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Internet Security Week – Edition No. 52

In edition no. 52 of Internet Security Week, a new Trojan horse, Kia Motors suffers a ransomware attack, a serious flaw in Telegram, cybersecurity myths and much more.


News

Credit-stealing Trojan collects browser logins

Cisco Talos discovered a credential-stealing trojan that takes your login details from your Chrome browser, Microsoft Outlook, and messaging apps.

By Gareth Corfield in The Register

Kia suffers ransomware attack

Kia Motors America, the North American division of the South Korean vehicle manufacturer, Kia Motors, suffered a ransomware attack organized by the DoppelPaymer group last week.

By Guilherme Petry in The Hack

Cybercriminal announces sale of data from 8 million Brazilians for R$1,700

A database with data on 8 million Brazilians, including telephone numbers, addresses and other content extracted from Facebook profiles, was announced on a forum visited by hackers for US$320 (approximately R$1,700).

By Nathan Vieira on Canaltech

Phishing attacks on hosting providers

How and why cybercriminals attack accounts on hosting provider websites.

By Roman Dedenok in Kaspersky Daily

Serious flaw in Telegram allowed secret messages, photos and videos to be leaked

Cybersecurity researchers have released details of a patched flaw in messaging app Telegram that may have exposed users' secret messages, photos and videos to remote malicious actors.

By Ravie Lakshmanan in The Hacker News

Debunking Small Business Cybersecurity Myths

There are countless myths and outdated or ignorant thoughts on the subject, which is why debunking the main myths about cybersecurity in SMEs is important.

By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog

Brazilian researcher discovers vulnerabilities in Pornhub, YouPorn, Redtube and Tube8

Five vulnerabilities based on client-side code injection were discovered by security researcher Pedr4uz, after studying the code of popular porn sites, Pornhub, YouPorn, Redtube and Tube8, for about two months.

By Guilherme Petry in The Hack

Supermicro server motherboards contain spy chips from China

Bloomberg once again stated that Supermicro's products have been targets of Chinese espionage for more than a decade, as reported in 2018.

By Thomas Claburn in The Register

Email lists: a new attack target

Cybercriminals are sending phishing emails to hack access to email service provider accounts.

By Roman Dedenok in Kaspersky Daily

Worrying: companies let their guard down during a period of high cyber attacks

The numbers are impressive: every month, more than 5 billion digital threats are registered by Microsoft's cyber defense center.

By Felipe Demartin on Canaltech


Events

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