Internet Safety Week – Issue No. 145

In issue #145 of Internet Security Week , we cover World Cup fraud, the best protection against phishing, rules for secure online shopping, a Brazilian company that pays 2.5 million reais in data ransom, and much more.

News

New malware claims to have thousands of 'clients'

A new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation called 'DuckLogs' has emerged, giving unskilled attackers easy access to various modules to steal information, log keystrokes, access clipboard data, and gain remote access to the compromised host.

By Bill Toulas on Bleeping Computer

Vulnerability analysis: how this type of threat can impact digital security.

Vulnerabilities are an important point to consider, and Brazil has characteristics that make the digital environment even more complex.

By Daniel Cunha Barbosa in We Live Security

2022 World Cup: What are the main scams and how to protect yourself?

Major events are always a magnet for cybercriminals, who take advantage of the popularity and intensity of news coverage to prey on unsuspecting victims. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is no different, so it's wise to be aware of the main tactics used by criminals and the best ways to protect yourself.

By Claudio Yuge on Canaltech

Ransomware and football: how companies can have a proactive defense.

In modern football, teams need to adapt defensively according to the opponent and the game, and the same applies to companies – which operate in a context of increasingly complex cyberattacks. A Kaspersky survey from May of this year showed that 56% of companies in the country have already been attacked by ransomware.

In Kaspersky Daily

Lumiun Box: The best phishing protection for companies

Through phishing scams, cybercriminals manage to trick users into providing data without realizing it, by clicking on banners, links, and other traps. For this reason, it is very important to have a phishing protection tool that helps keep confidential data more secure in your company.

By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog

Rules for safe online shopping

Here are some simple tips to protect your finances from fraudsters, phishers, and scammers when shopping online.

By Leonid Grustniy in Kaspersky Daily

480 million WhatsApp numbers are being put up for sale on a hacker forum.

The alleged database contains a long list of WhatsApp numbers belonging to people from 84 countries. Among the information for sale are 8 million records of Brazilians.

By Juan Manuel Harán in We Live Security

Company paid a ransom of R$ 2.5 million to save data.

A week ago, a Brazilian financial company paid the equivalent of US$500,000, or approximately R$2.5 million, in bitcoins to obtain the decryption key for its files. The company had been attacked by the Hive ransomware and had to suspend its operations for approximately two weeks.

In CISO Advisor

Ransomware netted $60 million from over 100 victims.

The FBI and CISA revealed in a new joint security briefing that the Cuban ransomware gang collected more than $60 million in ransoms in August 2022, after breaching more than 100 victims worldwide.

By Sergiu Gatlan at Bleeping Computer

Serasa registers 3 million attempted identity fraud cases in 9 months.

Account and profile thefts have increased significantly in recent years, mainly due to several massive data breaches that made it easy for criminals to obtain important data from thousands of Brazilians. And this year, this type of crime continues to rise: according to data from the credit information analysis company Serasa, in 2022 there were more than 3 million attempted identity fraud cases registered between January and September.

By Claudio Yuge on Canaltech