Mobile

06/21/2018 - The video game “Fortnite” is currently very popular among young gamers. A version for the Android operating system has been announced for this summer by the developers. Cybercriminals are aiming to play on the impatience of fans and are distributing fake apps.These also include supposed instructions on popular video portals such as YouTube on how to install it on Android. The target group for the...

06/13/2018 - The Russian government is making a move to effectively ban the messaging service "Telegram" within Russia. A comment by Tim Berghoff.

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...

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,...

11/23/2017 - It is possible to gain access to an aircraft’s systems from the outside, according to a report from a team of DHS experts. For perhaps obvious reasons, any details about the attack are classified, but reports still leave a bitter aftertaste. In the end, things come down to money yet again.

11/16/2017 - The threat level for Android devices has increased again: G DATA security experts have counted 810.965 new malicious files in the third quarter of 2017. This constitutes a 17% increase in comparison to the previous quarter. Meanwhile, with a share of 73% in Q3, Android has become the most popular mobile operating system.

11/10/2017 - Everyone who has been tricked into purchasing a subscription via their mobile device knows how frustrating, expensive and tedious it can be to get out of it. A newly discovered malware is capable of purchasing dozens of those subscriptions without the user’s knowledge or consent, resulting in a nasty surprise when the next monthly invoice arrives.

09/29/2017 - A few days ago reports emerged about a collection of vulnerabilities on the Bluetooth protocol suite. Those allow an attacker to gain complete control over a vulnerable target device without the victim being aware of the attack. What are the consequences for users and how relevant are the examples?

04/27/2017 - The Android operating system clearly dominates the mobile market, with a share of around 72 percent. In Germany alone, around 67 percent of smartphone owners use a device with an Android operating system (source: Statcounter). G DATA security experts discovered over 750,000 new Android malware apps in the first quarter of 2017. That represents almost 8,400 new malware instances every day.

12/23/2016 - There were quite some changes in the area of malware, cyber crime, and IT security in 2016. At the same time the technological progress moved in giant leaps. Apart from desktop PCs and notebooks, smart and connected technologies have been established in both private and industrial environments. Read the predictions for the most important topics in the upcoming year.