In edition no. 85 of Internet Security Week , cybercriminals are robbed, CVC suffers a cyber attack, when it costs to protect your company against ransomware, the Brazilian government takes down hackers' dominance and much more.
News
Cybercriminals are being ripped off by the developers of the ransomware they rented
Cybercriminals who rent ransomware services to extort victims may be being robbed by the very groups that provide the cybercriminal tools in the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model.
By Guilherme Petry in The Hack
CVC travel agency suffers attack and leaves its website inoperative
CVC Corp., holding company for the largest group of travel companies in Latin America, announced on the morning of the 2nd that it had been the victim of a cyber attack. The holding's website, at www.cvccorp.com.br, was not accessible.
In CISO Advisor
Microsoft is disabling Excel 4.0 macros by default to protect users
Microsoft will soon begin disabling Excel 4.0 XLM macros by default in Microsoft 365 tenants to protect customers from malicious documents.
By Lawrence Abrams in Bleeping Computer
14 thousand Gmail accounts are targets of Russian cyber attack with phishing bait
Last Wednesday (6), Google sent an alert to around 14 thousand users of its services, warning that they were being targeted by a phishing campaign carried out by the APT28 group, which, according to the FBI and NSA, has relationship with Russia.
By Dácio Castelo Branco on Canaltech
How much does it cost to protect your company against ransomware?
Surprisingly, the answer to this question, “how much does it cost to protect your company against ransomware?”, is simple, easy and objective: not much! Unless your data, information and files are worthless.
By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog
Hacker group FIN12 attacks healthcare companies
A ransomware cybercriminal group has been attacking American companies in recent months. The gang, which uses the Russian language, has targeted American organizations with revenues above $300 million, especially in the healthcare sector.
By Renato Rodrigues in Kaspersky Daily
Cybersecurity Risk in Remote Controllers for Insulin Pumps
Medtronic is urgently recalling remote controllers for insulin pumps belonging to the 'MiniMed Paradigm' product family due to serious cybersecurity risks.
By Bill Toulas in Bleeping Computer
Suffering more blows in the pandemic, the financial sector needs to strengthen incident response teams
According to CrowdStrike, a leading company in endpoint protection solutions, since January this year, a 330% increase in cybercrime activities has been detected compared to the same period in 2019.
By Ramon de Souza in The Hack
Brazilian government takes down RaidForums domain
RaidForums, one of the addresses most used by criminals of all nationalities to sell stolen data, was offline for 24 hours on October 1st because the domain was taken down at the request of Brazilian authorities, according to the breach specialist data “Dissent Doe” stated on his Twitter account.
In CISO Advisor
Weekly cyberattacks against companies in Brazil increase 62% in 2021
According to Check Point Software, a financial solutions company, reports that the average number of attacks in general per week on organizations worldwide grew by 40% in 2021 compared to 2020 and, in Brazil, the increase was considerably greater, with a weekly average of 967 attacks and a growth of 62%.
By Dácio Castelo Branco on Canaltech
Material
Information Security Guide for small businesses from ANP
- Free stuff
- Some topics covered in the material:
- Information security policy
- Awareness and Training
- Contract management
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