In edition No. 72 of Internet Security Week Pro-Trump social network is hacked on the day of launch, insecure password generator, Brazilian companies pay 3 times more for ransomware attacks and more.
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Zero Day breach on Windows is revealed “unintentionally”; All PCs are vulnerable
A group of Chinese researchers from the company Sangfor Technologies eventually revealed, "unintentionally," details of a zero day vulnerability that affects the latest versions of Windows and has not yet been corrected by Microsoft.
By Ramon de Souza in The Hack
Advocacy company affected by ransomware obtains a court order asking criminals not to publish the data that stole
A law firm hit by a ransomware attack responded to the payment request message with a court order demanding that criminals would not share stolen data.
By Gareth Corfield in The Register
Victims of the attack on Kaseya would be about 1,500
Company said it does not reach 60 the total of customers affected and that the total of victims does not reach 1,500.
By Paulo Brito in Ciso Advisor
Gettr Social Network, Pro-Trump, was barely launched and has already been hacked
A few hours after the launch, a hacker attack was identified on the platform. In an email sent to The Verge, Miller said the problem was detected and resolved in a matter of minutes. "All the intruder managed to do was change some user names."
By Letícia Naísa in UOL
Only 4% of small and medium -sized companies are already prepared for LGPD
Sanctioned in 2018, it has been in effect since August 2020, but many companies are still seeking to adapt their operations to the standard requirements.
By Roseli Andrion in Canaltech
Cybercrime has $ 1 million to buy zero days
Cyble, a US -based threat monitoring company, has reported on its blog to have discovered on the Dark Web a 'threat actor' that is making available at almost 30 bitcoins the equivalent of $ 1 million for the purchase of zero days.
In Ciso Advisor
Firewall: does your network need this protection?
Does your company use firewall? How do you protect the borders of your network? Is the protection of the network perimeter important? In the article you can review some concepts to assist in these issues.
By Heini Thomas Geib in Lumun Blog
Kaspersky's secure password generator was… generating insecure passwords
The company recently admitted, after being pressured by the publication of a Proof of Conception (POC) of the Ledger Donjon researchers group, that the algorithm employed in some versions of the program was generating relatively predictable passwords for an attacker using a gross strength tool.
By Ramon de Souza in The Hack
British Airways airline spends millions with lawyers in your case of data violation in 2018
British Airways has resolved the lawsuit against it, paying millions of pounds to eliminate the case of data violation in the Supreme Court of England and Wales country.
By Gareth Corfield in The Register
Brazilian companies pay 3 times more than the global average in ransomware attacks
The average payments delivered to criminals after such incidents reaches $ 571,000 (about $ 3 million in the current price) more than three times higher than the globally registered number, which is $ 170.4 thousand (almost $ 897,000).
By Felipe Demartini in Canaltech
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