In issue #108 of Internet Security Week , Operation Anakin, we share 8 tips for identifying online scams, the dangers of CAPTCHAs, and much more.
News
Brazilian police arrest phishing group that stole R$ 10 million from 200 victims.
The Civil Police of the Federal District carried out 30 search and seizure warrants and temporary arrest warrants against a group of criminals specializing in phishing, as part of Operation Deep Sea. According to the authorities, the gang victimized 200 people and caused losses of R$ 10 million.
By Dácio Castelo Branco on Canaltech
Cybercrime leaks confidential documents from Lopes real estate company.
Another major real estate company has been hit by a cyberattack in Brazil: first Gafisa, on February 17th. Now, images of documents supposedly belonging to the Lopes real estate company and a link to a 2.15MB data file have been published on the Internet.
By Paulo Brito in CISO Advisor
Operation Anakin: Federal Police arrest 4 suspects for hacking into Caixa's information system.
Brazilian Federal Police arrested four suspects for obtaining data and accessing bank accounts belonging to clients of Caixa Econômica Federal (a Brazilian bank). The scams could amount to R$ 140 million.
By Francisco Camurça in We Live Security
8 more tips for identifying online scammers
Before transferring money or entering card information, it's worth spending a little extra time and effort checking emails and websites.
By Roman Dedenok in Kaspersky Daily
How CAPTCHAs can hide phishing URLs in emails.
CAPTCHA puzzles, designed to distinguish people from computer code, are being used to separate people from their login credentials.
By Thomas Claburn in The Register
How to identify data leaks in your company
This is a requirement when the intention is to prevent and avoid losses resulting from this type of security incident. It presents a challenge for managing internet access and information security in small and medium-sized enterprises.
By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog
Android viruses disguise themselves as WhatsApp and invade the Play Store.
Two large-scale campaigns targeted the infection of Android smartphones with viruses, using malware disguised as utilities, cryptocurrency wallets, and even WhatsApp modifications on the Google Play Store. In some cases, the malicious apps surpassed tens of thousands of downloads, with one reaching over 500,000 installations.
By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech
Excel files reused in Emotet campaign.
Over 500 Microsoft Excel files have been used to spread a new variant of Emotet. Emotet uses social engineering, such as email, to entice recipients to open attached documents, including Word, Excel, PDF, etc.
In CISO Advisor
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