If you’ve been keeping up with the information security world, you’ve certainly heard that recent ransomware attacks and other advanced persistent threats are sometimes using special kind of tools. But for the most part, the tools will be very familiar to you.

SmartVMI is getting off the ground: Alongside the University of Passau and innowerk, G DATA is conducting research into improving the state of virtual machine introspection for memory analysis and malware detection.

Is Android malware dangerous? How can I prevent my phone from being infected? How can I remove a malicious app from my phone? What’s the real reason why we see so many malicious apps for Android? All these are questions we will look into during the next minutes.

The malware underground market might seem astoundingly professional in marketing and support. Let's take a look under the covers of one particular malware-as-a-service—the clipboard banker Allcome.

ISO file downloads are advertised via QR codes on Twitter and on supposedly free gaming sites, but they don't contain what they promise.

Pharmaceutical company Merck & Co won its case for coverage of losses incurred during the Not Petya cyberattack, securing a payment of 1.4 billion US-Dollars from its insurance company. Previously, the company withheld the money, citing exclusion policies.

Vaccines have distinct advantages over detection based defense mechanisms, so we developed a vaccine to protect from one of the most notorious ransomware families—STOP/DJVU. But unlike vaccines against biological viruses, malware vaccines are not particularly common. This article explains why.

The remaining days before Christmas will not be relaxing ones for IT and IT security managers in companies around the world: The Log4Shell security vulnerability is currently keeping the IT world on tenterhooks.

A malicious USB drive dropped in a parking lot - this image has become a bit of a trope in IT security circles. Still, the threat is very real and more relevant than ever.

Recently, several magazines have repeatedly covered how to protect against and recover from ransomware attacks. However, many companies and individuals are left with the question of whether they would pay in the event of a potential future ransomware attack.