Malware Naming Hell Part 1: Taming the mess of AV detection names
Everyone who deals with malware will know this: Malware names are a convoluted mess. AV scanners will show different detection names for the same file. This confusion is also reflected in media coverage. Is there a way out of this mess?
A deeper dive into the"Silentbruter" malware - Internal folder structures revealed
A malware called "SilentBruter", which is designed to guess login credentials for online accounts, has caught the attention of one of our analysts. In this blogpost we take a closer look at the Silentbruter-Malware and its rather interesting internal structures.
Ransomware identification for the judicious analyst
When facing a ransomware infection, it helps to be familiar with some tools as well as key points to identify ransomware correctly.
Trends for SME in 2019 - here's what you should know
Compliance and Cherrypickers are only two of the things that will become IT security topics for 2019. Learn more on the G DATA Blog!
Sudo love your admin
The 27th of July 2018 is a very special day - for the 19th time we celebrate, cheer, and indulge our admins, because we have (hopefully) survived another year without any major IT breakdowns. This unofficial holiday has existed since 2000 and goes back to American originator Ted Kekatos, who worked…
Karsten Hahn
Virus Analyst
Tim Berghoff
Security Evangelist
