In edition 42 of Internet Security Week , security breach on the Caixa website, cyber scams at the end of the year, global cost of cybercrime in 2020 and much more.
News
Wave of attacks threatens reputation of the Brazilian State: review the cases
The Brazilian population saw the State and the institutions under its administration suffer at least four security incidents during the month of November.
By Guilherme M. Petry in The Hack
Security breach on the Caixa website allowed access to internal documents
A security breach on Caixa's website could deliver exactly what is needed for hackers to carry out phishing and social engineering attacks against employees and partner companies of the institution.
By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech
End of year requires care against cyber scams
The festive period draws the attention of fraudsters, who use this type of period to carry out scams against internet users.
In Diário do Nordeste
10 Netskope information security predictions for 2021
The company gathered predictions from a team of security experts to help CISOs have some predictability.
By João Monteiro in IP News
Cyberattack on Pfizer and BioNTech violates Covid-19 vaccine documents
A cyber attack targeting Pfizer and BioNTech gave a hacker group illegal access to documents on the vaccine the companies are developing against Covid-19.
By Rafael Arbulu in Olhar Digital
Hackers x Companies: What are the most common cyber attacks?
In this article, you will see why companies are recurring targets of cyber attacks, and which attacks are most common.
By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog
Cybersecurity company linked to the US government suffers hacker attack
FireEye, one of the world's leading cybersecurity companies with several contracts with the United States government, is the latest victim of a large-scale hacker attack.
By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech
Travel agency data leaks during hackathon
Passports, credit card numbers, usernames and passwords of the Australian company's customers were accidentally left in a data set that was provided to event attendees.
By Ry Crozier in Itnews
If you are hacked once, you will probably be attacked again within a year
Companies may think that if they are targeted by cybercriminals once, it won't happen again, but incident analysis shows that more often than not, attackers come back for more.
By Danny Palmer on ZD Net
Global cost of cybercrime approaches $1 trillion in 2020
In the report “The Hidden Costs of Cybercrime”, available online by the security company McAfee, monetary losses from hacker attacks have grown 80% since 2018 and have more than tripled in the last seven years.
In CSIS
Opportunistic ransomware has already attacked more than 83 thousand MySQL servers
Malware exploits weak login credentials and uses double extortion tactics to pressure victims into paying ransom.
At Ciso Advisor
Brazil is champion of spam and telephone fraud for the third time in a row
Brazil is once again considered the country with the highest number of fraudulent calls and telephone spam in the world.
By Guilherme M. Petry in The Hack
Events
VLSM: Network Security Training – Good Operational Practices
- December 2, 2020, 1:45 pm – December 31, 2020, 1:30 pm
- Online event via YouTube
Cybersecurity in remote work | How communities help the ecosystem
- December 16, 2020, 7pm – 8pm
- Online event via YouTube
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