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The Information Security standards dictate us that it is mandatory to have a password enabled on your computer, a measure that we know is not 100% sure but it helps to have an extra layer to…

Dropbox, the storage service in the cloud, joins the web services that have suffered large-scale theft of passwords and personal data, as it recently happened to Twitter or LinkedIn. In its official blog, Dropbox tried…

SAP, in its last security patches communication, has issued a total of 13 security updates, 3 of them as high priority while the rest as low (2), and medium priority (8). Among these vulnerabilities, 4…

Kaspersky Lab and Symantec have discovered a new malware called Project Sauron that aims to attack through the espionage of governments, military, telecommunications companies and scientific research centers. This virus steals passwords, addresses, and other data…

According to Gartner, this year, 81,600 million dollars will be invested in systems, products and security solutions, an amount  higher than the 0.6% that is going to experience the total of technology industry. Consulting services and cybersecurity…

In the ‘deep web’ -an internet unfocused that can not be accessed from classics browsers- there is a market that sells all kinds of stolen accounts. Initially,the interest was focused in bank  or PayPal accounts,…

Quadrooter is a new vulnerability of Android devices  that affects all Qualcomm chips, so more than 900 million smartphones and tablets are at risk. The user may unknowingly lose control of the device while a…

In order to reduce the impact, extent and to help victims of the ransomware or data hijacking, Europol has launched an initiative called “No more Ransom” Through a new web, Europol will provide those  new…

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union approved the 6th of July the directive (EU) 2016/1148, which sets new measures to ensure a high common level of security into networks and information…

“The Ministry of Home Affairs has detected that in the last year the attacks on critical infrastructures of the state  have grown by 106%. (energy, water, communications, transportation and financial entities) This increase is the result of a better…

Inprosec will attend again the SAP GRC Europe event. This event is hosted in Vienna (Austria) SAP GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) is a specialized SAP module which handles all risk types in SAP systems. Used…

The Spanish Internet User Security Office (OSI) reported today  a new malware that encrypts the data contained on the computer .This malware is spreading via an email with a Word file with a macro attached.…