INCIBE (Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad / National Institute of Cybersecurity) alerted everyone about the viral scam making the rounds on Instant Messaging app WhatsApp: A message with a link to a video in which the user is invited to participate in an exchange of collective money. The scam is presented as a circular economy movement, that claims that by only investing 33Euro, you can earn up...
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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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The WhatsApp App is more important than it seems to be, and it goes even further if we become victims in a Smartphone theft case. There is a large amount of information: Contacts, conversations, photos, videos, and some other kind of files that we do not want to share with anyone. Luckily, some time ago, the WhatsApp App has the backup function. This tool allows us...
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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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