Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 13-19 November Emotet returns Security researchers from Cryptolaemus have identifed what seems to be the reappearence of the popular Emotet malware, whose infrastructure had remained inactive since January after a joint intervenion by security...
José Luis Núñez Díaz Growing impact and future potential of blockchain for telcos: A Game Changer? Could blockchain really impact on the business of communications providers? As an industry, have telcos already embraced this technology? Do they see any opportunity behind blockchain? Do blockchain and decentralized technologies...
Susana Alwasity The risks of not having controlled exposure to information (II) As promised last week in the first post of this series, this time we will talk about how to minimise the risks of our digital footprint. ¿ How to minimise...
María Teresa Nieto Galán What is happening with the public Ethereum network and will it ever be scalable? From the beginning, one of the main limitations that we have found in Blockchain technology when developing solutions is scalability. This concept refers to the ability to continue offering...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 6-12 November Microsoft’s security bulletin Microsoft has published its November security bulletin in which it has fixed a total of 55 bugs in its software, including six 0-day vulnerabilities, two of which...
Sergio de los Santos Chronicle Of the Attack on A Youtuber Who Knew About Cyber Security The news recently broke: youtubers with the largest number of followers are being targeted for extortion. The attacks are on the rise and the techniques are not new, but...
Rubén Menéndez Díaz Fraud against financial institutions with particular incidence in France extends its impact to national territory In September and October of this year, a malicious campaign was observed in France against the French population, affecting financial institutions, and it has spread to banks in Spain. The...
Telefónica Tech Cyber Security Weekly Briefing 30 October-5 November Trojan Source: vulnerability in source code compilers Researchers at the University of Cambridge have published a paper detailing a new attack method called “Trojan Source” that exploits a flaw in...
Cristina del Carmen Arroyo Siruela Monitoring technologies, a key element in cyber security IDS (Intrusion Detection System), IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) and SIEM solutions are fundamental elements in event monitoring and cybersecurity. IDSs and IPSs are intrusion detection and prevention systems that employ...
Marta Nieto Gómez-Elegido Edge Computing and Virtual Reality, new classmates It’s been a little while since the new school year started. New subjects, new challenges and new classmates. Among them, one name is becoming increasingly heard: Edge Computing. Thanks to...
Sergio de los Santos Frequently Asked Questions About Printnightmare (CVE-2021-34527) We are going to try to clarify some common doubts about this vulnerability, since it has turned up with some confusing data about whether it was patched or not,...
ElevenPaths Cybersecurity Weekly Briefing July 18-24 New Emotet Campaign after 5 Months of Inactivity After several months of inactivity, Emotet is back with a massive sending of reply-chain and payment emails, among others, that include malicious...
ElevenPaths ElevenPaths announces that its security platform complies with the new european data protection regulation one year earlier than required The European regulations will enter into force in May 2018, when entities that do not comply can be penalized with fines of up to 4% of their annual turnover. ElevenPaths...
Florence Broderick New Report: Most common errors when implementing HPKP, HSTS and preload conditions We have collected and visited two different sources of domains and webpages, Alexa top million domains, and Shodan. These results come from November 2016 searches. From those domains, we...
Florence Broderick ElevenPaths acquires Gesconsultor (Gesdatos), the leading Governance, Risk & Compliance platform Spain GesConsultor will be offered internationally as part of Telefónica’s security services portfolio. The platform enables organisations to support business strategy, improve operating performance, mitigate operational risks and ensure regulatory compliance. GOVERTIS...
