Internet Security Week – Issue 100

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In this edition of Internet Security Week , Brazil is in the top 10 countries worldwide affected by data leaks, Microsoft makes more than 100 security fixes, learn why blocking websites is an important solution for companies, the empty email scam, free materials for download, an internet security testing tool and much more.

News

One in every 100 Brazilians had their data leaked at the end of 2021

One in every 100 Brazilians had their data exposed between October and December of last year, with a total of 1.4 million people affected during the period, placing our country in fourth place in the global ranking for this type of incident.

By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech

'Anomalous' Spyware Steals Credentials at Industrial Companies

Researchers have discovered several spyware campaigns targeting industrial companies, aiming to steal email account credentials and commit financial fraud or resell them to other hackers.

By Bill Toulas at Bleeping Computer

Brazil remains in the world's top 10 countries affected by data breaches

Although the number of data leaks in Brazil fell 31% compared to 2020, the country now ranks 6th among the countries most affected by data leaks in 2021, according to an analysis published by Surfshark, a Dutch VPN services company.

By Francisco Camurça in Welivesecurity

Conti ransomware hits Indonesia's Central Bank

Bank of Indonesia, Indonesia's central bank, was announced as a victim of Conti ransomware in a post published today by the group operating the malware. The post was published on the group's dark web leak site, along with 487.09 megabytes of data spread across 838 files.

In CISO Advisor

Microsoft makes over 100 fixes: update your Windows!

Microsoft kicked off the year with a massive vulnerability patch, releasing not only its first regular update on Tuesday, which this time covers a total of 96 vulnerabilities, but also issuing several fixes for the Microsoft Edge browser (mostly related to the Chromium engine).

In Kaspersky Daily

Find out why blocking websites is an important solution for companies

Blocking websites is a solution for many of the demands of internet access management and data security. In this sense, it's a good management practice that directly and positively impacts companies' productivity, profitability, and performance indicators.

By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog

WordPress plugin flaw puts users of 20,000 sites at risk of phishing

The WordPress WP HTML Mail plugin, installed on over 20,000 sites, is vulnerable to a high-severity flaw that could lead to code injection and the distribution of convincing phishing emails.

By Bill Toulas at Bleeping Computer

Credit card data of 227,000 Brazilians sold on the dark web

Four million credit cards are for sale on the dark web. Half of the card data sold belongs to users in the United States (USA), with 1.5 million cards, and Australia, with 400,000. Among the other countries, Brazil appears with 227,000 cards sold for approximately US$6.54, a little over R$36.

By Francisco Camurça in We Live Security

What is the empty email scam?

Email addresses are constantly targeted for fraud—whether through spam, phishing tactics, or other types of social engineering. But while many people think they're already familiar with these scams, criminals can use other methods, such as the empty message scam.

By Dácio Castelo Branco on Canaltech