Phishing

08/25/2017 - "Your password does not meet the security guidelines" - this message will not drive people up the wall anymore after password recommendations have been updated. The 14-year-old password guidelines from NIST are facing an overhaul. This article will explain why.

07/19/2017 - For a long time, gaming was just considered “a bit of a laugh” or “something for the kids”. Unsurprisingly, the security aspect did not receive a lot of attention – it just wasn’t seen as a problem or particularly relevant. But today’s gamers are not just two players sitting side by side as a dot pongs back and forth across the home computer screen. The opposite is true: with the advent of the...

05/09/2017 - A few days ago reports emerged that attackers have exploited a weakness in a communication protocol which is used for SMS services by mobile carriers. This has increased the susceptibility of processes such as mTAN significantly. We will take a look at the facts and backgrounds as well as measures you can take to stay secure.

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.

12/09/2016 - There have been lots of discussions about couponing and loyalty cards such as Payback. Some find the practise of analyzing your shopping habits disagreeable, others just go hunting for those points and use them for rewards. Now, a few weeks short of christmas, G DATA has uncovered a spam campaign which can end up costing you more than just your virtual points or coupons: your data.

11/30/2016 - Scammers' profits, based on CEO fraud, are rising worldwide. The losses for companies of all kinds and sizes go into the millions! This holiday season is expected to see a peak in attempted new attacks. Even G DATA was recently hit by such an attack, but its employees reacted attentively and confidently against it. Read more about the current case in G DATA's German SecurityBlog.

11/24/2016 - Holiday season is about to start and online shopping for Christmas is trending! Our experts forewarn you about current phishing and malware threats in our German G DATA SecurityBlog.

10/21/2016 - A lot of things have been said and written about Dridex in the past few months. It has risen and fallen in prevalence and it was rumored that its makers collaborate with the makers of Locky. Dridex is a well-known banking Trojan steals banking data through a Man-in-the-Browser attack (MITB-attack). In the latest version of Dridex, its infection methods have evolved and Dridex now uses a different...

08/08/2016 - By now, everybody has passwords for something, just like keys to different doors. The more doors you have to unlock, the bigger your keychain is going to be. This in turn pokes holes in pockets and every now and then one of those keys may just slip away. The same applies to passwords. Though they may not take up as much space in your pocket, they take up a lot of real estate in your memory.

06/22/2016 - There is hardly anything more annoying than error messages and the associated trouble with programs that crash, work that has been lost and the like. Microsoft appears to be trying to improve the user experience with its blue screen errors. However, they have not got rid of the infamous “BSOD”, but are allegedly providing a QR code with a link to a matching help page. This technology offers a...