Internet Security Week - Edition No. 87

In edition No. 87 of Internet Security Week , Acer suffers according to attack this year, free VPN leaves exposed data, attentive is a victim of ransomware attack and much more.

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Digital kidnapping payments have already exceeded $ 5 billion in 10 years

According to Fincen (First Fighting Network of Financial Crimes, the Treasury Department, more than $ 5.2 billion have been accumulated by scammers from attacks involving digital kidnapping over the last 10 years.

By Felipe Demartini in Canaltech

Cybercrime uses legitimate tools for cybers

Cybercriminals have long used legitimate programs and operating system components to attack Microsoft Windows users, a tactic known as Living Off the Land.

By Renato Rodrigues in Kaspersky Daily

China's free VPN service leaves data from over one million users

Updated Personal Identification Information (PII) of more than one million users of the free Chinese VPN service, Quickfox, are exposed on a poorly configured elasticsearch server, not encrypted and available on the surface, without a password.

By Guilherme Petry in The Hack

Acer confirms according to cyber attack this year

Acer confirmed a cyber attack in its offices in India this week after disorder group hackers claimed to have violated servers and stolen 60 GB of Taiwanese PC manufacturer.

In Ciso Advisor

Hacker says he stole data from the entire population of Argentina

Invasion earlier this month would have given access to personal information even from President Alberto Fernández and Lionel Messi.

By Fábio Fleury in R7

Most common initial attack vectors

When we investigate a cybercident, we always pay special attention to the initial attack vector. Simply put, input is a weakness and, to avoid recurrence, identifying the weaknesses of defense systems is crucial.

In Kaspersky Daily

Attentive is a victim of ransomware; Operations in Brazil are paralyzed

Atento, a multinational outsourcing of telephone and contact center, based in Spain, but with a huge operation in Latin America, revealed that it suffered a cyber attack that paralyzed its operation in Brazil.

By Guilherme Petry in The Hack

Algorithm trained by researchers can guess bank passwords

Every ATM has a warning asking your users to make sure no one is looking at them when they enter the password of their bank accounts, but a survey has shown that the warning in the future will also have to warn of virtual risks.

By Dácio Castelo Branco in Canaltech

Malware used in ransomware already affects companies in Brazil

After reign for three consecutive months and fallen to second place in August, the Trickbot Banking Trojan horse returned to the top of the Global Threat Index list for September 2021 of Check Point Research (CPR), intelligence division in threats of Check Point Software.

In Ciso Advisor

Revil Group is hacked by branches that fight cybercrime

Entities from various countries, including the United States, have done a task force to counterattack and "hack the hackers" of the Russian cybercriminal group Revil.

By Carlos Palmeira in Tecmundo