At ESED, we always talk about cybersecurity and ethical hacking to prevent cyberattacks and 'shut down' the bad intentions of cybercriminals, but sometimes we forget that cybercriminals are often IT experts/gurus/geniuses in computing and cybersecurity. In order to launch their cyberattacks, they must be familiar with the security barriers they might encounter in a system or infrastructure if they want to bypass them.

Have you heard about Zero-Day attacks? These are new and unknown cyberattacks for which protection systems, such as antivirus software, are not yet prepared to handle.

In this article, we will detail what Zero-Day attacks are and the types that have emerged so far in 2024.

In a fully digitalized world, where almost every device has integrated smart functions, cybersecurity in businesses and public organizations has become a fundamental aspect for operating normally.

Did you know that IP addresses can also pose cybersecurity risks?

Cybersecurity is becoming a key aspect for any company that wants to ensure the continuity of its business operations, as well as safeguard customer trust and brand reputation. Additionally, the techniques and methods for attacking a company are constantly evolving, becoming much more sophisticated, especially with the use of technologies like Artificial Intelligence.

Of all the cyberattacks carried out in 2023, 70% were phishing attacks. Through manipulation and deception, cybercriminals impersonate companies or individuals to steal credentials and access keys from their victims.

There are a series of cybersecurity protocols that every organization should have implemented and activated to protect both the internal and external security of the company. This is a way to safeguard data from the clutches of cybercriminals, thus avoiding both economic damage and harm to the company's image and brand reputation.

To ensure the proper functioning and protection of cybersecurity systems within a company, periodic monitoring and evaluation are of utmost importance. Evaluating the organization's IT systems and infrastructure is crucial to understanding their level of cybersecurity.

The MITRE ATT&CK matrix, designed by the MITRE Corporation, is used to describe and catalog fraudulent behaviors in cybersecurity. To do this, it relies on tactics and techniques commonly used by cybercriminals to prevent users from such attacks.

Cybersecurity has become one of the most important aspects for companies to carry out their activities safely and ensure the privacy of their data and internal and confidential information.

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."