It's sad but true. Brazil remains a heaven for Crackers. The country is becoming a laboratory for cybercrime, with hackers able to collaborate with relative impunity-up specializing in data and identity theft, credit card fraud and piracy, as well as online vandalism. The good news is that the Brazilian police took action.
João Neto Sperandio's only 24 and a lot of trouble with the police. The most recent took him to jail on suspicion of extortion. Police in Repression of Crimes Committed by Electronic Means believe that the young man broke into the network from a Brazilian bank has obtained confidential information and demanded $ 500,000 not to divert $ 2 million.
In 2008, Sperandio was arrested accused of diverting U.S. $ 2.2 million to 28 different accounts.
But the bad news is that the 20 officers working for the electronic crime division of the São Paulo police catch about 40 suspected cyber crime a month. But such crimes represent only a fraction of the "notorious and ever increasing" of cybercrimes in São Paulo, Brazil's economic capital, said Ronaldo Tossunian, the deputy assistant to the division.
Moreover, analysts say many businesses, including banks, have been slow to realize, or even refuse to acknowledge the seriousness of the problem. Banco Itau, a leading private banks in Brazil and the institution from whose site Assunção filched the password during his demonstration, declined to provide someone for comment.
Fabricio Martins, the chief security chief Nexxy Capital Group, a leading provider of websites to e-commerce companies, said: "Most companies here do not take precautions until something bad happens and make them act."
Martins, for example, strengthened the security software Nexxy after e-mail from online customers were stolen two years ago. Now his show is one of 20 software for credit card clearing approved by Visa International in Brazil.
Why are Brazil's hackers are so strong and resourceful? Because they have little to fear legally, Asuncion said, adding that the hackers here are social and share more information than the hackers in developed countries. "It's a cultural thing," he said. "I do not see American hackers as willing to share information between them."
Despite the cost of a computer is prohibitive for most people in this country where the average wage is less than $ 300 a month, information about hacking is simple. H4ck3r magazine, available on newsstands across the country, sells about 20,000 copies per month.
Brazil is still a paradise for criminals.
Note: Duarte is a Principal of Curso de Informatica Online [http://www.curso.de-informatica-online.com.br//]. of Arth Informatica.
João Neto Sperandio's only 24 and a lot of trouble with the police. The most recent took him to jail on suspicion of extortion. Police in Repression of Crimes Committed by Electronic Means believe that the young man broke into the network from a Brazilian bank has obtained confidential information and demanded $ 500,000 not to divert $ 2 million.
In 2008, Sperandio was arrested accused of diverting U.S. $ 2.2 million to 28 different accounts.
But the bad news is that the 20 officers working for the electronic crime division of the São Paulo police catch about 40 suspected cyber crime a month. But such crimes represent only a fraction of the "notorious and ever increasing" of cybercrimes in São Paulo, Brazil's economic capital, said Ronaldo Tossunian, the deputy assistant to the division.
Moreover, analysts say many businesses, including banks, have been slow to realize, or even refuse to acknowledge the seriousness of the problem. Banco Itau, a leading private banks in Brazil and the institution from whose site Assunção filched the password during his demonstration, declined to provide someone for comment.
Fabricio Martins, the chief security chief Nexxy Capital Group, a leading provider of websites to e-commerce companies, said: "Most companies here do not take precautions until something bad happens and make them act."
Martins, for example, strengthened the security software Nexxy after e-mail from online customers were stolen two years ago. Now his show is one of 20 software for credit card clearing approved by Visa International in Brazil.
Why are Brazil's hackers are so strong and resourceful? Because they have little to fear legally, Asuncion said, adding that the hackers here are social and share more information than the hackers in developed countries. "It's a cultural thing," he said. "I do not see American hackers as willing to share information between them."
Despite the cost of a computer is prohibitive for most people in this country where the average wage is less than $ 300 a month, information about hacking is simple. H4ck3r magazine, available on newsstands across the country, sells about 20,000 copies per month.
Brazil is still a paradise for criminals.
Note: Duarte is a Principal of Curso de Informatica Online [http://www.curso.de-informatica-online.com.br//]. of Arth Informatica.
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