The Week of Information Security - Edition No. 39

In edition 39 of the Information Safety Week, Brazilians are attack targets, 100,000 Facebook accounts were stolen, phishing attacks up 80% on Black Friday and more.

News

Pix became bait for fraud more than 5,000 times in October

The purpose of criminals is to steal bank data and passwords taking advantage of users' interest and distraction.

In Ciso Advisor

Careful! Phishing blows increase by 80% with the proximity of Black Friday

According to Check Point experts, there was an 80% increase in the incidence of this type of scam in the first two weeks of November.

By Ramon de Souza in Canaltech

Cisco Webex failures allow invaders to attend meetings as ghost users

Invadors can enter Webex meetings as ghost users and even stay inside the rooms after being removed.

By Catalin Cimpanu in Zd Net

Attack on the TSE portal in the elections also released data of 2020

Initially, the suspicion was that only information from 2001 to 2010 would have been exhibited, but a new investigation also pointed out this year's records.

By Leticia Rinient in Digital Look

Brazilians are the target of almost half of ransomware attacks in Latin America

According to Kaspersky data, the region records 5,000 ransomware attacks per day and companies are the main target worldwide.

By Renato Rodrigues in Kaspersky Daily

Facebook Messenger breach may have allowed hackers to spy users

The now corrected Messenger bug could allow calls to connect audio calls without the receiver's knowledge or approval.

By Catalin Cimpanu in Zd Net

Cyberataques grow in the midst of positive news about vaccines

Attacks on pharmaceutical laboratories working to find an effective Covid-19 vaccine increased 50%.

In Ciso Advisor

“It's time to stop using SMS in multifactor authentication,” says Microsoft Security Director

According to Alex Weinert, Microsoft Identity Security Director, Voice or SMS multifator authentication is not safe.

By Guilherme M. Petry in The Hack

More than 100,000 Facebook accounts were stolen in online coup

Fraudsters attract the victims promising a tool that had allowed them to see who visited their profiles on the platform; Malicious link redirected users to fake login pages.

By Renato Mota in Digital Look

Russian and North Korean hackers attacked covid-19 vaccine manufacturers

According to Microsoft, three groups of state hackers (ie, funded by government entities) were caught in the act by attacking private institutions and companies that stand out in solutions against Covid-19.

By Ramon de Souza in Canaltech