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2015 Cybersecurity Highlights log
Nobody can deny that computer security is a vital issue in our lives, affecting all of us. It is not uncommon to see articles on themes related to or speaking directly about computer security in newspapers or mainstream publications. The INCIBE_ Cybersecurity Highlights log aims to gather together articles published on events or incidents related to computer security based on their importance...
Physical security and cybersecurity go hand in hand: CCTV
In recent years different news has emerged linked to webcam and
IP camera attacks, such as
the vulnerabilities of any system,
embedded credentials, and the most well-known,
open cameras without a password... as well as many other
examples.
These security failures are not alien to more professional
systems such as
video recorders or DVRs and
closed-circuit television or CCTV cameras.
A few...
Domestic routers in the spotlight
In INCIBE, using ours sensors, specialized attack campaigns against home routers were detected. From the data obtained it is concluded that the security of home routers remains a point forgotten. In this article the results and conclusions of the analysis are presented.
Combatting Ransomware
Given the widespread use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in all areas of society, a series of threats against Society have appeared in cyberspace, and they occur in different forms: cybercrime, cyberterrorism, and cyberwarfare, amongst others.
Within these cyber threats, those with the generic name Ransomware are evolving quickly and with a major impact. We will explain...
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DoS: Application Layer
Application layer denial of service attacks are the second main
group of
Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, along with
DoS attacks against the infrastructure layer. As its name
indicates, these types of attacks are targeted at the
application layer or layer seven of the OSI model. Their
objective is to cause a denial of service, taking
advantage of design flaws in the communications protocol...
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DoS Attacks: Infrastructure Layer
As we have already mentioned previously, infrastructure attacks are those that focus mainly on layers three and four of the OSI model (ISO/IEC 7498-1) and application layer protocols that support communications, such as DNS or NTP. This is the most frequent type of attack and, as illustrated in the following graphic, makes up 90% of the DDoS attacks detected by Akamai in the fourth quarter of...
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