Internet Security Week - Edition No. 49

In Edition 49 of Internet Security Week , Europol knocks more dangerous malware in the world, Apple corrects serious safety failure, photos and salaries leaked in attack in Brazil and much more.

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Biden said he was setting up a cyber dream team to solve US government safety

Malwarebytes, an American developer of information security solutions, is the newest confirmed victim of the massive attack on Solarwinds supply chain.

By Kieren McCarthy in The Register

Photos and salaries were also exposed in the largest data leakage in the country

In what is considered the largest data leakage in the country, face photos, names, addresses and even salary range of 223.74 million Brazilians may have been exposed. The discovery was made by the cybersecurity company Psafe.

By Rafael Arbuu in Digital Look

Vulnerability on the Caixa website allowed customer data theft

The breach allowed the attackers to create false pages or malicious applications that worked as if they were running from the official domains of the state, making it difficult to detect and enable the performance of social engineering attacks.

By Felipe Demartini in Canaltech

EUROPOL in joint action interrupts emoteet actions, the most dangerous malware in the world

Police and judicial authorities around the world interrupted this week one of the most important botnets of the last decade: Emotet. Researchers have already taken control of their infrastructure in an international coordinated action.

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ANPD finally pronounces about 220 million CPFs leakage

ANPD was created under the LGPD; Entity investigates a leakage of personal data that affected 223 million Brazilians.

By Felipe Ventura in Tecnoblog

Hackers use Microsoft servers to amplify DDOS attacks

33,000 vulnerable servers can be used to amplify attacks.

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Tiktok corrects security vulnerability that exposed private data from users

Safety vulnerabilities found in the Chinese App sharing app, Tiktok, allowed invaders to ignore the platform's privacy settings and thus access personal and confidential user data.

By Guilherme Petry in The Hack

Multiple discoveries vulnerabilities in Fiberhom routers

At least 28 backdoor accounts found in Fiberhome Ftth ont routers.

By Catalin Cimpanu in Zd Net

10 films to watch information security and data privacy

Check out movie and documentaries nominations that help you understand a little more about the cyber universe.

In Privacy Tech

Google accuses North Korea of trying to hack experts in virtual security

Google suspects that the North Korean government is hiring hackers to take advantage of cyber crimes.

In UOL

UK Department of Education distributes malware computers in schools

By distributing malware laptops to the most vulnerable and needy students, the Education Department is guilty of astonishing responsibility violation.

By Rupert Goodwins in The Register

Tournament to find safety failures has prizes up to $ 600,000 and a Tesla Model 3

The hacking competition, which turns 14 this year, will take place between April 6 and 8 in Vancouver, Canada. Recently some information about the awards and rules of the competition was released by the organizers.

By Gabriel Serbio in Look Digital

Apple corrects three serious breaches in iOS 14.4 and iPados 14.4

According to Russian security company Kaspersky, the breaches in question are considered day-to-day, that is, they were abused by attackers even before the apple knew of its existence.

By Ramon de Souza in Canaltech