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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

PHISHING- AVOID 10 TIPS

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As you may already know, phishing is a technique that consists of tricking the user into stealing confidential information, access codes, etc., making him believe that he is on a completely trustworthy site. Until now, hackers have used emails to launch these types of attacks, but with the massive use of social networks and smartphones with an Internet connection, the avenues of attack are multiplying. These emails or messages include a link that takes the user to a website that is theoretically known, but is a copy of the original where confidential information is requested. In this way, overly trusting users who do not have adequate antivirus protection could be involved in this type of attack whose main objective is to steal personal data. With the economic crisis, phishing attacks have proliferated that are hooked on the promise of a great job or an easy way to get money.   Now, the most important and frequently asked question arises that is how to stay safe from this

Cybersecurity Protection

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  Cybersecurity Protection 2020 is being a difficult year. As Mexico grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens are also facing dangerous viruses and computer attacks that are spreading rapidly across the Internet. The human virus has led to an unprecedented growth in telecommuting, e-commerce and online learning. Unfortunately, this has also exposed citizens and businesses to a higher risk of cyberattacks. In the first 9 months of 2020, Internet users in homes across Latin America suffered more than 20.5 million cyberattacks. Brazil and Mexico suffered the highest number of attacks. However, Argentina and Colombia have the highest "hazard coefficient," a term coined to represent the probability that an Internet user will become a victim of cybercrime. However, recent research on consumers shows that growing cyber threats also create a new business opportunity for telecommunications companies in Mexico. Allot recently commissioned Coleman Parkes Research to conduct a sur

Internet Security

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What is the internet security? Internet security is all those precautions that are taken to protect all the elements that are part of the network, such as infrastructure and information, which is usually the most affected by cyber criminals. Computer security is responsible for creating methods, procedures and standards that are able to identify and eliminate vulnerabilities in information and physical equipment, such as computers. This type of security has databases, files and equipment that prevent important information from falling into the hands of the wrong people. One of the best ways to stay protected on the internet is through antivirus , to understand them much better, enter our course on computer viruses and antivirus. Main risks on the internet Some of the things that cybercriminals seek to achieve through the internet are: Information theft Information damage Attacks on systems or equipment Identity fraud Sale of personal data Money theft Cyber criminals use various ways to

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