Multi-factor authentication
During the last few months, we have noticed that there is a lot of confusion about the topic of two- and multi-factor authentication. Often when online banking apps or extra security layers are added to online accounts, there is a false claim of multi-factor authentication. I have even heard someone…
Do you want to know a secret?
February 5th was Safer Internet Day. Just like many companies in the IT security field, G Data also contributed with some easy but useful security tips, that were linked to this year’s general topics ‘Connect with Respect’ and ‘Online Rights and Responsibilities'.
Happy New Malware Year
Every holiday season, almost nothing feels better than giving someone you care about the one gift he or she truly wanted. We all are more than happy to enjoy a couple of days off but it seems as if the bad guys were using these days to dig up exploit possibilities and other bugs inside the software…
Make updates! Restart your computer!
After years of insisting on the importance of updating and patching, most people know by now that it is wise to perform updates. Unfortunately, many people tend to think about the operating system updates only. They neglect so-called third party software, such as Adobe PDF, Adobe Flash and Oracle…
IE 0-Day exploit found "in the wild"
Attackers are actively using a modified version of the PoC of the newly discovered flaw in the Internet Explorer (IE) to infect Internet users on a broad scale.
Update: DNSChanger - it's not over yet
If the infected machines are not cleaned up, their users will experience a sudden disruption of services on 9 July 2012!
Three important AV industry events in a row
The month May has always been dedicated to several traditionally important security industry events of the year. G Data is always present at these events and was playing a very important role this time.
Hacked Wordpress pages reveal potential time bomb
The G Data SecurityLabs discovered code injections into Wordpress pages, which are potentially dangerous. Attackers managed to inject code and convert the websites into “zombie” websites, which can be controlled from afar.
Bug bounty initiatives: a summer approach against cyberthreats?
The summer season has always been a mixture of holidays and launching new initiatives against cyberthreats if you look back at the past months.
The top 10 threats in June 2011
This month’s top 10 again shows the prevalence of attacks against PC users using Java. 50% of the Top 10 attacks tried to intrude the computers exploiting vulnerabilities that have already been fixed with an update, provided by Oracle since March 2010.
Karsten Hahn
Principal Malware Researcher
Tim Berghoff
Security Evangelist
