MásQueDigital’s CEO, Rafael Núñez, affirms that all the technology advances
that have been done on cybersecurity make every day more difficult for
black-hat hackers to hack security systems as often as it used to happen.
On an interview for Climax Magazine, a division of El Estímulo, Rafa Nuñez pointed out that hackers are now
using social engineering to trick people and make their information
vulnerable:
“Black hat hackers have realised that it´s getting very difficult for them to hack into a bank because of new security systems. Thus, they will not attack the bank directly, but the cardholders instead. How? They would send online phishing scams that would ask the user to provide personal information, even get in contact through the phone with them. This all happens because of the little information people have on the matter.”
On the
other hand, MoreThanDigital’s
(MásQueDigital) Technology Manager, Alexis
Rodríguez added that in Venezuela one of the main issues is the lack of
professionals on the technology industry. As well as this, and because of the
low investments made for companies for their own security, many of them are
vulnerable for online attacks and information hacking.
Espionage and Control
Beyond the
lack of information, or the human mistakes that could be made in the way, we
cannot ignore the fact that there are real technology-pirates that even governmental
organizations hire to attack a specific target.
Security organizations all over
the globe have on their staff highly trained professionals that are able to
trace user online through several ways, emails, social networks and IP addresses.
Rafa Núñez
Hacker, as many technology-lovers know him, assures that the best hackers in
the world are army allies. Countries such as China, Russia and the United
States have impressive amounts of officers and resources dedicated to this
field.
Recommendations by Experts
Alexis
Rodriguez adds that the two-factor authentication is the best way to keep our
information safe, commenting that users should keep their private life away
from their social media, as hackers could get basic information on an easier
way.
Rafael
Núñez Aponte also speaks about how our passwords should be easy to remember but
hard to find out, pointing out that we should never share our passwords on sites
we do not know.
To
conclude, Rafa Nuñez gave an advice that users should consider each time they
go online, never connect to an unknown WiFi network, as it may be a bait for
hackers to attack.
