The National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) of Venezuela announced the launch of a new technology application, whose main objective is to automate and make more effective the fight against digital piracy in the country.

According to the organization’s post on Instagram, “the tool will streamline processes such as managing website blocks and real-time monitoring of websites operating illegally.”

Furthermore, Conatel President Jorge Márquez indicated that the app “will facilitate the generation of metrics and instant reports, as well as the creation of a centralized database with information from internet service providers (ISPs).”

With this new tool, Conatel will strengthen its strategy of centralizing information, in addition to making processes and the provision of valuable data more efficient “to refine the fight against this scourge that affects the national industry.”

Márquez recalled that, “after establishing a protocol for reporting malicious websites in October 2024, more than 300 websites operating outside the law in Venezuela have been blocked.”

As a warning to users, Conatel cautioned about the risks of using unofficial applications, the dangers of malicious software that compromises device security, and unauthorized access to cameras, microphones, photo galleries, personal files, bank passwords, and financial information.

M.Pino

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Cybercriminals claim through social networks that they have the ability to restore WhatsApp accounts blocked by the platform so that their owners can use them again as long as they contribute an amount of money.

The messaging platform, owned by Meta, reserves the right to cancel its services in the event that users do not comply with the conditions of use detailed on its website.

Among the actions or activities that WhatsApp prohibits and that could be grounds for blocking an account are the copying and distribution of works derived from its service or content that encourages illegal or inappropriate behavior.

WhatsApp points out on this page, in fact, that it can modify, suspend or cancel the access of certain users to its services “at any time and for any reason“, in the event that users cause damage or put other users at risk like the platform itself.

Cybercriminals took advantage of this situation to share false offers through social networks, in which they indicate that, upon payment, they are able to unlock these accounts that have been interrupted due to misuse of the service.

This has been verified by WABetaInfo, who shared one of these false ads in which a malicious agent encourages the blocked to establish contact with an Instagram user to recover their accounts.

K. Tovar

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In a recent blog post, DuckDuckGo announced that “over the next week” it will be expanding third-party tracking scripts, blocking them from loading on websites, and including Microsoft scripts in browser builds for iOS and Android.

The company will also apply this tracker blocking policy to its browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge and Opera with beta apps that it will introduce “next month.”

“This extends our protection against third-party tracking, which blocks the loading of identified ‘scripts’ from Facebook, Google and other companies on third-party websites, to include Microsoft tracking ‘scripts,'” he said in this writing. .

With this, it has been recalled that its protection system prevents most third-party trackers from loading during browsing, something that was previously not possible with those developed by Microsoft due to the agreement between both companies.

“We are glad that this is no longer the case. We have not had and do not have any similar limitations with any other company,” said DuckDuckGo, who recalled that Microsoft’s ‘scripts’ “were never embedded” or in its search engine Not even in your apps.

Likewise, it has detailed that advertising on DuckDuckGo is carried out in collaboration with Microsoft, but that the display of these ads is anonymous, since its partner has promised not to create profiles of its users.

“Microsoft Advertising does not associate your behavior with respect to an advertisement with a user profile. Nor does it store or share that information for statistical purposes,” it has argued.

Ad conversions

DuckDuckGo has explained that to assess whether an ad is effective in your browser and conversions are being generated, Microsoft Advertising uses scripts with the domain bat.bing.com. However, if advertisers want to detect conversions from their ads on DuckDuckGo, their security solution will block requests from this server.

He has commented that to replace this system and its dependence on bat.bing.com, as well as the effectiveness of these ads, he has begun to work on a specific architecture, just as Safari already does with the Measurement of private clicks (PCM) and Firefox in Interoperable Private Attribution (IPA).

“We believe this work is important because it means we can improve the advertising-based business model that countless companies rely on to offer free services by making it more private, rather than scrapping it altogether,” the announcement concludes.

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The cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance continues to adopt additional measures so that the Russian government cannot avoid the impact of the sanctions imposed through the use of cryptocurrencies. In this connection, it has blocked different accounts of the relatives of high-ranking Kremlin officials in recent years. two months.

According to a report published by the exchange, among the users affected by the measure are: Elizaveta Peskova, daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, and Polina Kovaleva, stepdaughter of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The exchange house also reported that it blocked the account of Kirill Malofeyev, son of Konstantin Malofeyev, a millionaire of Russian nationality who was also accused of violating the sanctions imposed by the United States on the government led by Vladimir Putin.

Chagri Poyraz, Binance’s global head of sanctions, noted that the company blocked Peskov “when he tried to use the exchange through a third-party broker,” the official later expressed his displeasure stating that such actions were “totally unfair and unfounded.”

Binance conducts proactive surveillance

For the head of sanctions of the exchange house, the company will continue to monitor its platform in order to identify people associated with Russian officials or personalities who can use the services of the organization to evade the sanctions imposed.

