WHAT IS EMAIL BOMBARDMENT?

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An email bombing is an attack on your inbox that involves sending massive amounts of messages to it. Sometimes these messages are incomprehensible. But more often, they will be confirmation emails for newsletters and subscriptions. Thus, in the latter case, the attacker uses a script to search for forums and newsletters on the internet. Then they sign up for an account with your email address. Each will send you a confirmation email, asking you to confirm your address. Also, this process is repeated on as many unprotected sites as the script can find. The term Email Bombing or Email Bombing; it can also refer to flooding an email server with too many emails. In an attempt to overwhelm the server and disable it. But that's not the goal here; it would be a challenge to cut down on the modern email accounts used. Meanwhile, Google or Microsoft email servers, anyway. So instead of a denial of service (DOS) attack; against the email servers you are using. Also, the flood of messages
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SECURTIY BREACH: MEANS AND TIPS TO BE SAFE FROM IT

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It is very common for a virus to attack our computer and normally, it is something that is usually solved without major problem. But what if this virus means a loss of information from your customers and you don't know where that data goes? In that case, you will have suffered a security breach that, since the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) came into force, it is mandatory to notify both the interested parties and the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD). In this post we are going to explain what exactly security breaches are and how they should be managed.

What is a security breach?

According to the AEPD itself, a security breach is "a security incident that affects personal data ", regardless of whether it is the consequence of an accident or of an intentional action and whether it affects digital data or data paper. Furthermore, these security breaches cause the "destruction, loss, alteration, communication or unauthorized access of personal data."

For their part, the Considered Parties of the RPGD also offer us a definition of a security breach, understood as "any violation that causes the destruction, loss or accidental or illegal alteration of personal data transmitted, preserved or otherwise processed, or communication or unauthorized access to said data”.

That is, for both the RGPD and the AEPD security breaches are a violation of security, voluntary or accidental, which entails the loss, destruction or manipulation of personal data stored on the attacked medium.

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The ways in which these security breaches can occur are numerous, especially in the digital environment and range from an unauthorized modification of the database, the destruction of backup copies, to cyberattacks of different types whose objective is to access stored personal data.

Types of Security Breaches

Although we can talk about different ways to cause a security breach, the truth is that when classifying them, there are three specific types depending on their objectives or consequences.

Confidentiality Gap

The confidentiality breach occurs when there is unauthorized or non-legitimate access to the data storage platform or any part of it that may expose personal data.

Integrity Gap

The integrity breach refers to the manipulations or alterations of the original information stored in the system, producing a substitution of data that could suppose some kind of damage.

Availability Gap

The availability gap refers to those attacks that cause the loss of access to the original data, either temporarily or permanently.

How to Prevent Security Breaches?

Although the types of cyberattacks are quite varied, there are a series of security measures that we can take to prevent security breaches from occurring in the company's computer systems.

Using Strong Passwords

People wish to use easy-to-remember passwords; without policies and technology to enforce proper password selection, organizations run the danger of getting passwords like "1234" because the only line of defense against unauthorized access to confidential information. See our post: How to create a strong password?

Therefore, develop appropriate policies and implement technology to ensure that policies are properly enforced and that your employees use strong and complex passwords.

With Double Authentication

Double authentication or two-step verification is not a 100% foolproof method, but it will make things harder for a hacker. Therefore, it is interesting to consider its implementation to access especially confidential information.

Making Backup Copies

Backup purpose is to make copies of data so that we can recover it at the time of emergency or after fault. Backups allow you to restore data from a previous point to help the business recover from an unplanned event.

Storing the copy of the data on a separate medium is essential to protect against data loss or corruption. This additional medium are often as simple as an drive or USB stick, or something more substantial, like a disk storage system, a cloud storage container, or a tape drive.

Install Antivirus

Antivirus is the best protection one can take to keep their device and information safe from getting lost or corrupted and fight against viruses. So, install a good antivirus that gives you complete security.

Updating All Systems

System updates are critical to business performance. A system update generally involves adding new hardware or updating software to increase the functionality of a system. However, system upgrades also have many lesser-known benefits, such as increased lifespan and better computer equipment efficiency.

Here are five other reasons why you should bother updating your systems:

·       Higher employee productivity.

·       Business growth.

·       Better IT support.

·       Improved system security.

·       Extended warranty.

·       With device encryption

There are many commercial and free tools available to try to this; some operating systems even have built-in encryption capabilities. As you probably suspect, if you're not sure if something should be encrypted, encrypt it. Use a good antivirus to keep your device safe and away from security breach and have complete security.

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