Distributed Denial of Service, or DDoS In the world of computer security, a Distributed Denial of Service, also known as a DDoS attack, refers to an attack aimed at a system of computers or a network that rends a service unavailable to legitimate users. It normally leads to a loss of connection with the network by using the entirety of the victim’s broadband or overloading the...
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The Telegram messaging service was recently a victim of a DDoS cyber-attack that affected the platform in several regions of America and Europe. Currently, the company points to China as the origin point of the attack, claiming that it was the Chinese government’s answer to Hong Kong protests. Pavel Durov, Telegram’s C.E.O. and founder, revealed that the attack mainly originated from Chinese IP addresses, which suggests...
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The ESET company warned WhatsApp users that a fraudulent message is circulating around the app, claiming that to celebrate an anniversary, WhatsApp is giving away 1000GB for internet navigation via WiFi. The site to which the fraudulent message links invites the user to share the offer with at least another 30 users before being able to access the prize. ESET even detected a script on the...
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Social media has become the ideal hunting ground for criminals thanks to the saturation of personal data currently available online. By using websites as casing tools, a criminal can send a customized message (spearphishing) in which he or she will try to get a user to visit a fake website, disguised as a legitimate one, with the aim of stealing their information and money. Criminals will...
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ESET, leading company when it comes to the preventive detection of threats, announced that signs-ups are now open for anyone wishing to participate in the twelfth edition of the ESET Award for Computer Security Journalism. All Latin American journalists are invited to participate with their articles on computer security published in local media. Those who wish to participate can sign-up in three different categories, depending on...
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The Irish Data Protection Commission announced an investigation on a Facebook security breach that affected 600 million of user passwords. The social media platform confirmed that dozens of thousands of employees had access to 600 million unencrypted user passwords, which made them easy to read and access. The IDCP – who was put in charge of the case due to the fact that Facebook’s European headquarters are...
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After the news that three important antivirus companies were hacked was made public, experts at the Advanced Intelligence company claimed that Russian cyber-pirates going by the name of Fxmsp were selling the stolen codes in the Deep Web. Besides the codes, the group offers access to the aforementioned companies for a $300.000 fee. The allegedly affected antivirus companies are Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro, which have...
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This past Wednesday, Ajit Pai, president of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC), said he was opposed to allowing Chinese telecommunications giant China Mobile to offer their mobile services in the United States of America. The matter will be put to vote next month. “Safekeeping the integrity of our telecommunication networks is key when it comes to our national safety,” said Pai, in a declaration in which...
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The Panama government announced the investigation of an alleged confidential data breach in the public healthcare system that would affect around 3,4 million Panama citizens. Irving Hallman, director of the National Authority for Government Innovation (A.I.G.) announced via Twitter that “@SCSIRTPanama is reviewing the incident regarding citizens’ data being spread via social media, and will announce the results of the investigation as soon as they are...
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