Ransomware: 6 essential aspects
Although they have been around since as early as 1989, ransomware attacks have gained traction in the last years, causing great financial harm to both companies and people. But what makes this threat so special? Well, the term "ransom" must ring a bell as to what it...
Microsoft accidentally signed a gaming driver containing rootkit malware
Microsoft signed a driver being distributed in the gaming field, a malicious network filter rootkit. The driver is called “Netfilter,” a rootkit that redirects traffic to Chinese C2 IPs and aims to spoof gamers’ geo-locations to deceive the system and play from...
Akamai reported pandemic-bored scammers attacking the gaming industry in 2020
Cyberattacks on the video game industry increased during the pandemic year, shooting 340%, showing Akamai’s gaming report from 2020. Who is Akamai Technologies? Akamai Technologies Inc. is a global content delivery network (CDN), cloud service, and cybersecurity...
If it seems fishy, it might be a phishing attack
If something online seems too good to be true, it usually isn't. Phishing is one of those things that masquerade as legit and trustworthy to get a hold of your money, the kind of play-pretend I would call "phisy." The bigger the company, the more complicated the...
8 types of Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and how to recognize them
With the help of the Indicators of Compromise, you and your team can identify malicious activity or security threats, such as data breaches, insider threats, or malware attacks. Therefore, security breaches can take different forms: unknown files on the system,...
Quick guide to 6 common types of phishing
Phishing is a cybercrime that uses different tactics, such as deceptive emails, websites and text messages, in order to obtain users ‘personal information. Attackers use the obtained information for identify theft and fraud. From phreaking to phishing The term...
Top 3 ataques de phishing del año 2020
Aunque parezca increíble, seguimos cayendo en la trampa de los engaños que emplean suplantación de identidad para robar información, dinero o tomar el control de los sistemas atacados. Los ataques de phishing pueden usar una amplia variedad de aplicaciones móviles,...
$1 million stolen by scammers promoting fake $SpaceX coin “created” by Elon Musk
Lately, YouTube fans have been swindled out of almost $1 million thanks to a convincing fake SpaceX crypto-coin campaign through a popular decentralized finance protocol called Uniswap. Who started the fake SpaceX coins ads? This year in early May, many scammers...
Massive LinkedIn breach: 700M users’ data exposed
After a similar incident in April, in which a jaw-dropping 500 million profiles were put up for sale online, LinkedIn suffers a second massive data breach. Reportedly, the latest incident has exposed the sensitive data of 700 million (92%) of its users. The leaked...
The aftermath of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack of May 7th
The aftermath of the ransomware attack carried out by the DarkSide group against Colonial Pipeline, the biggest fuel provider in the US, consisted of major disruptions throughout the US energy sector and served as a lesson in demonstrating the importance of protecting...
