Internet Security Week – Edition No. 110

In edition nº 110 of Internet Security Week , the most common errors when making a backup, the Federal Court on cyber attacks, the theft of confidential information is growing in Brazil and much more.

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Ransomware payments increased 78% last year

Ransomware cases hit a record at the end of last year, with a 78% increase in the average payment given by companies to criminals and a 144% increase in the amounts requested by them.

By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech

Discover the most common mistakes when backing up and learn how to avoid them

Online data storage services in the cloud have made it much easier to make backups – or backups, but is this practice common? And is making a backup simple?

In Kaspersky Daily

Federal Court suffers cyber attack and services remain unavailable

The Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region – TRF3, in São Paulo, announced through its official page that it was the victim of a cyber attack that made the services provided unavailable until now. As a result of the incident, the agency also authorized employees to work from home until the situation is reestablished and suspended the deadlines for physical and electronic court processes.

By Francisco Camurça in We Live Security

Theft of confidential information is growing sharply in Brazil

In February alone, 13,598 users were infected with malware and had personal data stolen, which means 2,560 more victims than in the previous month. The global number also grew, from 104,000 in January to more than 39,000 infections in February.

In CISO Advisor

Critical GitLab vulnerability allows attackers to take over accounts

GitLab has found a serious vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to take over user accounts using hard-coded passwords.

By Sergiu Gatlan on Bleepingcomputer

Dos and Don'ts for Employee Data Leakage

See, a series of tips on what to do and what not to do in relation to data leaks in the company. Most of them have the human factor as a key element.

By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog

Ransomware changes programming language to expand attacks

A programming language change and the addition of new features could make the Hive ransomware gang's attacks against Linux systems more effective.

By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech

WhatsApp GB and the risks linked to the use of unvalidated apps

It has become common to find apps that gain popularity and offer great features completely free of charge, as is the case with Whatsapp GB. Understand why it is not interesting to use this type of app.

By Daniel Cunha Barbosa in We Live Security

Mobile threats: who targeted smartphones in 2021

In 2021 there were fewer attacks on smartphones and tablets than in 2020. But that's no reason to relax, and here's why.

By Julia Glazova in Kaspersky Daily

New Borat remote access malware worries experts

A new remote access trojan (RAT) called Borat has appeared on darknet markets, offering easy-to-use capabilities for carrying out DDoS attacks, UAC bypass, and ransomware deployment.

By Bill Toulas on Bleepingcomputer