Internet Security Week - Edition No. 110

In issue 110 of Internet Security Week , most common errors in backing, a federal cyber attack, confident information theft grows in Brazil and more.

News

Ransomware payments increased 78% last year

Ransomware cases broke record at the end of last year, with 78% increase in the average payment given by companies to the bandits and 144% growth in the amounts requested by them.

By Felipe Demartini in Canaltech

Get to know the most common mistakes when backing up and learn how to avoid them

Online cloud data storage services have greatly facilitated security copies - or backups, but is this practice common? And is doing a backup something simple?

In Kaspersky Daily

Federal Court suffers cyber attack and services remain unavailable

The Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region - TRF3, in São Paulo, reported through its workshop page that it was the victim of a cyber attack that made the services provided unavailable so far. Due to the incident, the agency also authorized employees to work from home until the situation is re -established and suspended the deadlines for court and electronic processes of the Court.

By Francisco suede in We Live Security

Attached information theft has strong growth in Brazil

Only in February, 13,598 users were infected with malware and had personal data stolen, which means 2,560 more victims than the previous month. The global number has also grown from 104,000 in January to more than 39,000 infections in February.

In Ciso Advisor

GITLAB's critical vulnerability allows invaders to assume accounts

Gitlab has found a serious vulnerability that may allow remote invaders to assume user accounts using coded passwords.

By Sergiu Gatlan in BleepingComputer

Dos and Don'ts for Employee Data Leakage

See, a series of tips on what to do and what not to do about the data leakage in the company. Most of them have the human factor as a key element.

By Kelvin Zimmer in Lumiun Blog

Ransomware changes programming language to expand attacks

A change of programming language and the addition of new features can make Hive ransomware gang attacks against more effective Linux systems.

By Felipe Demartini in Canaltech

WhatsApp GB and the risks linked to the use of unallowed apps

It has become common to find apps that gain popularity and offer great features completely free of charge, such as WhatsApp GB. Understand why it is not interesting to use this type of app.

By Daniel Cunha Barbosa in We Live Security

Mobile Threats: Those who aimed on smartphones in 2021

By 2021 there were fewer attacks on smartphones and tablets than in 2020. But this is no reason to relax, and here is why.

By Julia Glazova in Kaspersky Daily

New Remote Access Malware Borat worries experts

A new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) called Borat appeared in the Darknet markets, offering easy -to -use resources to perform DDOS attacks, UAC deviation and ransomware deployment.

By Bill Toulas in BleepingComputer