Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a variant of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and aim to disable a server, a service, or an infrastructure.

To give us a little context on the current state of ransomware attacks, the annual Sophos report, "The State of Ransomware 2023," reveals that cybercriminals successfully encrypted data in 76% of all ransomware attacks against the surveyed companies in the report. In 30% of the cases where the data was encrypted, it was also successfully exfiltrated."

While Industry 4.0 has focused on driving technologies like IoT, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence over the past decade, the arrival of Industry 5.0 marks a new evolution in this approach.

One of the most common cyberattacks is phishing and email account hacking. These attacks, increasingly sophisticated, are becoming harder to detect, resulting in a higher success rate compared to other types of attacks.

In a previous article, we talked about Petam.io, the automatic online scanner we have developed to detect security breaches as a tool to democratize cybersecurity.

How to know if you've been cyber-attacked? Surely, after this question, you might think, what a silly question, detecting a cyber attack is very easy and obvious. However, as cybersecurity specialists, we can tell you that this is not always the case. It all depends on your technical knowledge and the type of cyber attack.

MDR (Managed Detection and Response) is a managed cybersecurity service, which means it provides real-time monitoring, threat detection, and incident response autonomously. It's a solution that continuously monitors a client's network, identifies potential threats, and takes actions to contain and mitigate them.

In the realm of cybercrime, new methods of cybercriminals violating our rights and taking advantage of them are constantly being detected.

The technology company ABB was attacked with ransomware in May 2023 by the Black Basta group, which operates as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS).

According to the following article from seguridadred.com, in 2023, eight out of ten companies felt vulnerable to cyberattacks against the supply chain. The introduction of new technological tools for greater efficiency, such as cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT), has intensified cyber threats in the supply chain.

Industrial cybersecurity refers to the information security used in industrial environments such as production plants, critical infrastructures, and industrial control systems.

Technology has also made its way into the education sector. Teaching through computers and screens is the most common and widely used method by educational institutions nowadays.