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Internet Security Week – Edition No. 161

In Edition No. 161 of Internet Security Week , the dangers of new employees, Chatgpt becomes bait for new blows, research points to the 50 most used brands in phishing attacks and more.


News

Spy operation steals files and screenshots from infected PCs

A spy operation has been underway since 2021 using malware that have been discovered only now. Apparently linked to geopolitical interests, attacks reach companies from the sectors of administration, agriculture and transportation from three countries in Europe and seem to focus on theft of privileged information.

By Felipe Demartini in Canaltech

As new anxious employees to please are deceived

Scammers are using social engineering to extort newly hired employees.

By John Snow in Kaspersky Daily

Essential Spyware Protection for Business: What You Need to Know

Is it possible to protect yourself from spyware? Thinking of helping you, we have prepared a material complete with everything you need to know about the risks and damage that can be caused by this type of malware.

By Kelvin Zimmer in Lumiun Blog

Chatgpt turns bait for new blows

Malicious extensions, false chatgpt sites that propagate malware or false social networks are some of the ways in which cybercriminals use the name of this service to attract new victims.

By Juan Manuel Harán in We Live Security

Research points to the 50 most counterfeit brands in phishing

The Internet Security Services company Cloudflare has released a list of the 50 most counterfeit brands in phishing emails. According to the company, the analysis was possible thanks to the amplitude of its network, which protects almost 20% of global internet traffic.

In Ciso Advisor

About 16% of companies were victims of malware in 2022

About 16% of organizations worldwide detected communication with domains associated with control and control servers (known as C&C), indicating network violations over the last year. This is what the new Akamai Technologies report of the Internet of the Internet, which analyzes global DNS traffic (domain name system).

In Ciso Advisor

Scam of receivables offers almost $ 2,000 to steal data

The Central Bank's receivable value system continues to give rise to phishing schemes, with bandits using fake sites and the promise of high financial returns to steal personal data from the victims. The campaign, as is usual, is disseminated by WhatsApp and features a fraudulent site, hosted on a Russian domain to simulate consultations.

By Felipe Demartini in Canaltech

Brazil and phishing attacks by WhatsApp

In 2022, Brazil was the country with the most phishing attacks by WhatsApp in the world. The survey also shows that we are the fourth country that received most malicious emails.

In Kaspersky Daily

How to monitor what employees are accessing on the internet

Creating an internet access control policy in the company can avoid many internet security problems. The first step in creating an efficient policy is to keep up with what employees are accessing on the company's internet.

By Kelvin Zimmer in Lumiun Blog

Recognition: The first step in a cyber attack

Collection of information that assists criminals have understood the environment they will attack. Follow the first article in the series that will explain the steps followed by criminals to compromise environments.

By Daniel Cunha Barbosa in We Live Security


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