Overview of Cyberattacks in

Latin America and Brazil

Júlio Cesar Braz de Queiroz

Ramon Abílio
Maria Inês Lage de Paula
Willian Henrique
Overview of Cyberattacks in
Latin America
Overview of Cyberattack in
Brazil
https://www.cetic.br/media/analises/tic_domicilios_2019_coletiva_imprensa.pdf https://www.cert.br/stats/incidentes/

https://ciberseguranca.igarape.org.br/en/timeline/
Cyberattack in Brazil in
2020
 Cyberattacks in Brazil in 2020
Context:
- Pandemics - Restrictions on Non-essential Businesses
- Remote Work - Remote Education
- Lack of Entertainment - Impossibility of Traveling Abroad
- Demand for information about the Covid-19 Vaccine

Atacks (Jan - Jun, 2020) Fraud Attempt (Jan - Jun, 2020)

Phishing
Fraud;
Invasion; 0,19 Web; 2,76 Other; 0,63 Trojan; 3,7 (Other); 11,13
5,66

Worm; 17,46

Scan; 58,81
DoS; 14,49

Phishing
(Financial);
85,17
Adapted from https://www.cert.br/stats/incidentes/2020-jan-jun/tipos-ataque.html Adapted from https://www.cert.br/stats/incidentes/2020-jan-jun/fraude.html
Attacks in 2020
Attack Superior Justice Tribunal

- Encrypted emails and processes (lost many files);

- Biggest hacker attack in Brazil history;
- The entry system was disable and all user and pass changed;
- More than 1.200 servers was blocked;
Attack to Copel and Eletrobras

- Targets energy companies Copel and Eletrobras;

- Stolen more than 1000GB from Copel;
- Don't affect the operation network, just administrative;
- In Eletrobras affect the Eletronuclear subsidiary, owner of Angra 1
and Angra 2;
- The attack begins in the CyberArk system, that is a system for
privileged access management;
- Group that attack Darkside;
- Same group that attacked Colonial Pipeline in US;
Thank you!