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Pump-and-Dump (P&D) refers to fraud that has become increasingly common in the financial market.  The scam begins with a group of malicious people identifying a low-cost asset and investing in it. They then attempt to artificially increase the price of this asset by spreading misleading or exaggerated information about it, such as the promise of […]

Have you ever heard the term OSINT? Though still largely unrecognized among the lay public, the concept is popular among technology professionals and even government investigative or law enforcement agencies. OSINT is the acronym for Open Source Intelligence, which should provide an initial idea of its meaning. In layman’s terms, OSINT involves using public sources […]

Social engineering is a psychological manipulation technique used by criminals to persuade victims to reveal confidential information or to trick them into doing something. Social engineering is extremely effective because criminals, including cybercriminals, know that fooling people can often be much easier than circumventing physical or computer security barriers. You may wonder why people always […]

It’s no use looking in the dictionary: the concept of elicitation in the context of information security is still relatively new, even in Brazil. Any dictionary defines elicit as “to extract, to bring out; to obtain; to trigger, to provoke; to deduce; to discover; to clarify”, but, let’s face it, it is a little hard […]

Any employee in any company, without exception, can fall victim to a cyberattack. Cybercriminals target everyone from the “big fish” like CEOs and other members of upper management, to junior professionals – and can even engineer an invasion through the privilege escalation method. However… things are much easier for the bad guys if they can […]

The word ‘compliance’ means the act or process of complying to a requirement. Being in compliance involves understanding, executing and performing what has already been agreed by the parties involved: the jurisdiction, company, stakeholders and employees. This relationship promotes a dynamic environment where constant evaluation, innovation, and creativity occur. What exactly is compliance? Compliance consists […]

Unfortunately, falling victim to an online scam is an increasingly common reality nowadays. Scammers take advantage of people’s vulnerabilities to obtain personal and financial information.  If you or someone close to you has been a victim of cybercrime, our deepest sympathies. We are fully aware of just how frustrating this can be. On top of […]

Now that you’ve learned what cryptography is and understand its importance in keeping sensitive information and data safe, it’s quite normal for questions to pop up: after all, what can I do to incorporate this expertise effectively and actively into my daily routine? Sure, cryptography is already “silently” present in many aspects of our daily […]

Investing in an information security risk management policy is a fundamental strategy to guarantee corporate security. The information stored by a company’s systems is valuable. It may include confidential data about customers, employees, finances, intellectual property, business strategies, and much more.  If this information falls into the wrong hands, the problems can be enormous: financial […]