12/01/2016, Bochum Internet users and companies observed and worried about the dramatic effects that DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks have had on the digital ecosystem in the past month. Large Internet companies and their services were no longer available as a consequence of a cyber attack. Is this just an...
10/28/2016, Bochum Researchers have succeeded in hijacking Android smartphones via a hardware security hole. The experts have called the attack vector “Deterministic Rowhammer” (Drammer for short). In the wrong hands, this can be used to develop powerful malware that can take over the entire smartphone and for...
10/18/2016, Bochum Extortion Trojan Locky caused a sensation among computer users and in the media some eight months ago. Now a new development of the malware is being distributed again. The files it encrypts are given the file ending .ODIN. Malware analysts at G DATA have examined the ransomware more closely and...
08/29/2016, Bochum According to a G DATA survey, 69 percent of people use a public Wifi in cafés or hotels on a journey. Be online everywhere – this also harbours risks. It is relatively easy for criminals to read emails or spy on important data such as credit card information or passwords in such networks. In order...
08/16/2016, Bochum Everything has a password – email accounts, social media accounts, smartphones, ATMs, online shops. This stresses a lot of people. According to a survey by digital association Bitkom, 36 percent of Germans feel overwhelmed by the number of passwords. A password manager helps to organise the numerous...
08/10/2016, Bochum G DATA Internet Security left a good impression in the latest anti-spam test of the German computer magazine PCgo (edition 09/2016), performed in collaboration with test laboratory AV-Comparatives. The Bochum-based IT security provider's security solution detected 99.41 percent of more than 127,000...
08/09/2016, Bochum Ransomware is a growing threat for Android users. G DATA security experts predicted a further increase in Android malware back in 2015. However, current attack campaigns have hit a new level of quality. Until now, malicious apps got on a mobile device because users had installed an app - generally...
07/27/2016, Bochum Experts at the British „Virus Bulletin“ magazine have put 40 security solutions through their paces in their latest line of tests, with a particular emphasis on malware protection and system performance. G DATA AntiVirus has scored full marks for reactive and proactive detection of and defense...
07/25/2016, Bochum Theft and sale of in-game items as well as currency has been a topic in the World of Warcraft community for a long time. Re-cently, a new type of gold/item scam made the rounds. A previously undocumented function of the LUA script framework on which the WoW interface is based, allows a thief to take...
07/22/2016, Bochum German IT security specialist G DATA Software AG and TeamDrive GmbH have signed a wide-ranging partnership in the areas of data security and virus protection. Both companies will provide services through the Microsoft Cloud in Germany. The partnership’s objective is to acquire new business...
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