Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing, 29 April – 5 May Critical vulnerability in Zyxel firewalls Network equipment manufacturer Zyxel has released security patches for a critical vulnerability affecting its firewalls. The vulnerability, which was discovered and reported by the TRAPA...
David García Will Rust save the world? (I) How Rust, the security-focused open source programming language, improves the outlook for memory error-based vulnerabilities
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing, 22 – 28 April SolarWinds fixes high severity vulnerabilities In its latest security update, SolarWinds has fixed a total of 2 high-severity vulnerabilities, which could lead to command execution and privilege escalation. The more...
Jorge Rubio Artificial Intelligence applied to industrial Cyber Security (OT) Cyber Security in industrial or OT (Operational Technology) environments is crucial to protect critical infrastructures such as energy, transport and communication and has become an increasing concern as they...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing, 15 – 21 April Google fixes two new actively exploited 0-day vulnerabilities Google has issued new security advisories on the identification of 0-day vulnerabilities affecting the Chrome browser that are being actively exploited. The...
Estevenson Solano Metaverse (II): the challenge of building a virtual space that is secure, inclusive and beneficial to everyone As we learned in the previous article of this series, impact of the metaverse on disinformation, child security, its evolution and its potential to spread discrimination and inequalities will...
Aarón Jornet Evolution of Spear-Phishing Techniques of Notorious Threat Groups and malware used In recent years, different campaigns and threats have been metabolised and their entry vector has been the same, the e-mail. This initial access always seems to be the most...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing, 8 – 14 April Apple fixes two new actively exploited 0-day vulnerabilities Apple has released new security advisories about two new actively exploited 0-day vulnerabilities affecting iPhones, Macs and iPads. First, there is the...
Estevenson Solano Metaverse (I): threats in an immersive, multi-sensory environment While the discussion and excitement around the metaverse is growing, there are also feelings of doubt, fear, concern and uncertainty about the potential risks in an environment where the...
María Riesgo Technology and the young: how to turn dangers into opportunities The technology world is moving extremely fast. If we look back, we would have never imagined the possibility of connecting to a computer without interrupting the landline phone at...
Florence Broderick Our CEO, Pedro Pablo Pérez, will represent Telefonica in the European Cyber Security Organization Brussels and the cybersecurity industry will earmark up to 1.8 billion euros in research TELEFONICA JOINS THE DECISION-MAKING BODIES OF THE EUROPEAN CYBER SECURITY ORGANIZATION AS...
Florence Broderick Quick and dirty script in Powershell to check certificate fingerprints Malware is using signed binaries to attack Windows systems. Malware needs it to get into the roots of the operative system. So attackers steal or create their own certificates....
Florence Broderick Evil FOCA is now Open Source We are really happy to announce that Evil FOCA is now Open Source. We have received lots of comments and feedback about how you are using Evil FOCA, or how...
Florence Broderick New Tool: MicEnum, Mandatory Integrity Control Enumerator In the context of the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems, Mandatory Integrity Control (MIC) is a core security feature introduced in Windows Vista and implemented in subsequent lines...
Florence Broderick HookMe, a tool for intercepting communications with API hooking HookMe is a tool for Windows that allows to intercept system processes when calling APIs needed for network connections. The tool, still in beta, was developed by Manuel Fernández (now...
