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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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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Hacking (in this case, cracking) ATMs is not something new, there are various techniques and methods to clone user’s cards to steal their information, or to access the system from the computer. This is the case of Jackpotting, a technique that recently surfaced back and allows emptying ATMs with the use of a malware. Recent investigations reveal that is becoming a worldwide problem. This methods cause great commotion back...
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According to Protecting Corporate Information in the Cloud, a study published by WSJ Studios and Symantec, 8 out of every 10 executives participate in activities that puts their company data in risk. This matches the tendency that Adriana García, Symantec Mexico director’s talked about during her participation in the Cybersecurity and Intelligence Congress, organized by the UDLAP Jenkins School. According to García, back in 2016, cyber-attacks...
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The heat is on at the Premier League, with the reveal of the first case of espionage between Liverpool and Manchester City. According to The Time, the Reds hacked the Citizens’ database in order to steal the names of players they were scouting. According to the article, this happened back in 2013. City hired several internet security experts to improve their systems, finding, during their study,...
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