Connected toy manufacturer suffers data breach
Manufacturer "Spiral Toys“ sells connected soft toys under the "Cloud Pets" brand. The toy transmits voice recordings between parents and their children. A massive data leak has now resulted in the exposure of this personal information to unauthorized individuals. About 800.000 registered users are…
Highlights in G DATA’s Blog – A short review of 2016
G DATA started its blogs six years ago and the team has published numerous articles about IT security, malware, mobile device security, awareness and also the Internet of Things since then. It is time for us to take a look back at the Top 10 most read articles in 2016 – both in the German and the…
Gooligan's Islands - new Android malware discovered in third party app stores
The fact that there are many free apps on unofficial market platforms appeals to many users. This is especially true since a lot of the apps would cost money on Google Play. There is a downside to this, however, as recent findings about a new Android malware called "Gooligan" have shown.
Firefox 0-Day targeting Tor-Users
Yesterday a Firefox 0-Day was made publicly available. We have analyzed the exploit from begin to end and talk about the different stages, including: the exploit techniques that aim to defeat general protection mechanisms like ASLR and DEP, as well as more advanced protection mechanisms like Export…
The Rampage of Locky
Locky has been a constant in the malware zoo for a considerable time. And while we are aware that there are still victims being hit by the variant sporting the .ODIN extension, in this post we are going to have a look on its statistical data and an in-depth analysis at yet another two later flavors:…
Drammer: Are hardware vulnerabilities the Achilles heel of Android?
Mobile devices, especially smartphones, are a very lucrative target for cyber criminals because they are a fixture of everyday private and working life. Researchers at VUSec Labs, the University of California and Graz University of Technology have succeeded in exploiting a security hole in Android…
INTELLIGENT PRODUCTION – BUT WITH SECURITY!
The increasing digitisation of industry and of the machinery and devices used in it is evidence of the continuous ongoing development of former industrial processes. The benefits of networking cannot be denied – interaction between multinational locations, intelligent systems with self-diagnostics,…
CYBERGEFAHR - BOOK RELEASED IN GERMAN
Famous German publisher Springer launched ‘Cybergefahr’ in the D-A-CH countries, a book written by Eddy Willems, G DATA’s Security Evangelist.
G DATA Exploit Protection effectively prevents attacks by infected Magento shops
Thousands of online shops running an outdated version of the Magento eCommerce platform have been infected with malware since 18 October 2015, according to a report by security firm Sucuri (https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/10/massive-magento-guruincsite-infection.html). The infected shops distribute…
G Data Malware Report
The G Data SecurityLabs published the Malware Report for the first half of 2015. Here are the most important findings.
Karsten Hahn
Virus Analyst
Tim Berghoff
Security Evangelist
