A different kind of contact: malware attack instead of an online business card
Most users think that spam emails are mainly used for phishing attacks. That is a fairly reasonable assumption, however, the number of malware attacks initiated using emails is also on the rise. In a recent example of this, attackers used fake LinkedIn contact requests to lure their victims to…
An Easter greeting for you? No, a clever attack strategy!
Just in time for the holidays, cyber attackers have come up with another customised strategy and are sending out thousands of spam emails with apparent parcel delivery notifications. However, the link leads to malicious program code.
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'.
Questionable little system helper does very little but does not come for free
The RegClean Pro scareware was recently advertised on web banners of people search engine yasni.de, which is very popular in Germany. But what claims to be a useful little helper is actually a program with questionable benefits and costs.
Scam letters: G Data is tracking down the perpetrators
"Back to the roots" seems to be the approach taken by a group of perpetrators whose current campaign is targeting press offices and PR agencies. They send out paper invoices for the alleged online distribution of company press releases. Through research, the experts at G Data SecurityLabs have found…
Spammers disguise malware as Vodafone MMS email
Attackers have sent out a huge number of email messages containing a malicious attachment, posing as Vodafone MMS picture. The alleged picture turns out to be an executable Trojan backdoor.
Curiosity can have dire consequences on the Internet!
For some days, G Data Security Labs have been observing a campaign on Facebook that is trying to infect as many Facebook users as possible with malware. Messages that contain nothing but a hyperlink to file hosting service Sendspace are sent to the users' contacts.
Sophisticated "Sparkasse" phishing site targets German credit cards
German banks have not been in the focus of phishers lately, because phishing for German online banking log-in details only is no real use for the fraudsters – the transactions are widely secured by two-way-authentication – attackers usually attemp to harm online banking users by the help of…
New Android malware goes on a shopping spree – at your expense
Malware authors disguise the Trojan in pirated copies of popular legitimate applications such as Go Weather, Travel Sky or EStrongs File Explorer. Those trojanized applications are available on several Chinese websites and 3rd party markets.
Homepages of several famous European football clubs hacked
Bang on time with the beginning of this year’s football event! An attacker seemingly sympathizing with various Anonymous operations gloats about hacking football related websites. He announced several hacks of this kind – his last post of leaked data: not older than two days.
Karsten Hahn
Principal Malware Researcher
Tim Berghoff
Security Evangelist
