In the 86th edition of Internet Security Week , the federal government wants to create a battalion of good hackers, Azure blocked the largest DDoS attack in history, phishing affects more than 150 million Brazilians in 2021 and much more.
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Criminals clone executive's voice to steal $35 million
A $35 million theft was carried out from a bank in the United Arab Emirates without threats, weapons or bold malware, but rather by cloning the voice profile of an executive at a large company.
By Felipe Demartini on Canaltech
71 Reasons to Update Windows ASAP
During the last Patch Tuesday, Microsoft fixed a total of 71 vulnerabilities. The most dangerous of these is CVE-2021-40449, a use-after-free flaw in the Win32k driver that cybercriminals are already exploiting.
By Renato Rodrigues in Kaspersky Daily
Federal government is considering creating a battalion of “good hackers”
White hat hackers are those who know how to hack, perform intrusions, and create malware, but use this knowledge to combat malicious hackers. Hence, they are "good hackers."
By Fábio Marton in Olhar Digital
Microsoft Azure blocked the largest DDoS attack in history
In early August, Microsoft released a report on DDoS attacks targeting its Azure platform in the first half of 2021. What the company didn't know was that just days later, it would have to mitigate the largest DDoS attack of its kind on record. The attack reached a peak traffic volume of 2.4 Tb/s (terabits per second)—a record.
By Emerson Alecrim in Tecnoblog
US security agency concerned about ransomware evolving into “killware”
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is warning that the next cyberattack could end up killing people – a dangerous and imminent shift from ransomware to “killware.”
By Victor Tangermann in Futurism
Phishing hits 150 million Brazilians in 2021
Phishing continues to be a serious security threat. A study conducted by dfndr lab, PSafe's cybersecurity laboratory, projects that over 150 million Brazilians fell victim to this type of scam in 2021 alone.
By Dácio Castelo Branco on Canaltech
Ecommerce developer leaves over 1.75 billion data points exposed
The marketplace and ecommerce integration platform, Hariexpress (which serves Correios, Mercado Livre, Amazon, Shopee, Magalu, Americanas, Shoptime, Submarino, among others), left more than 1.75 billion records in more than 610 GB of confidential data exposed, accessible through an unprotected Elasticsearch server.
By Guilherme Petry in The Hack
Cyber threats hit 40 billion in the first half of the year
Digital attacks against companies surpassed 40 billion worldwide in the first half of the year, and there is no indication that they will slow down for the rest of the year, according to the report “Attacks From All Angles: 2021 Midyear Cybersecurity Report” by cybersecurity company Trend Micro.
In CISO Advisor
Internet provider: how to help your subscriber protect themselves on the internet
In conversations with numerous internet providers, we've noticed a common desire to help subscribers protect themselves online. But (obviously, there's a catch), how can we educate our users and offer tools for protection while browsing the internet?
By Kelvin Zimmer on Lumiun Blog
FinSpy: The Newest Spy Tool
At Kaspersky's recent Security Analyst Summit, experts presented a detailed report on the FinSpy spyware (also known as FinFisher) and its distribution methods, including some previously unknown.
By Julia Glazova in Kaspersky Daily
Material
[eBook] Safety and Prevention Guide for Internet Users
- Free material
- Some topics covered in the material:
- What is internet security?
- Most common cyber attacks
- Good Internet Security Practices
- Accounts and passwords
- Social media
- Computer security
- Mobile device security
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