In edition #68 of Internet Security Week, JBS pays an $11 million ransom, the biggest password leak of all time, the Belo Horizonte city hall is hacked, and much more.
News
JBS paid a ransom of 11 million dollars.
JBS, the world's largest beef producer, confirmed it paid an $11 million ransom after the REvil ransomware operation initially demanded $22.5 million.
By Lawrence Abrams in Bleeping Computer
The high volume of cyberattacks has led to emotional overload for teams.
With cyberattacks becoming increasingly frequent, information security professionals have become emotionally overwhelmed, according to a study by Trend Micro.
By Roseli Andrion on Canaltech
Brazilian Federal Police arrest suspects in hacker attack on the Supreme Court's system.
In total, there are three temporary arrest warrants and five search and seizure warrants in the cities of Itumbiara (GO), Bragança Paulista (SP), Belém do São Francisco (PE), Jaboatão dos Guararapes (PE) and Olinda (PE). Two arrests have already been made, according to the Federal Police.
In Gazeta do Povo
The biggest password leak of all time contains more than 8.4 billion data entries.
A user on a hacker forum posted a 100 GB TXT file containing 8.4 billion passwords, which were combined from old leaks and breaches.
By Edvardas Mikalauskas in Cybernews
Cybercriminal ordered to return R$ 648,000 stolen from two different victims.
A cybercriminal arrested by the Civil Police of the Federal District was sentenced to return R$ 648,000, which were stolen from two different Banco do Brasil accounts, in addition to serving 5 years and 6 months in prison.
By Guilherme Petry in The Hack
The city of Belo Horizonte's inspection system has been hacked.
The Digital Inspection System (SIF) of the Belo Horizonte City Hall was hacked in the early afternoon of Wednesday, the 9th. Upon entering the system, the employees found a message that directly attacks Mayor Alexandre Kalil (PSD) because of the restrictions imposed on commerce during the pandemic.
In CISO Advisor
Employees fear being blamed for company data breaches
Workers in small and medium-sized organizations, in particular, do not consider themselves attractive targets for cybercriminals, do not understand the full extent of cyber threats, and rarely report incidents for fear of being blamed.
By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog
Audi and Volkswagen data breach affects 3.3 million customers.
According to data breach notifications filed with the California and Maine Attorney General's offices, VWGoA disclosed that a vendor left unprotected data exposed on the internet between August 2019 and May 2021.
By Lawrence Abrams in Bleeping Computer
Old malware returns in a new version to steal logins and passwords.
Agent Tesla is now part of a new campaign that uses infected Excel spreadsheets to install itself on victims' computers, capable of stealing saved browser passwords, login credentials for corporate systems, and even cryptocurrency wallets, with the funds being diverted to the criminals.
By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech
Events
Cybersecurity, Dark Web, and Digital Twins: Discover the future of digital security.
- June 3, 2021, 5 PM – 6 PM
- Online event via Youtube
- Free
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