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.
Presenting a Graph-based User Interface for Malware Analysis at the Global Graph Summit
End of January 2020, the Global Graph Summit took place in Austin TX, USA. The summit is the biggest conference in the world with a focus on graph computation and graph-related technologies. Stefan Hausotte from G DATA presented the work of his team for the second time at the Global Graph Summit.…
Password rules: Changing passwords regularly damages security
There’s a saying that you should treat passwords like your underwear - change them regularly and don't share them with others. However, opposition to this has been building for some time now. Changing passwords regularly doesn't improve security - quite the opposite.
40,000 CryptBot Downloads per Day: Bitbucket Abused as Malware Slinger
Public source code repository at Bitbucket.org was as abused to host CryptBot, Buer loader with NuclearBot and Cryptominer.
Mobile Security - this path will not be easy...
Updates are essential for the security of Android devices. However, given the different operating system versions, it is difficult to keep track. We shed light on the version labyrinth and provide tips to improve security.
Mobile Security - it could be this easy...
The situation with security for smartphones using the Android operating system is improving - albeit very slowly. A major reason for this is the large variety of versions used. In a two-part series, we highlight the current problems and give tips on how to improve the security of the devices.
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…
Germans dispense with security for their smartphones on holiday
G DATA survey shows that Germans are not so strict about IT security when on holiday. 43 per cent take no action regarding security for their mobile device before going away. This means no installation of security software and no password request activation. This makes life easy for local digital…
G DATA IT Security Trends 2020: Early detection and repulsion of dangerous attacks
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…
Browser manufacturers make filtering of websites more difficult: Safety suffers
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…
Karsten Hahn
Virus Analyst
Tim Berghoff
Security Evangelist
