In the 79th edition of Internet Security Week , in addition to a very special video about the much-acclaimed attack on Renner, the relationship between personal data protection and LGPD, Renner still faces difficulties after a ransomware attack, threat risks increased by 24% and much more.
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Brazilian educational institutions suffer 377 digital attacks each week
One of the sectors most targeted by cyberattacks, education has been the victim of a growing wave of criminal campaigns in recent months. According to Check Point Research (CPR), in Brazil alone, an average of 377 attacks were carried out against educational institutions during the month of July—a 19% increase compared to the first half of 2021.
By Felipe Gugelmin on Canaltech
What are the links between Ransomware, fraud, privacy, personal data protection, and the LGPD?
These topics are not new, nor is the strong connection between them. Despite this, it still seems unclear to organizations that compliance with the General Data Protection Law (LGPD) involves more than a set of policies and regulations arising from the interpretation of the law.
By Enio Klein in IT Inside
Renner reestablishes operations but still faces difficulties and denies paying ransom
Lojas Renner, one of Brazil's largest clothing retailers, has reestablished its systems after a ransomware attack revealed exclusively by The Hack on Thursday (19). However, it still faces difficulties such as the long wait for the system's response at the time of sale.
By Guilherme Petry in The Hack
Threat risk up 24%, says Avast study
It's becoming more common for corporate users to encounter a cyberthreat: the likelihood of this happening has increased worldwide, according to Avast statistics. The probability increased from 11.25% to 13.9%. Between the two numbers, there's a 24% increase.
In CISO Advisor
Ransomware attacks are a real threat to businesses and governments
Ransomware attacks, simply put, involve the blocking of data and files and the demand for return of access to them. This cyberthreat is an increasingly common and widespread criminal practice across the globe.
By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog
Digital security is the focus of investments for half of companies in 2022, study shows
The seventh edition of IT Snapshot, an annual study conducted by Logicalis to monitor trends and priorities in the IT sector, indicates that information security will be the focus of investment for 53% of organizations over the next 12 months, followed by compliance with the General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD) (51%), analytics and Big Data (37%) and application migration to the cloud (22%).
In IT Inside
Brazil is the source of large amounts of traffic from the largest DDoS attack in history
Cybersecurity company Cloudflare announced it successfully blocked the largest targeted denial of service (DDoS) attack in history. Marked by no less than 17.2 million access requests per second, it was nearly three times larger than the previous record—and much of that traffic originated in Brazil.
By Felipe Gugelmin on Canaltech
Cybercriminals could double the amount of medicine dispensed by medical pumps in hospitals
McAfee researchers have discovered how to alter the operation of medical pumps and their controllers, used to deliver medications to patients remotely and automatically, manufactured by the German medical technology company, B. Braun Melsungen.
By Guilherme Petry in The Hack
New wave of malware targets travel industry
Cisco Talos recently discovered a new set of malicious campaigns targeting Latin American countries, using a variety of infection components to install two popular malware and remote access Trojans (RATs): njRAT and AsyncRAT. These campaigns target companies in the travel industry.
In CISO Advisor
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