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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The social network Twitter acknowledged using its users' phone numbers —which were asked for security reasons— with promotional purposes. The company asked its users to provide their phone numbers and e-mail directions to improve their accounts' protection; using the two-steps authentication process. However, this data ended up being used with specific advertising purposes, although Twitter ensures that it was "not intentional". The security failure offered the advertisers a group of users' phone numbers, but their personal information was not revealed. However, the...
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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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The news has shaken the North American government: Back in 2010, Russian engineers were able to hack their way into FBI computers in order to impede the institution’s efforts to identify potential spies. Back in 2012, The U.S. realized the “serious danger” that Russia’s ability to hack into certain types of secure communications and homing signals poses for the FBI, according to an article posted in...
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