In Poyraz’s opinion, the company applies different monitoring mechanisms so that “compliance control operations are proactive, with the aim of detecting and dissuading the risk of financial crime before any regulatory or legal action towards these people or entities”.

As will be remembered on April 21, Binance adopted a series of restrictive measures to prevent Russian citizens from evading sanctions. Among the measures taken, the limits established for operations of a maximum of 10,000 euros or 10,800 dollars in each account stand out.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, warned that the company “will comply with the sanctions, but will not unilaterally freeze the accounts of millions of innocent users” as a consequence of the sanctions established by the Westerners against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

The report published by the exchange house also refers to the links that the relatives of the high-ranking officials have with the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, despite the prohibition that exists in Russian law for those officials, their spouses and minor children to invest in this type of asset.

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Source: en.cointelegraph.com

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Twitch announced that it will block all those users who share false information or ‘fake news’ regularly through the platform in order to protect other users from dangerous content. This was reported by the company through a statement in which it indicated that it had updated the rules of use in its section referring to the Policies of ‘spam’, scams and malicious conduct.

The information refers to the rule related to the limitation of false news that its content can “cause significant damage if allowed on the service.” In addition, the platform reported that it made alliances with “more than a dozen researchers and experts to understand and appreciate how misinformation spreads, as well as the user profiles responsible for it.”

The result of this alliance has made it possible to determine the characteristics and profiles of users who share this type of information on the network, identifying three main criteria.

The first is related to the frequency of sharing information, verifying that they persistently share erroneous information. The second criterion is linked to topics, noting that they do so on “widely refuted disinformation” topics, while the third criterion is linked to the distribution of “harmful information, such as conspiracies that promote violence.”

Twitch: Focused on user health

The company, in its statement, stated that it will use these criteria to especially analyze misinformation about health and conspiracies related “to dangerous treatments or Covid-19, as well as disinformation promoted by conspiracy networks linked to violence, among other recurrent topics.”

“We have selected these criteria because, taken together, they create the greatest risk of harm, including inciting harm in the real world,” and said it would only block users who meet those three criteria.

Twitch also indicated that it will continue to take action on misinformation targeting specific communities in accordance with the “Harassment and Hateful Conduct Policy” and will continue to adjust security conditions according to misinformation trends and misbehavior.

On the other hand, the platform urges the members of its community to report users who engage in the activity of placing in danger to the rest of the community members through an email indicating the name of the account and any evidence that supports the complaint.

M. Rodríguez

Source: europapress.es

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Ransomware is a type of software that intentionally executes malicious actions without the user’s knowledge, infecting devices and locking users out of their data or applications until those affected pay the ransom. It is currently one of the most dangerous, common and costly cyberattacks because attackers request large amounts of money to return access to information.

There are several ways a device can be infected, but the common one is through malware or attachments, which are usually sent via email. They are usually displayed as executable files and once the victim opens the email, the file starts its execution immediately.

Once the program has been run, the victim may be faced with the following scenarios: The files will be archived on the hard drive and a note will start to appear on the screen demanding payment of a sum of money to decrypt the files.

All system functions, such as Windows Task Manager, can also be disabled. Access to websites that could give you instructions or information on how to remove ransomware without paying the ransom will be blocked.

Most frequent ransomware

Among the most common ransomware, the following stand out the file encryption, which consists of encrypting the victim’s files and the cyberattacker requests a ransom to be able to decrypt them.

In the case of screen lockers a screen that blocks access to the computers or mobile phones of the victims is displayed, so they must pay a ransom to gain access to their devices.

Mobile ransomware is also common. This is a software that encrypt the files on the hard drive of a cell phone and until the user pays the amount demanded by the attacker can not access personal information.

Another type of ransomware is DDoS Ransomware, which doesn’t encrypt files, but uses a “botnet to bombard servers with so much traffic that they can’t respond.”

Ransomware as a service (RaaS) is also common, and has become a new form of business for cyber attackers, because this type of software “allows them to create their own ransomware and then use it themselves or sell it to other sites where they also they can carry out cyber attacks.

Measures to prevent cyberattacks

Companies, organizations and institutions that handle a lot of confidential information are the most likely to be victims of ransomware cyberattacks, but attacks on individuals have also been reported. As a prevention mechanism and to avoid becoming a martyr for cybercriminals, it is necessary to take certain measures:

• Make a backup of all files regularly, avoiding losing documents if they become encrypted with ransomware.
• Keep anti-virus software up to date.
• Change the passwords of important accounts regularly. A unique password for each of them is recommended.
• Do not share passwords or store them in easily accessible sites.
• Avoid opening emails from unknown people that contain attachments.
• Disable macros in Microsoft Office programs.
• Install security software that makes it easier to protect your computer equipment from ransomware attacks.

M. Rodríguez

Source: tekcrispy.com

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