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 attempts), comes from a report by Check Point Research, the…
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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…
DHL, at the top of the most supplanted brands
Logistics company DHL was the brand most impersonated by cybercriminals in the third quarter of 2022, with 22% of phishing attempts recorded worldwide.
This is the conclusion reached by Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence…
New phishing attacks PayPal accounts
Cybercriminals are currently targeting the PayPal platform with a new, highly convincing phishing attack on users, who become victims by opening a dangerous email.
Through a message in their email accounts, warning that an amount has been…
OpenSea updates its policies for NFT theft
The OpenSea platform, the main marketing route for NFTs, announced changes to its security policies to combat the sale of stolen products or products suspected of being illegal.
Asset theft remains the top crime in the non-fungible token…
Phishing takes advantage of the summer tourist wave
Summer arrived with phishing campaigns, which have shot at the cost of tourism with content related to vacation trips that flooded the entrance trays of their potential victims since last March.
Campaigns use summer as bait and take…
Bored Ape loses 200 ETH in a new cyber attack in two months
The companu Yuga Labs, creator of the non-fungible tokens (NFT) Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and the OtherSide metaverse, was the victim of a new cyberattack, the second in two months, which stole several collectibles valued at 200 ethers…