Digital crimes are a threat to virtually every productive sector worldwide. Just as they empty people's bank accounts, steal personal data, and impersonate others, hackers are finding new ways to affect sectors such as industry, healthcare, manufacturing, education, telecommunications, and supply…
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Cyberattacks through phishing continue to increase
Phishing is one of the cyberattack techniques that, along with ransomware, affects thousands of victims around the world. Internet criminals recruit users by impersonating regular sources of information such as banks, government agencies,…
ESET Venezuela: 15 years as a benchmark in cybersecurity
ESET, one of the leading companies in computer security worldwide, celebrated 15 years in the country with a Technological Breakfast aimed at specialized media and communicators. The event served as a platform to address crucial issues such…
Malicious banking applications: New phishing against Android and iOS users
ESET, a leading company in proactive threat detection, identified a phishing campaign aimed at mobile users that targeted bank customers. This novel criminal technique installs a phishing application from a third-party website without the…
Data loss or unauthorized access has devastating effects
Data is the most valuable asset for companies and organizations, as it contains privileged information about customers, business strategies, research, technological developments and much more. Hence, the loss or unauthorized access to this…
Microsoft led phishing in the last quarter of 2023
During the fourth quarter of 2023, Microsoft established itself as the most imitated brand in phishing scams, accounting for 33% of all phishing scams. The revelation, which positions the company significantly ahead of Amazon (with 9% of…
Prevention: Having multiple backups of your data should be a priority for companies
Cyberattacks, data privacy and the real possibility of creating Deep Fakes are major concerns today for both companies and individuals. Artificial Intelligence (AI), which helps advance so quickly in various subjects and areas, also has its…
Latin America in the crosshairs: Five bank attacks per minute shake the region
In an urgent alert that shakes computer systems, the prestigious global cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky, has revealed that Latin America has been the target of up to five banking Trojan attacks per minute.
With meticulous data collection…
Hotel booking scams are coming back to emails
Scams typical of summer have begun to appear, one of them being known as the false hotel reservation, which seeks to steal the victim's email credentials to access sensitive data and promote new attacks.
In recent years, it has become…
Fake cryptocurrency news spread through newspaper identity theft
Cybercriminals created a campaign of phishing scams in which they impersonate well-known personalities and the media, by sending emails with false cryptocurrency news, with which they obtain the victim's personal information.
This is…
Google warns cybercrime rise as Christmas approaches
Purchases and payments over the Internet increase in December. And as Christmas approaches, cyberattacks are also increasing. In this sense, Google issued a warning to be aware of the possible arrival of malicious emails.
Australians have…
Brazil is the focus of computer attacks
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…