take advantage of vulnerabilities. Similarly, the forced adoption of teleworking by many companies so as not to stop their activities and...
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According to Europol's annual report on organized internet crime, ransomware and social engineering - through the use of email - continue to be the main threats suffered by users of computer systems. Similarly, Europol notes that these crimes evolve rapidly and are increasingly difficult to detect and investigate. Cybercriminals' preferred method, on the other hand, is to blackmail those who fall into their clutches, always fearful...
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Today, email is still the main tool for professional communications and it is estimated that it still has many years to go. Email is such a common part of our lives that we sometimes forget that it is the greatest threat to cybersecurity. Email is used for scams that generally come in three basic formats: Attempt to engage the victim in a conversation with the attacker. ...
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According to a study carried by Infrascale, cyber attacks are more common against small and medium-sized enterprises than what it was believed, and it can affect up to 46% of these enterprises. This study indicated that 55% of B2B companies said to have suffered a ransomware attack, in contrast with the 36% of attacks B2C companies suffered. Although, most SMEs claimed to feel prepared to...
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Apparently, WhatsApp has become the perfect tool for cybercriminals and scammers to do their things. This time it is one of the most difficult scams to identify by the victims: the lost chip. That is because the scammer steals a person's phone number, blocks the original line and impersonates the victim to extort his contacts. The criminal buys a new chip and calls the telephone operator...
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Thousands of devices, especially those with Android technology and Qualcomm microprocessors, could be exposed to potentially serious vulnerabilities and data theft. The cybersecurity company Check Point has discovered a critical vulnerability in Qualcomm processors, which affects almost half of the world's smartphones and can cause data leakage or information and payment credentials theft. The company has warned that the vulnerability is present in TrustZone, a security extension...
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Google collected, without authorization, the medical data of millions of Americans, according to an exclusive Monday edition of The Wall Street Journal, which quoted internal data and knowledgeable sources. The collection of data is part of a Google initiative named Nightingale Project, through which the company gathers patient information through medical company Ascencion, the largest catholic firm of its type, and whose headquarters are located in...
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A Chinese government decree aims for video games players under 18 years of age to play a maximum of 90 minutes per day. Likewise, the time access is restricted between 10 PM at night to 8 AM in the morning. The veto, which limits the use of this recreational option, also stipulates that they can only play for three hours during the weekends; and it is...
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Facebook announced the suspension of three networks of Russian accounts that allegedly tried to interfere in the politics of eight African countries. All accounts were linked to a single Russian businessman who has close ties to the country’s president, and who is accused of meddling in the U.S.’s 2016 elections. The social media platform said that all the networks were connected to “entities linked to Russian...
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