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There are many silent heroes and heroines out there who remain largely unsung. This article deals with one of them, and how his actions can teach valuable lessons to organisations and their IT security today.

One of the important aspects of creating effective security is to make an assessment about what assets need most protection. This is a multi-faceted endeavour, as this blog article will line out.

Sometimes people send files to us that seem to be legitimate Microsoft system files at first glance, yet closer inspection reveals, that they have in fact been modified. Are those manipulations always malicious? And how can file manipulations be identified? Here are seven different ways to do that.

A good criminal needs to know what makes people tick. There is a great deal of psychology involved in criminal activities - especially when it comes to establishing contact with potential victims.

It seems that the number of complaints concerning phone scams is increasing. Let’s try to identify a number of frequently occurring fraudulent practices. What can you do to stop those annoying phone scams?

Pharmaceutical company Merck & Co won its case for coverage of losses incurred during the Not Petya cyberattack, securing a payment of 1.4 billion US-Dollars from its insurance company. Previously, the company withheld the money, citing exclusion policies.

Recently, several magazines have repeatedly covered how to protect against and recover from ransomware attacks. However, many companies and individuals are left with the question of whether they would pay in the event of a potential future ransomware attack.

VirusTotal's "Basic Properties" tab alone lists eight different hashes and supports even more to use them for queries and hunt signatures. Hashes are important for malware analysis, as well as identification, description and detection. But why do so many of them exist and when should you use which…

Even with little effort, the security of your own network can be put to the test. We present two tools that make this possible. The best thing about it: the tools are freely available.

The new WhatsApp terms and policy are on everyone's lips right now. People move to alternatives like Telegram and Signal. While Telegram is arguably more popular than Signal, it might not be as good as assumed. This article covers the privacy aspects of the messengers.