Malware

06/04/2018 - A malware by the name of „SocketPlayer” has sparked the interest of several security researchers. One of our own analysts has taken a closer look at this specimen.

05/09/2018 - IT security and Android may not be mutually exclusive in 2018. Google has already laid the groundwork and wants to deliver important updates faster to users so as to waste no time closing security holes. The spectre of a mobile catastrophe is growing. Worldwide around 74 percent use a smartphone with an Android operating system (source: Statcounter). G DATA security experts also see the current...

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

03/11/2018 - Making lots of money quick is the objective of most ransomware. A current analysis from one of G DATA’s researchers also shows another potential motif for distributing ransomware.

02/27/2018 - There are many aspects of Meltdown and Spectre that have an unpleasant aftertaste. One of these is the sale of a multi-million dollar Intel stock package shortly before the vulnerabilities in Intel's processors became publicly known.

02/20/2018 - Wordpress is a popular tool for creating web pages. Numerous extensions make your own programming skills superfluous. However, one should be careful when choosing its extensions.

02/20/2018 - The threat situation has continued to be high in the past year, with over 3 million new Android malware samples discovered. 744,065 of these were discovered in the fourth quarter of 2017. This means that G DATA analysts are counting an average of 8,225 new malware samples for the Android operating system every day. Despite a slight drop in the total annual increase compared to the previous year,...

02/16/2018 - In this article, we will look back on how ransomware evolved in 2017 and expose what made it more efficient and effective resulting to greater damage in terms of cost and impact on different industries.

01/08/2018 [UPDATE: 01/23/2018] - International researchers have discovered two severe vulnerabilities in the design of many recent CPUs. The vulnerabilities exist in CPUs from most major vendors, including Intel and AMD, and have been lingering there for over a decade. Microsoft has released an update which is also compatible with G DATA solutions.

12/06/2017 - Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum enjoy an increasing amount of popularity. More online shops make decide to accept Bitcoin (subsuming other crypto currencies as well) as a method of payment. Wherever there is a large demand and potential profit, criminals are usually not far away. They attempt to “steal” users’ accounts (also referred to as “wallets”).