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Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.
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Possible spyware preinstalled on HP computers

11/28/2017
The computer equipment manufacturer HP would have been affected by spyware due to a tool pre-installed in the equipment it manufactures.This is the "HP Touchpoint Analytics Service" tool, which...
References: 
omicrono.elespanol.com
extremetech.com
xataka.com
techradar.com
Tags: 
Cyberespionage
Tool

México buys Pegasus, a spy software

06/19/2017
In a press event, Enrique Peña Nieto, president of Mexico, has acknowledged the acquisition by his government of software called Pegasus dedicated to cyberspace, which is installed in the device...
References: 
nytimes.com
bbc.com
internacional.elpais.com
nytimes.com
twitter.com
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Tool
Cyberespionage
Incident
Malware

Kaspersky denounces Microsoft for monopolistic practices

06/06/2017
The Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has filed a complaint with the European Union and the German antitrust office against Microsoft for conducting monopolistic practices. According to...
References: 
blog.kaspersky.com
theverge.com
nytimes.com
reuters.com
adslzone.net
genbeta.com
Tags: 
Tool
Microsoft

IBM distributed malware accidentally via USB drives

04/26/2017
IBM has notified about a malware detection on some of the USB drives used to store the initialization tool from its storage solutions Storwize. The models affected are V3500 - 2071 02A and 10A,...
References: 
ibm.com
itnews.com
motherboard.vice.com
zdnet.com
xataka.com
Tags: 
Tool
Internet

Hacking group linked to NSA tools leaked online

08/15/2016
A group os hackers called ShadowBrokers have published through Github and Tumblr a bunch of tools and vulnerabilities belonging to Equation group, a cybersecurity group linked to NSA and that were...
References: 
thehackernews.com
theintercept.com
arstechnica.com/
muyseguridad.net
arstechnica.com
tools.cisco.com
blogs.cisco.com
threatpost.com
kb.juniper.net
forums.juniper.net
cisco.com
vice.com
nytimes.com
Tags: 
Cryptocurrency
Cyberespionage
Encryption
Information leakage
Tool
Incident
Internet
Malware

The key to more than 100 M vehicles in danger.

08/11/2016
A group of researchers have managed to clone using software and low cost electronic material the keys to vehicles manufactured by Volkswagen since 1995. Using an Arduino based transceiver it is...
References: 
tecnologia.elpais.com
thehackernews.com
Tags: 
Encryption
Tool

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