Internet Security Week

Internet Security Week – Edition No. 112

April 18, 2022

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In Issue No. 112 of Internet Security Week , ransomware attacks have been prioritizing small and medium -sized business, 7 government agencies that have already been attacked by hackers, what to do by violation of outsourced supplier and more.

News

Ransomware attacks have been prioritizing small and medium -sized businesses, study

The Opentext Safety Firm made available the BrightCloud 2022 threat report, a survey that brings the main data and trends that affected small and large companies worldwide during 2021, as well as people in the new hybrid and interconnected world - making threats such as ransomware and phishing begin to affect smaller companies.

By Dácio Castelo Branco in Canaltech

Report points to the record of Zero Days in 2021

The latest 2021 Internet Security Report report published by Watchguard brings a warning to network and security managers: the volume of detections in the October/December quarter was the highest of the last three years, with a total that exceeded the previous quarter by 39%. Advanced threats increased by 33%, indicating the highest level of zero day threats ever recorded.

In Ciso Advisor

Learn how to reduce losses and losses from data leaks without counting on luck

Today, we intend to demonstrate that, compared to large corporations, small and medium -sized companies have a lot to lose with safety incidents. Mainly, when data leakage occurs.

By Kelvin Zimmer in Lumiun Blog

Where's security? 7 government agencies that have already been attacked by hackers

Brazilian public agencies in various spheres, from the municipal to the federal, have been suffocating in the hands of cybercriminals in recent years. The most recent case is from the TRF-3 (Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region), which suffered a hacker attack at dawn on March 30 and only on the 11th began tests to resume its online services.

By Abinoan Santiago in UOL

What to do when you suffer a violation of outsourced supplier

In today's interconnected business scenario, companies of all sizes outsource many of their operations. This also means giving outsourced suppliers access to some or all your data, including application programming interface keys (API), confidential customer information, and other confidential data.

By Carlos Rodrigues in Ti Inside

What we can learn with 2021, year marked by several cases of data leaks

In 2021, Brazil was the 6th country most affected by data leaks according to a surfshark survey, which operates in the area of online privacy and security tools. In the business field was no different. In the first half of 2021 alone, at least 69 Brazilian institutions were targeted by leakage attacks and data kidnapping, according to data from the Cyber Intelligence calculation.

By Luiz Ricardo de Castilho in Jornal Jurid

Cyber war and ransomware worry public sector, but there is a way to protect themselves

In news around the world we can see cyber attacks and data leaks happening quite often, with different targets and proportions. More recently, with the war between Russia and Ukraine, we have a new threat in vogue: that of cyber war, which worries the public sector and governments around the world with the fear that the conflict gains global dimensions.

By Bruno Assaf in Security Report

With 5% of IT budget, cyber security challenges companies

In 2020 alone, 38% of Brazilian companies were attacked by ransomware and most of them do not know how to deal with increasingly advanced actions in the security area. For experts, in addition to more investments, having solutions that protect both the operational and human capital of business is critical.

In IP News

Spam campaign distributes plague that steals passwords to corporate users

A spam campaign is being used to disseminate Malware Meta between corporate networks, keeping an eye on saved passwords in browsers or giving access to cryptocurrency wallets. The mass spread, however, has no very bold characteristics, using the already technical beat with attached documents from Excel, with criminals passing through business partners and asking for confirmation of financial transfers.

By Felipe Demartini in Canaltech

The answer to a ransomware attack

We constantly see companies suffering some kind of cyber attack, which often ends up taking the sleep of all who work in the privacy business and protection in information technology. A step-by-step can help improve the sleep of these professionals.

By Caíque Barqueta in Ciso Advisor