In edition no. 79 of Internet Security Week , in addition to a very special video about the much acclaimed attack on Renner, the relationship between personal data protection and LGPD, Renner still faces difficulties after the ransomware attack, threat risks rose 24% and a lot more.
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Brazilian educational institutions suffer 377 digital attacks every week
One of the sectors most targeted by virtual attacks, education has been the victim of a growing wave of criminal campaigns in recent months. According to Check Point Research (CPR), in Brazil alone, an average of 377 actions were taken against educational institutions during the month of July — an increase of 19% compared to the first half of 2021.
By Felipe Gugelmin on Canaltech
What relates Ransomware, fraud, privacy, personal data protection and the LGPD?
These themes are not new, nor is the strong relationship between them. Despite this, it still does not seem clear to organizations that compliance with the General Data Protection Law – LGPD – is more than a set of policies and regulations arising from the interpretation of the law.
By Enio Klein in IT Inside
Renner reestablishes operation but still faces difficulties and denies ransom payment
Lojas Renner, one of the largest clothing retail chains in Brazil, reestablished its systems after a ransomware attack revealed exclusively by The Hack, on Thursday (19). However, it still faces difficulties such as the long wait for the system to respond at the time of sale.
By Guilherme Petry in The Hack
Threat risk rose 24%, says Avast study
It is easier for corporate users to encounter a cyber threat: the probability of this happening has increased worldwide, according to Avast statistics. The probability increased from 11.25% to 13.9%. Between one number and the other there is an increase of 24%.
In CISO Advisor
Ransomware attacks are a real threat to businesses and governments
Ransomware attacks are, in a simplified way, the blocking of data and files and charging fees to regain access to your files and information. This virtual threat is an increasingly common and widespread criminal practice across the planet.
By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog
Digital security is the focus of investments for half of companies in 2022, study shows
The seventh edition of IT Snapshot, an annual study carried out by Logicalis to monitor trends and priorities in the IT area, points out that information security will be the focus of investment for 53% of organizations in the next 12 months, followed by compliance with the General Law Personal Data Protection (LGPD) (51%), analytics and Big Data (37%) and application migration to the cloud (22%).
In IT Inside
Brazil is the source of large traffic for the largest DDoS attack in history
Cybersecurity company Cloudflare announced that it had successfully stopped the largest targeted denial of service (DDoS) attack in history. Marked by no less than 17.2 million access requests per second, it was almost three times higher than the previous record — and much of this traffic originated in Brazil.
By Felipe Gugelmin on Canaltech
Cybercriminals can double the amount of medicine provided by medical pumps in hospitals
McAfee researchers discovered how to change the operation of medical pumps and their controllers, used to deliver medications to patients remotely and automatically, manufactured by German medical technology company, B. Braun Melsungen.
By Guilherme Petry in The Hack
New wave of malware targets travel sector
Cisco Talos recently discovered a new set of malicious campaigns targeting Latin American countries that use a variety of infection components to install two popular malware and remote access Trojans (RATs): njRAT and AsyncRAT. The target of these campaigns are companies in the travel sector.
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