A study conducted by Karpersky's Threat Outlook found that between August 2021 and August 2022, there were 2,366 malware attacks and 110 phishing messages blocked per minute in Latin America, with Brazil being the main victim.
Brazil stands out as the one that suffers the most malware attacks, with…
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Spain had more than 300 thousand computer crimes in 2021
Spain registered more than 305,000 computer crimes in 2021, which is 6.1% more than the data registered in the previous year, according to the Criminality Statistical System (SEC).
This is one of the conclusions recently reached by the…
“Darkverse”, the haven for cybercriminals
A new report by cybersecurity company Trend Micro warns of a "darkverse" of crime hidden from law enforcement, which could rapidly evolve to fuel a new metaverse-related cybercrime industry.
This document, "Metaverse or MetaWorse?…
General Bytes suffers major hack
Bitcoin ATM manufacturer General Bytes recently suffered a major hack on its servers.
This illegal action allowed the hackers to modify the settings to take the funds to other wallet addresses.
Until now, it is unknown how much the stolen…
OpenSea reveals massive email leak
OpenSea, the market for non-fungible tokens, popularly known as NFT, announced that it suffered the largest data leak to date, carried out by its email provider Customer.io, which would have published the emails of platform users.
The…
LinkedIn has been the center of phishing attacks
LinkedIn is listed as the company that has received the highest number of phishing attacks during the first quarter of the year, being the target of 52% of these campaigns.
Social networks have become the main target of this type of scam,…
Microsoft launches anti-cyberthreat service
Microsoft announced the launch of Security Experts, a service for companies with which the company seeks to help them strengthen their security systems and protect themselves from cyber attacks.
Security Experts is a new category of…
Axie Infinity manages to recover 150 million dollars
The developer of the game Axie Infinity, Sky Mavis announced that it has already managed to recover 150 million dollars thanks to special financing provided by Binance.
The goal of this process is to offer reimbursement for funds lost…
Chrome users are exposed to a new form of cyberattack
Users of the Google Chrome browser are exposed to a "browser-in-the-browser or BitB" attack when trying to log in to a web page from a Google, Twitter or Facebook account, among others.
A Google browser user who wants to save time logging…
Colombia has invested $ 90 million in bank security
The Financial Superintendence of Colombia (SFC) published the indicators related to information security and cybersecurity in the banking sector, establishing that the 2021 expenditure was approximately 90 million dollars.
Despite this…
Colombia will hold a hackathon on blockchain, Web3 and NFT
Colombia will host the ForkTheSystem hackathon that will take place between March 11 and 13 and will focus on blockchain technology, Web3 and NFTs. The event will be organized by Status Network with a mixed format that will be free for…
WhatsApp fixes bug that put user privacy at risk
WhatsApp corrected an important vulnerability present in both the consumer and business modes, whereby a cyber attacker could take control of the device by taking advantage of a call.
The vulnerability was rated as 4 or high importance…