Bots & Botnets

04/24/2018 - For quite some time, criminal actors have been using mobile devices for mining, without the knowledge or consent of the user.

12/05/2017 - Many media outlets focus on trends such as ransomware. While this is undoubtedly an important topic, it overshadows another equally important threat: botnets. For more than 15 years, botnets have been playing a role in the international cybercrime scene. The “Botconf.eu” conference, which is dedicated to fighting botnets, will take place in Montpellier (France) between December 6 and 8, 2017.

05/12/2017 [UPDATE: 06/08/2017] - An outbreak of the latest version of "WannaCry" has been claiming victims in several countries. The speed and ferocity of the outbreak has taken many by surprise. Researchers are as yet puzzled as to the origin of the outbreak which hit 11 countries within just three hours. So far Spain and Russia were are among those who were hit hardest.

03/15/2017 - Many Twitter users in Europe woke up to some unexpected Tweets: many Twitter accounts suddenly posted messages which attacked the Dutch and German governments. Unknown attackers were able to gain access to the millions of accounts through an app which provides statistics.

12/01/2016 - Botnets are a real menace. An international group of law enforcement agencies and private IT security parties has dismantled the Avalanche botnet yesterday. Germany alone had suffered damages of millions of Euros from this botnet. After the takedown, users have to clean their PC from the remains. Read about the takedown and information about the malware removal in our German SecurityBlog.

11/23/2016 - A game of cat and mouse has been going on ever since the first ever malware started circulating in the wild and the first Antivirus appeared on the market. Although it may seem that brand new malware families appear on a daily basis, the truth looks somewhat different. A lot of the malware which is in circulation is a reiteration of something that has existed for quite some time. After all,...

07/08/2016 - During the past few days and weeks reports surfaced according to which a new type of malware has infected millions of smartphones and tablet PCs worldwide. The malware in question is highly lucrative for its makers – each month they can rake in up to 300.000 Euros in revenue. The makers of this malware work for an advertising company called “Yingmob” which is based out of China, say researchers of...

12/18/2015 - Famous German publisher Springer launched ‘Cybergefahr’ in the D-A-CH countries, a book written by Eddy Willems, G DATA’s Security Evangelist.

12/09/2015 - The next wave of finance malware is doing the rounds – and this time the attackers of German-speaking targets have switched to using typical subjects for the end of the year to lure victims into their trap: tax refunds and overdue invoices aimed at private individuals. However, they are also sending emails in English with purported scans from printers that are used as standard in companies. All...

10/20/2015 - The G Data SecurityLabs published the Malware Report for the first half of 2015. Here are the most important findings.