SMB Security

The current threat analysis by G DATA CyberDefense shows that the number of attacks prevented in March 2020 has increased significantly. The cyber defence company averted almost a third more attacks than in February.

With G DATA Internet Security, users are well protected against cyber-attacks. This is confirmed by current tests by the two independent test institutes AV-Test and AV-Comparatives. We spoke to Thomas Siebert, Head of Protection Technologies, about the results.

Many IT managers in companies rely on security awareness training to make employees pay attention to IT security. The measure has as many advocates as it has critics that oppose it. The latter can’t see the point of or has doubts about the effectiveness of such training activities.

Time and again, hard drives, patient records and HR information end up where they do not belong: in the bin. We have examined a case where classified data was still present on a decommissioned notebook computer of the German Army.

Amidst fears of the corona virus SARS-CoV-2, more and more companies ask their employees to work from home. We have created a list of useful tips on how to make remote work as safe as possible.

A company is no longer satisfied with its current IT security solution. And yet they shy away from switching providers. But doing so is easier than they think. The Presales Consultants at G DATA CyberDefense have the right answers to the questions niggling IT managers and will develop a suitable…

Medium-sized companies are being targeted even more heavily by cyber criminals than before. They are often the weakest link in supply chains that include large corporations. In 2020, attackers will exploit this to an even greater extent than before and strike in a targeted manner - using new methods…

Google has recently announced that it will be switching off the so-called webRequest API in the versions of Chrome it will release next year. This interface enables web content to be filtered. Microsoft has announced a similar move. Switching off the API makes effective filtering of web content…

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?

It still takes an average of six months for cyber-attacks on companies to be detected. A major reason for this is the sophisticated methods used by attackers to infiltrate their targets. In this series of blogs, read why new cyber defence technologies are needed (Part 1), how graph databases are…