Phishing

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...

05/30/2016 - The experts at G DATA SecurityLabs deal with cyber criminals on a daily basis but there are always seasonal particularities. Especially now in spring, the questionable offers of popular sunglasses entering the market are springing up again via spam mails, social media platforms and even short messages on mobiles. The analysts have followed the tracks, explain background information and provide...

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

10/05/2015 - A half year ago we wrote about the expected problems related to IoT. And guess what? Unfortunately we were right. It even became worse in the past 6 months. Nearly everything what was described back then became exploited. And that’s not a good thing.

07/06/2015 - There are two statements G DATA’s security experts hear and read time and again: “I do not surf on porn websites, my computer can’t get infected” as well as “my computer does not hold anything valuable and I have nothing to hide – why should I be a target?” It would be a pleasure to confirm this, but, unfortunately, we do not live in an ideal world. The company’s latest Malware Report underlines...

02/22/2015 - The case of the “Superfish” adware has caused quite a sensation through its association with computer technology company Lenovo. However, the following report shows that “Superfish” is just the tip of the iceberg. It explains the implications of and possibilities for misuse. By way of an example, experts at G DATA SecurityLabs have investigated a piece of update software involved in the case, to...