Security News

Dark Tequila: A Distilled Threat for Mexican Targets

2018-08-21 20:25

Dark Tequila, which has been active since 2013, is highly modular and targets victims in Mexico.

Cyber Attack Aims to Manipulate Mexican Election

2018-06-18 15:15

On Wednesday June 13, in the run-up to Mexico's July 1 presidential election, a website operated by the rightist National Action Party (PAN) was taken off-line for several hours by a DDoS attack....

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Hackers Target 3 Mexican Banks' Real-Time Transfers

2018-04-30 13:18

Mexico's Central Bank Says No Client Money Lost, But Activates Contingency PlansMexico's central bank says attackers attempted to hack its interbank electronic transfer system, but says no client...

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Mexican Journalists, Activists Accuse Govt of Spying on Them (Security Week)

2017-06-20 03:51

A group of prominent journalists and activists in Mexico accused the government Monday of spying on them, saying their phones had been hacked with Israeli spyware sold exclusively to the state. read more

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Mexican Journalists, Lawyers Focus of Government Spyware (Threatpost)

2017-06-19 18:51

Dozens of Mexican journalists, lawyers, and even a child, were hit with Pegasus, commercially-produced spyware, as part of a campaign believed to be carried out by the nation’s government.

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Mexican Govt. Allegedly Used Spyware Against Journalists, Activists & A Child (The Hackers News)

2017-06-19 05:46

After the disclosure of sophisticated global espionage and disinformation campaign aimed to discredit enemies of the state, Citizen Lab researchers exposed the dirty game of the Mexican government...

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