Creating a safer online world together with the Cybersecurity Tech Accord
At G DATA we always are providing our customers with the confidence that our solutions always meet high standards to operate safely throughout their lifecycle worldwide. Our cyber security products has always produced many highlights like Anti-Ransomware, Beast, DeepRay and a lot of other…
Reverse Engineering and observing an IoT botnet
IoT devices are everywhere around us and some of them are not up to date with todays security standard. A single light bulb exposed to the internet can offer an attacker a variety of possibilities to attack companies or households. The possibilities are endless.
IoT security flaws: 2 Million devices affected
More than two million IoT devices are affected by a current vulnerability. This enables attackers to take control over webcams and other affected devices. At the moment, no fix is in sight.
Digital Bicycle Locks
Digitization does not stop at bike locks. But not everything is better because it is Bluetooth-enabled.
Of mortal domains and cars without admins
From 3 to 5 October, the IT security industry met in Montreál, Canada, for the annual Virus Bulletin Conference. Tim Berghoff was there for G DATA.
Botnet: No jailtime for Mirai-creators
Their IoT-botnet created damage worth 100 Million US-Dollars. Yet, the developers will serve no jailtime - because they cooperated with the FBI.
When your partner leaves you, but remains in your smart home
Smart homes and connected devices can be found more often by the day. Those devices can add comfort and maybe a little bit of security to people’s everyday lives. But what if the humans using those devices decide to part ways?
"Meltdown" and "Spectre": researchers discover severe CPU bugs
International researchers have discovered two severe vulnerabilities in the design of many recent CPUs. The vulnerabilities exist in CPUs from most major vendors, including Intel and AMD, and have been lingering there for over a decade. Microsoft has released an update which is also compatible with…
The spy under your christmas tree
In the past few years, makers of internet-enabled toys have made the headlines multiple times, but not in a good way. Privacy and data protection clearly is not the highest priority in this sector. In Germany, the sale of some of those toys has already been banned after they were classified as…
Security, Standards & Laws for the Internet of Things
We have written about vulnerabilities in IoT devices before. There are several factors that work to the advantage of anyone seeking to compromise the confidentiality, integrity or availability of such devices: the lack of standards or (legal) regulations as well as the lack of update facilites in…
Karsten Hahn
Principal Malware Researcher
Tim Berghoff
Security Evangelist
