Although the threat of a monkeypox (MPOX) outbreak remains, the World Health Organization decided to lift the international emergency due to the decrease in cases.
"The African Union, through its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, maintains the continental alert" as a measure to protect…
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Investor scams on social media are on the rise with the help of artificial intelligence
Faced with financial doubts and concerns, it's no surprise that people are looking for alternatives to make their money go further. This leads users with little investment experience to become interested and take their first steps. ESET, a…
Credential stuffing: the risk of repeating passwords and how to protect yourself
Credential stuffing is a type of cyberattack in which malicious actors use leaked usernames and passwords to log in to accounts and services other than the one that was leaked. The success of these attacks relies on the habit of reusing the…
ESET Security Day raised awareness about the sophistication of cybercrime
The 14th edition of the ESET Security Day Venezuela event took place on Thursday, June 5th. Representatives from this company (a global leader in cybersecurity) participated, addressing various aspects of the conference's central theme:…
Cybersecurity is a strategic investment, not an expense; says Lino Simoes of MásQueSeguridad
From Venezuela, engineer Lino Simoes, general manager of MásQueSeguridad (MQD), urges Latin American companies to rethink cybersecurity as an "essential investment for business resilience," highlighting that cyberattacks in the region…
Latin America and the IDB create an alliance against organized crime
The Inter-American Development Bank signed the Alliance for Security, Justice and Development with Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama,…
Cybersecurity regulations should not be seen as an avoidable additional expense
As cyberthreats show no signs of slowing down, both small and large organizations increasingly recognize that cybersecurity is no longer optional. Governments and regulatory agencies highlight its importance, especially when it comes to…
Cybercrime on the rise in Venezuela
The number of cybercrime has increased in a worrying way in Venezuela, according to the director of the Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations Corps, Douglas Rico.
During a television interview on November 7, Rico highlighted…
Expert advice to keep personal data out of the dark web
44 % of MEPs and 68 % of British MPs made it easier for their personal data to end up circulating on the dark web. The reason is that many would have registered online accounts using their official email address and entered additional…
Rafael Núñez at FITELVEN: To be cyber protected, «trust but verify»
The Venezuelan International Telecommunications Fair (FITELVEN) 2024 began on Wednesday, September 18 and ended on Saturday, September 21. The main players in the technology and telecommunications industry met there, in an environment…
Betting on video games: a worrying trend on children and adolescents
The world of video games has changed its income dynamics: it is no longer enough to buy the game, but now a range of possibilities opens up for users to acquire certain items to progress or obtain benefits, which has a second or dangerous…
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…