Information Security Week - Edition No. 39

In the 39th edition of Information Security Week, Brazilians are targets of attack, 100,000 Facebook accounts were stolen, phishing attacks rise by 80% on Black Friday and much more.

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PIX became bait for fraud more than 5 thousand times in October

The criminals' objective is to steal banking details and passwords by taking advantage of users' interest and distraction.

At Ciso Advisor

Careful! Phishing scams increase by 80% as Black Friday approaches

According to Check Point experts, there was an 80% increase in the incidence of this type of scam in the first two weeks of November.

By Ramon De Souza on FreeGameGuide

Cisco Webex flaws allow attackers to join meetings as ghost users

Attackers can join Webex meetings as ghost users and even remain inside rooms after they are removed.

By Catalin Cimpanu on ZD Net

Attack on the TSE portal in the elections also released data from 2020

Initially, the suspicion was that only information from 2001 to 2010 had been exposed, but a new investigation also revealed records from this year.

By Leticia Riente in Olhar Digital

Brazilians are the target of almost half of ransomware attacks in Latin America

According to data from Kaspersky, the region records 5,000 ransomware attacks per day and companies are the main target worldwide.

By Renato Rodrigues in Kaspersky Daily

Facebook Messenger breach may have allowed hackers to spy on users

The Messenger bug, now fixed, could allow callers to connect audio calls without the recipient's knowledge or approval.

By Catalin Cimpanu on ZD Net

Cyberattacks grow amid positive news about vaccines

Attacks on pharmaceutical laboratories working to find an effective vaccine against Covid-19 have increased by 50%.

At Ciso Advisor

“It’s time to stop using SMS for multi-factor authentication,” says Microsoft security director

According to Alex Weinert, director of identity security at Microsoft, multi-factor authentication done via voice or SMS is not secure.

By Guilherme M. Petry in The hack

More than 100,000 Facebook accounts were stolen in an online scam

Fraudsters lure victims by promising a tool that will allow them to see who visited their profiles on the platform; Malicious link redirected users to fake login pages.

By Renato Mota in Olhar Digital

Russian and North Korean hackers attacked COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers

According to Microsoft, three groups of state hackers (that is, financed by government entities) were caught red-handed attacking private institutions and companies that excel in solutions against COVID-19.

By Ramon De Souza on FreeGameGuide