In edition no. 56 of Internet Security Week, income tax email fraud, new PoupaTempo data leak, federal police arrest hacker and much more.
News
2020 was a year of innovation for cybercriminals
Even as the workforce retreated to their homes, bad actors took advantage of the vulnerability of endpoints outside the corporate network.
By David Gordon in The Register
Federal Revenue warns of Income Tax email fraud
Fraudsters are sending emails with false Income Tax residual balances to deceive taxpayers, the Federal Revenue Service warned today (16).
By Wellton Máximo in Agência Brasil
Attacks against companies increase 10 times after Microsoft Exchange failure
The discovery of a highly critical flaw in Microsoft Exchange email servers led to a more than 10-fold increase in the number of attacks against companies.
By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech
FBI: Over $4.2 Billion Officially Lost to Cybercrime in 2020
The FBI published its annual report on cybercrimes affecting victims in the US, noting a record number of complaints and financial losses in 2020 compared to the previous year.
By Ionut Ilascu in Bleeping Computer
Anatel will start checking backdoors in telecom products from the second half of the year
The new cybersecurity rules created by Anatel in December last year prohibit equipment used in telecom networks, and even IoT (Internet of Things) networks from having a “back door”, or backdoor, that could cause vulnerabilities.
By Miriam Aquino in Tele Síntese
New PoupaTempo data leak – 223 million records
New publication on a cybercriminal forum announces the sale of personal data of Brazilians totaling more than 223 million records. The advertiser claims that he had physical access to the data, which is why he would have such a large volume of information.
At Defcon Lab
Google Chrome fixes 5 zero-day vulnerabilities in emergency update
Google announced this Friday (12) the launch of yet another emergency security update to correct zero-day vulnerabilities found in its browser, Google Chrome. This is the fifth emergency update released this year.
By Guilherme Petry in The Hack
Cyberattacks grow 50% during migration to home office during the pandemic
The general result is that, as the dangers increase, difficulties in implementing home office and cloud computing systems also remain present.
By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech
Federal Police arrest hacker suspected of Brazil's biggest data leak
The man suspected of being responsible for the biggest data leak in Brazil was arrested this Friday (19), in Uberlândia, in Minas Gerais.
By Karine Melo in Agência Brasil
7 Home Office Security and Productivity Hacks
Adopting priorities and putting some strategies into practice can make a difference and perhaps free the company from many difficulties.
By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog
Phishing sites now detect virtual machines to bypass detection
Phishing sites now use JavaScript to avoid detection by checking whether a visitor is browsing the site from a virtual machine or physical device.
By Lawrence Abrams in Bleeping Computer
Events
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