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...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 12-18 February Researchers develop exploit for critical vulnerability in Magento Positive Technologies’ offensive security team has developed a Proof of Concept (PoC) for the CVE-2022-24086 CVSSv3 9.8 vulnerability, claiming that it would allow control...
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...
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...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 22-28 January New vulnerabilities in Linux Two new vulnerabilities of risk have recently been disclosed and are reportedly affecting Linux systems. If exploited, they could allow privilege escalation on the vulnerable system. CVE-2021-4034...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 15–21 january Cyber-attack campaign against Ukrainian targets The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center team has been analysing the succession of cyberattacks against Ukrainian organisations since 13 January, which have affected at least 15 government institutions...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 8–14 january Microsoft security bulletin Microsoft has published its January security bulletin in which it has fixed a total of 97 bugs, including six 0-day vulnerabilities and nine bugs classified as critical....
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 1–7 january Mail delivery failure on Microsoft Exchange on-premises servers 2 January, Microsoft released a workaround to fix a bug that interrupted email delivery on Microsoft Exchange on-premises servers. The bug is a “year...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 28-31 december Smishing campaign impersonating MRW and Sending using real order data Numerous Twitter users are reporting a smishing campaign in which the logistics companies Sending and MRW are being impersonated. The...
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...
ElevenPaths ElevenPaths and the University of Piraeus in Greece work together using Tacyt as an educational and research unit ElevenPaths and the Department of Informatics of the University of Piraeus in Greece work together using Tacyt as an educational and research unit. ElevenPaths and the Department of Informatics of...
Florence Broderick "Not today downloaders": New downloaders techniques in Google Play Downloaders are not new in Android, but lately, they are getting more and more important for attackers as a method to avoid Google Play barriers and malware detection. In...
Florence Broderick Banking trojan I+D: 64 bits versions and using TOR Malware industry needs to improve and keep on stealing. So they research and invest. There are two different ways of investing if you are “in the business”: one is...
Florence Broderick Mobile banking and banking trojans During 2012 there was an increase around 28% in mobile banking or M-Banking operations. Users can access their bank accounts from their mobile devices, mainly making use of a specifically...
