Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 5-11 March Mozilla patches two 0-day vulnerabilities Mozilla has issued a security advisory patching two 0-day vulnerabilities that are reportedly being actively exploited and affect Firefox, Focus and Thunderbird. Both vulnerabilities were...
María Teresa Nieto Galán Understanding the concept of “rollup” for blockchain scalability In previous articles we have already discussed how important scalability is in Blockchain technology and how this ecosystem is starting to create solutions to achieve faster and more computationally...
Alexandre Maravilla Are SMS for sending verification codes secure? I recently forgot the password to access the personal area of my current bank’s online banking app. I show you the process of resetting the password, carried out from...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 28 February – 4 March Daxin: highly sophisticated backdoor Researchers at Symantec have published a paper reporting a new backdoor they have called Daxin, which they attribute to actors linked to China. According to Symantec,...
Telefónica Tech AI of Things(I): Multiplying the value of connected things Written by Álvaro Capell and David Bonomo The recent media explosion of the metaverse concept has overshadowed another technological trend, augmented or mixed reality, which is transforming the way we...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 19-25 February New privilege escalation flaw in Linux Security researchers at Qualys have discovered seven flaws in Canonical’s Snap software packaging and deployment system used in operating systems that use the Linux...
Diego Samuel Espitia A practical approach to integrating MITRE’s ATT&CK and D3FEND Businesses have become aware of the need to have mechanisms in place to ensure the protection of their information and how important it is to understand their weaknesses in...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 5 – 11 February Microsoft disables macros and MSIX to prevent malware distribution Microsoft has been actively mobilising against multiple malware attacks that use some of its technologies as an entry vector. The products...
Alexandre Maravilla Digital Identity Wallets against identity theft fraud Identity theft or impersonation is a type of fraud in which criminals manage to supplant the identity of the person being deceived, based on the theft of their personal...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 29 January – 4 February Exploits that allow privilege elevation in Windows published Security researchers have made public several exploits that leverage a known elevation of privilege vulnerability that affects all versions of Windows 10. The exploits...
ElevenPaths Mum, I want to be a hacker The hacker concept is most often associated with male ‘techies’ and ‘geeks’. But why is it so difficult to find female role models in the world of technology? We...
Florence Broderick New tool: PinPatrol for Chrome. Something more than a plugin, a forensics tool Back in July, we created a new tool for improving the experience using HSTS and HPKP in Firefox. Now it’s time for Chrome. It shows this information in a...
Florence Broderick Mobile Connect winner of the 'Connected Life Awards' Mobile Connect is a multi-operator solution driven by GSMA for universal secure access. The user only needs to link their information to their mobile device solution to have quick...
Florence Broderick Introducing Mobile Connect – the new standard in digital authentication The Mobile Operators hold the future of digital authentication in our hands, and so do our customers. The consumers will no longer need to create and manage multiple user...
Florence Broderick Information leakage in Data Loss Prevention leader companies Gartner has released a study that classifies the most important companies that offer Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions depending on their position, strategy, effectiveness, and market leadership. We have made...
