In the 135th edition of Internet Security Week , a report on the cybersecurity scenario in Brazilian companies, Brazil is the main source of the longest DDoS attack in history, 80% of piracy sites display malicious ads and much more.
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80% of piracy sites display dangerous ads to visitors
Accessing piracy sites is often cited by experts as a risk to users, and now, research has quantified this risk. According to a survey by the Digital Citizens Alliance, 80% of such domains display dangerous ads to visitors, with one in six visits exposing users to downloading malware.
By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech
Lazarus Group hacked energy companies around the world
A malicious campaign conducted by the North Korean group Lazarus affected energy providers worldwide between February and July of this year. The campaign was partially disclosed by Symantec and AhnLab in April and May, respectively, but Cisco Talos is now providing more details about the attack.
In CISO Advisor
A Zoom vulnerability and the war between hackers and developers
In March 2020, when the entire world was just beginning to navigate remote work, a vulnerability was discovered in the installation package of Zoom—one of the world's leading remote communication tools—allowing arbitrary code execution on Apple computers. Zoom patched the vulnerability… sort of.
By Enoch Root on Kaspersky Daily
Report presents the current cybersecurity scenario in Brazilian companies
The ESET Security Report provides insights into the current digital security landscape in the corporate world, including the rise in phishing attacks, increasingly targeted ransomware, and the rise in threat detections targeting Android devices.
By Francisco Camurça in We Live Security
Financial technology company suffered a data breach involving 50,000 users
Founded in 2015, Revolut is a rapidly growing financial technology company that now offers banking, money management, and investment services to customers worldwide.
By Bill Toulas at Bleeping Computer
Data-stealing spyware disguised as a banking rewards app on Android
The malware, which can be remotely controlled by attackers after infecting a device, is reported to have been an updated version of Android software first discovered in 2021.
By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle in The Register
Brazil is the main source of one of the longest DDoS attacks in history
One of the longest denial-of-service attacks in history was recorded last June, when a Chinese telephone operator was targeted by a high volume of requests for more than four hours. Brazil, in fact, played a negative role in this record, ranking third in the country with the highest number of infected devices, behind the US and Indonesia.
By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech
VMware and Microsoft warn of new Chromeloader attacks
VMware and Microsoft are warning of the emergence of an ongoing and widespread Chromeloader malware campaign that has evolved into a more dangerous threat, now seen dropping malicious browser extensions, the node-WebKit malware, and even ransomware in some cases.
In CISO Advisor
Hot off the press: A new study on “the nature of cyber incidents”
In 2021, attackers most often attempted to attack corporate infrastructure by exploiting vulnerabilities in widely available applications (53.6%). In 17.9% of cases, they used previously compromised credentials, and in 14.3%, they used malicious emails.
In Kaspersky Daily
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