CSIRT-CAN – Centro de Respuesta a Incidentes de Seguridad de Canarias

MAY NEWSLETTER

📨In May, we continue with more informative content, events, analysis… So here we go with the last thirty days with your trusted CSIRT.

Events
➡️On Friday, May 15th, we celebrated the new edition of Hackron in the Canary Islands, taking advantage of the space to stage a cybersecurity crisis, in collaboration with the Santa Cruz City Council.

News + Analysis

➡️We analyzed vulnerabilities in Linux systems, explaining what Dirty Flag and Copy Fail are, as well as providing recommendations for those affected.

➡️Analysis of the Willy Rein case, a law firm that did not properly protect its clients' data.

Alerts
➡️GitHub patched a critical vulnerability in its pipeline.

📨Awareness
➡️We created a post about blindly trusting AI and the importance of verifying information with reliable sources. 

➡️We explained the 4 types of encryption used in cybersecurity with everyday examples.

➡️We prepared a tutorial for our followers to test their phishing skills through the website.

📨Highlights
🚨To mark Canary Islands Day, we interviewed the project's general director, Guadalupe González Taño, who discussed the importance of CSIRT-CAN for the citizens of the Canary Islands.

I hope you enjoyed this month's updates!

Best regards,
CSIRT-CAN Team.