At ESED, as a company specialized in cybersecurity, especially in the healthcare sector, we want to discuss some of the ethical hacking techniques we use in the pharmaceutical sector to ensure the security of their information and prevent data leaks.

In a previous post, we've already discussed phishing, cyberattacks launched through email with the goal of deceiving the user into taking a specific action, such as clicking on a link that includes the download of an infected file.

We refer to cyberfraud as all those crimes or scams that are committed on the internet, whether through a website or the applications we use. Cyberfraud is big business: according to a report from the European Central Bank (ECB), fraudulent transactions amount to 1.8 billion euros annually. In 2019, cybercrimes grew by 36% compared to 2018. According to the Ministry of the Interior, 12 frauds and threats are reported online every hour.

Sharing folders and files is one of the most common practices nowadays, especially now that most of us work in the cloud and spend our days granting and revoking permissions. To you, I say you can only view it, to you, you can view and edit it... and so on all day long. But do we really have control over who has access to the information, who was the last person to modify it, or where it is located?

Let's put ourselves in a bit of context...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is disrupting various aspects and sectors of our society. This technology, which is here to stay and continues to evolve, initially aimed to make our lives easier and provide support in areas where the execution of certain manual tasks required too much effort, time, and money to accomplish

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis fell victim to a cyberattack. (Clarín, June 2022)

Advisory and consulting firms handle and collect a large amount of data and confidential information that could be vulnerable in the event of a cyberattack.

The loss of files and data, whether due to accidental deletion or the entry of a virus into our system or device, is very common. With the years we have spent in the world of cybersecurity and IT solutions, we have realized that data recovery services or Disaster Recovery continue to be in high demand.

Currently, 94% of users use mobile phones to connect to the Internet, according to the AIMC. A very relevant but worrying figure at the same time. Those of us who work in computer security are aware that mobile security is not usually the same as computer security.