Internet Security Week - Edition Nº 47

In edition 47 of Internet Security Week , the largest dark web market is closed, hackers leak Pfizer vaccine data, how to keep employees away from cyber attacks and much more.

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Post-ransomware recovery costs US hospital $1.5 million per day

The hospital network at the University of Vermont Medical Center, in the United States, was hit by Ryuk ransomware in October 2020. More than 5,000 computers were infected in the attack.

By Guilherme M. Petry in The Hack

US justice returns to using paper after SolarWinds hack

Paper documents and even flash drives will be used while investigations into the hacker attack on SolarWinds last.

By Emerson Alecrim in Tecnoblog

Anatel prohibits WiFi routers from having easy passwords

The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) published, on the 5th, its first act aimed at the cybersecurity of telecommunications equipment, Act 77/2021, which, among several measures to reduce vulnerabilities, determines that new WiFi routers and other products connected to the internet cannot have easy passwords.

By Jorge Marin in Tecmundo

Accounting office increased internet security in 20 minutes

In this article, you will find out how an accounting office increased internet security in just 20 minutes using Lumiun, thus leaving the company's data and that of all its clients protected against any cyber attack.

By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog

Largest dark web market closed

Europol police officers took down the dark-web souk DarkMarket, after arresting an Australian citizen who lived in Germany and who, they said, operated the world's largest online marketplace of its kind.

By Kieren McCarthy in The Register

Intel adds ransomware detection to vPro CPU silicon

Detection hardware runs directly on the CPU, below the operating system, at the firmware level.

At Ciso Advisor

Hackers leak stolen Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data online

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has revealed that some of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data stolen from its servers in December has been leaked online.

By Sergiu Gatlan in Bleeping Computer

Chinese company leaks data from 214 million Facebook, Instagram and Linkedin users

FreeGameGuide exclusively received information that a Chinese company known as Socialarks exposed data from approximately 214 million Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn users, including public and private information.

By Ramon De Souza on FreeGameGuide

Hackers used 4 zero days to infect Windows and Android devices

Wire-trapped websites are used by attackers to infect people who have visited them.

By Dan Goodin on ARS Technica

Ubiquiti warns users about intrusion into their systems

Ubiquiti, a North American supplier of devices equipped with the Internet of Things (IoT), is warning its users about an intrusion into its systems, which are hosted on an external, undisclosed cloud provider.

By Guilherme M. Petry in The Hack

How to keep employees away from cyber attacks?

In the article, see effective ways to keep employees away from problems on the internet, making the lives of IT professionals, and consequently managers and entrepreneurs, much easier.

By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog