Internet Security Week - Edition No. 120

In Edition No. 120 of Internet Security Week , frauds impact company in Brazil, credit card theft on Google Chrome, Messenger phishing operation, digital blow poll and more.

News

Fraud losses impacted 95% of companies in Brazil in the last 3 years

Kroll, a corporate risk management company, released on Monday (6) the results of its latest global fraud and risk report, which indicate that organizations in Brazil are suffering significant impacts on fraud and illicit activities, even when investing in tools such as data analysis to proactively mitigate risks.

By Dácio Castelo Branco in Canaltech

TCE -PR system remains down after cyber attack

TCE-PR website presents warning about suspicious records of malicious activities in its technological infrastructure and procedural deadlines remain suspended.

By Francisco suede in We Live Security

Malware Emotet Now steals Google Chrome user credit cards

Botnet Emotet is now trying to infect potential victims with a credit card theft module designed to collect credit card information stored on Google Chrome user profiles.

By Sergiu Gatlan in Bleeping Computer

Pirate software attracts victims for cryptocurrency theft

About 10,000 people from Brazil, India, Indonesia, and France have tried to download pirate copies of commercial software that are contaminated with a digital wallet stealer: the information was published yesterday by Avast researcher Pavel Novak in a report on blocking these attempts on customer computers. For this campaign, according to the company's report, cybercriminals abuse the names of popular software brands, promoting illegal and cracked versions of them to attract users to download malware.

In Ciso Advisor

Follina: Office documents are gateway to vulnerability

New vulnerability CVE-2022-30190, known as Folina, allows the exploration of the Windows Support Diagnostic Tool through MS Office files.

In Kaspersky Daily

Massive Facebook Massive Phishing Operation generates millions

Researchers have discovered a large-scale phishing operation that used Messenger to attract millions of users to phishing pages, inducing them to insert their account credentials and see ads.

By Bill Toulas in Bleeping Computer

Alegre City Hall (ES) systems are down after ransomware attack

Data systems used by the City of Alegre, in the state of Espírito Santo, were the target of a cyber attack on the morning of last Monday (6). To date, there is no information that indicates the information stored in these systems, according to an official statement available on the City Hall website.

By Dácio Castelo Branco in Canaltech

Poll: Digital blows, have you ever been a victim?

It is increasingly common to circulate scams that are passing by someone or even well -known companies and institutions. Join the poll and help the digital defense scenario.

By Francisco suede in We Live Security