Well-disguised attacks: Malware samples threaten PCs and networks every few seconds
Cyber criminals’ targets have not changed in the past year. They are after passwords and confidential data and try to encrypt data and systems. The current Malware Top 10 showing the ten most active malware families indicate how active the attackers have been in 2019.
The story of my life : How I got into the security industry 30 years ago!
People and media are mostly looking at ransomware as a fairly recent problem. That seems to be logical if you see the rise of ransomware the past years. In fact, the problem is much older than most of us think. For this we need to go back in time to the beginning of December 1989. For some this is…
Inside view: How DeepRay can improve conventional signatures
In order to avoid DeepRay, attackers need to keep changing their malware core to avoid detection - a complex and costly process for them. After more than six months it is time to take stock: has DeepRay proven itself in practice?
Learning from the best: Attending AllStars 2019
This year's AllStars took place in Amsterdam in September, alongside the two-day Global AppSec conference. The event offers a full day of the best hand-picked lectures from top speakers and researchers in the field of information security. G DATA virus analyst Karsten Hahn was there and presented…
Emotet: How an Emotet infection occurs in companies
The Emotet malware is still considered one of the most dangerous threats to corporate IT worldwide. Analysts at G DATA Advanced Analytics have tracked down how an Emotet infection starts gradually infiltrating corporate networks and then takes them out of operation bit by bit.
Interview with Carl-Benedikt Bender “Machine learning in general is very complex and has a lot of surprises in store”
With its DeepRay AI technology, G DATA is leading the way against rapidly changing malware. Carl-Benedikt Bender, leader of the development team behind DeepRay, explains how the technology works and what specific challenges arose during development.
Virus Bulletin Conference 2019: The Place-to-be
The annual Virus Bulletin conference (called „VB“ for short) is one oft he most important events of the year when it comes to threat intelligence for researchers and analysts as well as product managers and CISOs from all over the world. As usual, G DATA sent several members of their team. When they…
Strange Bits: Skull and Crossbones, Bloated Malware, and All-In-One Solution for Ransomware
The third part of the StrangeBits series has the ultimate solution for ransomware, explains why some malware is bloated and looks into a supposedly new skulls and bones malware infection.
New record in 2019: Emotet now has over 30.000 variants and counting
More than 200 new versions per day - the creators of the Emotet Trojan are responsible for the most productive cyber crime campaign currently running. G DATA has discovered more versions in the first half of 2019 than in the whole of 2018.
A deeper dive into the"Silentbruter" malware - Internal folder structures revealed
A malware called "SilentBruter", which is designed to guess login credentials for online accounts, has caught the attention of one of our analysts. In this blogpost we take a closer look at the Silentbruter-Malware and its rather interesting internal structures.
Karsten Hahn
Principal Malware Researcher
Tim Berghoff
Security Evangelist
