Internet Security Week - Edition No. 108

In Edition No. 108 of Internet Security Week , Anakin Operation, 8 tips for identifying online blows, captchas hazards and more.

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Police arrest Brazilian phishing group that stole R $ 10 million from 200 victims

The Federal District Civil Police served 30 search and seizure and temporary arrest warrants against a group of phishing criminals, as part of Operation Deep Sea (Deep Sea). According to the authority, the gang made 200 victims and caused a loss of $ 10 million.

By Dácio Castelo Branco in Canaltech

Cybercrime leaks confidential documents from Real Estate Lopes

Another large real estate is hit by cyber attack in Brazil: first to Gafisa, on February 17. Now images of documents supposedly owned by Real Estate Lopes and a link to a 2.15MB size data file has been published on the internet.

By Paulo Brito in Ciso Advisor

ANAKIN OPERATION: PF holds 4 suspects of invading the box information system

The PF arrested 4 suspects of obtaining data and access to bank accounts of Caixa Econômica Federal. The blows can reach $ 140 million.

By Francisco suede in We Live Security

8 more tips for identifying scammers online

Before transferring money or enter card information, it is worth spending a little more time and effort by checking emails and websites.

By Roman Dedenok in Kaspersky Daily

How captchas can hide phishing urls in emails

Captcha puzzles, designed to distinguish people from the computer code, are being used to separate people from their login credentials.

By Thomas Claburn in The Register

How to identify data leaks in your company

A requirement, when the intention is to prevent and prevent losses arising from this type of security incident. A challenge for the management of internet access and information security in small and medium enterprises.

By Kelvin Zimmer in Lumiun Blog

Virus for Android disguises whatsapp and invade play store

Two large -scale campaigns aimed at contamination of Android smartphones with viruses, from malware that disguised themselves as utilities, cryptocurrency wallets and even modifications for WhatsApp on the Google Play Store. In some cases, malicious apps have exceeded the tens of thousands of downloads, with one of them reaching the mark of over 500,000 facilities.

By Felipe Demartini in Canaltech

Excel Archives used again in Emotet campaign

More than 500 Microsoft Excel files have been used to spread a new emoteet variant. Emotet uses social engineering, such as email, to attract recipients to open attached documents, including Word, Excel, PDF, etc.

In Ciso Advisor