In edition 38 of Information Security Week, engineer sentenced to 9 years in prison, TSE has exposed database, hacker steals 2 million dollars, how to keep data safe on Black Friday 2020 and much more.
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Engineer sentenced to 9 years in prison for stealing $10 million from Microsoft
Russian Volodymyr Kvashuk, 26 years old, was an engineer at Microsoft between 2016 and 2018. His actions, which resulted in around US$10 million, were registered by the company and caught by the government. Now, he has been sentenced to nine years in prison.
By Claudio Yuge on FreeGameGuide
After denying attack, TSE has databases exposed by hackers on election day
On election day, authors say that exposing the court's internal information serves to demonstrate the fragility of state security.
By Renato Santino in Olhar Digital
Hacker steals $2 million from cryptocurrency service Akropolis
Cryptocurrency lending and borrowing service Akropolis says a hacker used an “instant loan” attack against its platform and stole around $2 million in Dai cryptocurrency.
By Catalin Cimpanu on ZD Net
Microsoft applies 112 security hole fixes
One of the patched flaws is being actively exploited, the Windows kernel encryption driver vulnerability (CVE-2020-17087) disclosed by Google's Project Zero late last month.
By Thomas Claburn in The Register
After 'security incident', insurer warns customers about data leaks
Name, CPF, address, and health and asset information may have been compromised. Company offered monitoring service for victims.
By Altieres Rohr in G1
Black Friday 2020: How to maintain team productivity and internet security?
Along with the large influx of users in online stores during the period, fraud will also increase. In the year with more cyber attacks, the online shopping journey will certainly be a little more dangerous.
By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog
Iranian hackers launch ransomware campaign against Israel and Europe
Iranian hackers are said to be behind a new ransomware campaign against companies in Israel and Europe, using vulnerabilities in remote desktop systems to lock files and carry out extortions for the return and not disclosing or reselling the stolen data.
By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech
Around 280 thousand Enel customers in Osasco (SP) had their data leaked
Customers of the energy distributor Enel São Paulo in the municipality of Osasco, in Greater São Paulo, have been informed, since Monday (9), that their registration data was unduly leaked.
By Renata Baptista in Uol
How scammers can try to defraud PIX with social engineering tactics
According to a Brazilian expert, who is a pioneering programmer in the financial and cryptocurrency market and asked not to be identified, although the system itself is secure and practically impossible to hack, its way of functioning offers opportunities for fraudsters to obtain money illegally using social engineering techniques.
By Davi Medeiros on Bitcoin Portal
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