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Internet Security Week – Edition No. 153

In edition no. 153 of Internet Security Week , PayPal exposes users' personal information, Yahoo is the most imitated brand in Phishing attacks, how schools can improve internet security, find out what a cybersecurity score is and much more.


News

Qbot | Banking malware accounts for one in every six attacks in Brazil

Qbot, one of the main malware active in the world, appears to have Brazil as one of its main targets at the moment.

By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech

New malware targets Windows in attacks

New Python-based malware has been discovered with remote access trojan capabilities to give its operators control over breached systems.

By Bill Toulas in Bleeping Computer

PayPal suffers incident and exposes users' personal information

Last Wednesday (18), PayPal released a statement stating that it suffered a security incident that affected a large number of PayPal accounts. As the company explained, between December 6 and 8, 2022, unauthorized people accessed the customer accounts using their login details.

By Juan Manuel Harán in We Live Security

Yahoo is the most imitated brand in phishing attacks

Yahoo was the most impersonated brand for phishing attacks during the final quarter of last year, rising 23 spots and accounting for 20% of all cyberattack attempts to steal personal information or payment credentials.

By Stan Kaminsky on Kaspersky Daily

Expert explains sanctions to be applied to the LGPD in 2023

The General Data Protection Law (LGPD) requires agents processing personal data to adopt measures to prevent damage to data subjects as a result of their activities. In 2022, one of the topics that took up the most time for professionals in the field were information security incidents.

By Gabriel Rodrigues in Contadores

How Schools Can Improve Online Safety: A Guide for Educators

Digital security is a very important issue that should be discussed in both family and school environments. Understand better how this concept applies to our routine in this text.

By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog

Cybersecurity score: find out what this new trend is for companies in the country

In addition to bringing important insights on how to improve vulnerabilities in the digital environment, the resource reinforces its positioning in relation to the requirements of partner companies that are more advanced in the field of digital security — in addition to highlighting to the competent authorities its concern with the protection of data. your customers.

By Giovana Pignati on Canaltech

Hackers now use OneNote attachments to spread malware

Threat operators have begun using Microsoft OneNote attachments in phishing emails that infect victims with remote access malware that can be used to install other malware, steal passwords or even steal cryptocurrency wallets. This comes after attackers distributed malware in emails using malicious Word and Excel attachments that launch macros to download and install malware for years.

In CISO Advisor

Russia's Largest ISP Says 2022 Broke All DDoS Attack Records

Russia's largest internet service provider Rostelecom says 2022 was a record year for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting organizations in the country.

By Bill Toulas in Bleeping Computer

Fake website pretends to be the Itaú bank and tries to steal access data

The fake page that pretends to be the Itaú bank has content and signs that it is a phishing campaign. The scam reaches victims through an email that contains a false link to a supposed invoice inquiry. The website asked the victim to provide some information such as their CPF and bank card number. The next page asks for even more sensitive information, such as the security code and the card's expiration date.

By Martina López in We Live Security


Podcast

RedCast | The Information Security podcast – Episode #33 | OT, the cost of not protecting

  • In this episode of RedCast, “OT, the cost of not protecting”, you will understand from the guest experts the importance of a specific security approach and how to manage risk in industrial environments. Don't miss it!
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