Bolstering Defenses: How Retailers Can Fortify Their Cybersecurity
In today’s digital age, retailers hold a treasure trove of data – customer information, financial records, and even inventory details. This valuable information makes them prime targets for cybercriminals, who are constantly seeking new ways to exploit vulnerabilities and gain unauthorized access. The consequences of a successful cyberattack can be devastating for retailers. Not only […]
A Credential Stuffing Attack Affected PayPal Accounts
PayPal recently suffered a large-scale credential stuffing attack with thousands of accounts compromised with credential stuffing, a type of cyber attack which uses stolen usernames and passwords taken from other data breaches to gain access to online accounts. This article will explain Credential Stuffing and how PayPal accounts were affected by it. Read: T-Mobile suffers […]
The Des Moines school district in Iowa is the new victim of a cyberattack
The Des Moines school district is the largest one in Iowa, but alarms rang on Monday due to unusual activities in their digital systems. With the number of schools, employees, and students under its care, the concern that this attack implies is more than understandable. Read all the details with the following lines. Activities in […]
Preventing ransomware attacks
With the severity of ransomware attacks, the question always remains: is it possible to prevent them? In the case of such invasive malware, and with almost complete control, it seems impossible, but that’s not the case! When it comes to these attacks, it is not only losing important photos or documents, but situations that manage […]
A suspect of being part of Lapsus$ was arrested in Brazil
On October 19, the Brazilian Federal Police arrested a fellow citizen suspected of being part of Lapsus$, the cybercriminal group that has caused great havoc during the year to important companies around the world. There are several interesting details about this arrest and the subsequent investigation. This article will show what is happening around this […]
Cybercriminals take advantage of LinkedIn’s Smart Link feature
Cybercriminals are always looking for clever ways to trick users into giving up their card details and other credentials. In this case, a group has been targeting users from Slovakia who use LinkedIn’s Smart Link feature, so that they trust emails with this kind of attachment. Learn all the details in the following lines. Read: […]
Hackers manage to steal millions of dollars from healthcare systems
Hackers have compromised healthcare systems, as indicated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). They warn that cybercriminals have managed to access the processors and change the route of payments to accounts they manage. This attack has become very common this year since, according to expert firms and the FBI’s cybercrime division calculations, more than […]
The Dominican Republic is targeted by the Quantum ransomware group
The Caribbean island has witnessed an attack perpetrated by the Quantum ransomware group. In this case, its main objective was the Instituto Agrario Dominicano (IAD), attached to the Ministry of Agriculture. As has been observed, the institute was not prepared to face this kind of attack, and the group took advantage of this weakness to […]
Interesting emails? They may be a phishing scam
Every day, millions of emails arrive at the different accounts managed by each user, from professional to personal, including backup accounts. However, through this route, it is very easy to trick anyone using interesting emails. The technique that cybercriminals use for this is a well-known one, but it is still very efficient. Learn more in […]
Cisco confirms hack last May
The large technology company Cisco confirmed in recent days that it was the victim of a cyberattack perpetrated last May. The confirmation comes because the Yanluowang ransomware group published a list of files stolen from Cisco. But there are many more details surrounding this attack and what has been shared these days. Read everything in […]
Microsoft blocks macros in Office; cybercriminals change their technique
Microsoft, the technology giant father of the Windows system and related products, has announced that it will block macros by default in its Office suite, which has led cybercriminals to look for new ways to trick users through files. This shift in malware distribution has been a novel test of hackers’ intelligence. In today’s article, […]
Meta takes action against cyberespionage groups that abuse its Facebook platform
In recent months, there have been several cases of cyberespionage in different countries that use Facebook as their means of contact. Given this, Meta takes action against them, which led to interesting discoveries about these hackers’ working methods; they were exposed in its Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report. Read the details in the following lines! Read: […]
Risks of connecting to a public WiFi network
Public WiFi networks are gaining more ground every day, something understandable when you notice that many businesses use them to stand out from the competition. Apart from the fact that it is now considered good customer service to have such a network, it does not matter where you are. Now that the holiday season is […]
Emails with fake resumes are used to distribute malware
Every day, users receive many emails of different kinds. In corporate accounts, it is not surprising that emails arrive with attachments associated with work, so it is difficult to suspect them. However, since they are associated with the organization’s internal network, you must be careful when you open them. The latest move from cybercriminals is […]
Most common digital threats in the first half of the year
The ESET company released its mid-year report on the most common digital threats found during these first 6 months. Despite the increase in cases, it is worrying to see how users continue to fall for the same techniques that cybercriminals have used for several years. It also shows how Spain is the third country in […]
Travel phishing grows with the summer arrival
For many users, summer is synonymous with travel and, in the north of the planet, this new season is very close. However, since it is a very recurrent topic, and one that has become a trend on the web, cybercriminals are alert to use the tourism industry and its variants to deceive the vast majority […]
Dropbox credentials stolen with a resignation letter
We know that cybercriminals look every day for very creative ways to deceive users; in this way, they do not think that it is a fraud when they put their credentials on the pages they access. But, in this case, it is a resignation letter that is tricking many into handing over their Dropbox service […]
Symbiote is the new malware on Linux
Linux is an operating system that, for a long time, had the reputation of being considered free of viruses and malware. But in recent years, cybercriminals have demonstrated their capabilities, gaining access and even attacking it with malware and ransomware. However, this time they reached a new level of attack with Symbiote, a malware that, […]
WordPress sites have been hacked to redirect them to scam sites
The last few weeks, WordPress has been under many attacks. These have shown great planning as they attack not only plugins, but are capable of injecting vulnerable code that makes visited sites lead to others, which will trick visitors. In April, there was a wave of attacks exploiting weaknesses in the plugins WordPress sites rely […]
Spain’s public administration is under the radar of cybercriminals
Spain has become a focal point for cybercriminal activities, from spying on big names in the Spanish government to attacking different organizations and systems of public institutions. The last blow is for the City Council of Lugo, but this attack only shows how weak many public systems are not only in Spain but throughout the […]