Internet Security Week – Edition No. 155

In Edition No. 155 of Internet Security Week , “Commired Purchase” scam is leader, chatgpt and its cybersecurity dangers, google ads used for phishing, increases number of fake websites and more.

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Confirmed purchase blow leads among crimes in the digital market

OLX and ALLOWME mapped the main types of fraud and scam data in Brazil in 2022, according to the study, the scam of the “confirmed purchase” leads the list with 57% of cases - with an increase of 75% over the previous year. They are then: “False Ad” (37%) and “Data theft” (6%), which recorded an attempted data theft per minute by 2022.

By Giovana Pignati in Canaltech

How chatgpt will change cybersecurity

A new generation of chatbots creates coherent and relevant texts. This can help both cybercriminals and cyberdefensors.

By Stan Kaminsky in Kaspersky Daily

Google ads used for phishing directed to AWS

A new phishing campaign directed to Amazon Web Services (AWS) logins is using Google ads to insert phishing sites in searching for Google to steal login credentials.

In Ciso Advisor

What is Spoofing and how can you protect yourself from it?

Since digital security has been a widely discussed agenda because of its importance, it is essential to understand how the main threats work so that we can fight them more efficiently. Want to better understand how spoofing works? Check out this full article and learn more about this threat!

By Kelvin Zimmer in Lumiun Blog

Banks: Institutions preferred by cybercriminals to perform phishing scams

61% of participants in an ESET survey said they had received at least one coup attempt that was passing by bank institutions.

By Juan Manuel Harán in We Live Security

Largest Canadian Bookstore Indigo closes site after cyber attack

Indigo Books & Music, Canada's largest bookstore network, was hit by a cyber attack, making the company unavailable for customers and only accept cash payments.

By ionut ilasu in bleeding computer

How to avoid online recruitment blows in 2023

Did you receive an attractive job offer from a stranger? Be careful! It can be a blow.

By Stan Kaminsky in Kaspersky Daily

With screen capture malware, hackers aimed companies

Security researchers warn that a new threat operator group has targeted over a thousand organizations since October, with the aim of implementing credentials to theft malware. The attack chain also involves recognition components, including a bank trojan that makes screen captures of infected computers work areas.

In Ciso Advisor

Increases the number of fake sites that confuse consumers

With the advancement of e -commerce, the number of blows made in the digital environment has also grown. One of the most common cases is the “similar sites” or “Lookalike Sites”, which simulate suitable companies to steal user information through the Phishing method. According to a survey by the global company Signifyd, 87% of consumers have already been victims of data theft or know someone who has gone through such a situation.

By Giovana Pignati in Canaltech