Security News

Brazilian Cell Phone Hack
2019-08-07 15:48

I know there's a lot of politics associated with this story, but concentrate on the cybersecurity aspect for a moment. The cell phones of a thousand Brazilians, including senior government...

Cartoon Network Hacked Worldwide to Show Brazilian Stripper Videos
2019-05-01 15:32

Ricardo Milos joined Ben 10, Adventure Time and We Bare Bear videos on its websites over the weekend.

Brazilian Hackers Described as Adaptable Pirates
2019-04-17 12:53

Brazil does not have a highly organized hacker underground in the same way as Russia and eastern Europe. Most of the malicious activity by Brazilian actors is within Brazil against Brazilians. The...

Personal Details of 120 Million Brazilians Exposed
2018-12-12 14:28

Misconfigured databases with poor or absent access controls on both cloud and in-house servers is a known and common problem. Where these databases are exposed to the internet, anybody -- with or...

Brazilian Financial Malware Spreads Beyond National Boundaries
2018-11-29 18:06

Brazilian Actors Expand Financial Malware Campaigns to Attack Spanish-Speaking Countries A detailed analysis from security researchers shows how Brazilian financial malware is spreading beyond...

100,000 home routers recruited to spread Brazilian hacking scam
2018-10-02 06:30

GhostDNS in the machine A DNSchanger-like attack first spotted in August on D-Link routers in Brazil has expanded to affect more than 70 different devices and more than 100,000 individual piece of kit.…

Brazilian Banking Trojan Communicates Via Microsoft SQL Server
2018-05-29 14:47

Researchers have discovered a banking trojan making waves in Brazil with an array of tricks up its sleeve, including using an unusual command and control (C&C) server.

Metamorfo Targets Brazilian Users with Banking Trojans
2018-04-25 17:27

In an unusual move, Metamorfo abuses legitimate, signed Windows binaries to load the malicious code.

CHM Help Files Deliver Brazilian Banking Trojan
2017-12-20 20:23

Brazilian firms are the latest targets in a spam campaign delivering CHM help files hiding links to bank Trojans.

Original XPan Ransomware Returns, Targets Brazilian SMBs (Threatpost)
2017-04-25 10:00

Brazilian cybercriminals are using the original version of the XPan ransomware, targeting small to medium-sized business based in Brazil with the malware.