Bochum CEO Fraud: using allegedly secret transactions as bait
Scammers' profits, based on CEO fraud, are rising worldwide. The losses for companies of all kinds and sizes go into the millions! This holiday season is expected to see a peak in attempted new attacks. Even G DATA was recently hit by such an attack, but its employees reacted attentively and…
Bochum Buying presents for Christmas online? Without doubt!
Holiday season is about to start and online shopping for Christmas is trending! Our experts forewarn you about current phishing and malware threats in our German G DATA SecurityBlog.
Bochum Microsoft Tech Support Scammers Use Screenlocker Ransomware
Microsoft recently published a new study about Tech Support Scams and its impact. Besides the well-known telephone, email and website scams, G DATA experts have encountered screenlocker ransomware in this area. Read more in our German G DATA SecurityBlog.
P@55w0rd5 – Blessing or curse?
By now, everybody has passwords for something, just like keys to different doors. The more doors you have to unlock, the bigger your keychain is going to be. This in turn pokes holes in pockets and every now and then one of those keys may just slip away. The same applies to passwords. Though they…
World of Warcraft: one simple line of code can cost you dearly
A few days ago, a new type of gold/item scam made the rounds. Usually scamming in MMORPGs is done using social engineering techniques, e.g. an attacker sells a fake item code for alleged in-game items like mounts to a potential victim for in-game currency. But this most recent kind of attack does…
Pokémon Go: Catch 'em all – but not at any cost
Some may still know the adorable little pocket critters that were all the rage in the late 90s. Now they’re back as an Augmented Reality game for smartphones. Attackers try to use the popularity of this brand new game for themselves and prey on impatient gamers who cannot wait for the game to be…
New "Blue Screen of Death": Genuine Help or Security Risk?
There is hardly anything more annoying than error messages and the associated trouble with programs that crash, work that has been lost and the like. Microsoft appears to be trying to improve the user experience with its blue screen errors. However, they have not got rid of the infamous “BSOD”, but…
Sunglasses Spam: 85% Discount? That has to be 100% fake!
The experts at G DATA SecurityLabs deal with cyber criminals on a daily basis but there are always seasonal particularities. Especially now in spring, the questionable offers of popular sunglasses entering the market are springing up again via spam mails, social media platforms and even short…
CYBERGEFAHR - BOOK RELEASED IN GERMAN
Famous German publisher Springer launched ‘Cybergefahr’ in the D-A-CH countries, a book written by Eddy Willems, G DATA’s Security Evangelist.
Invoices that might double in size
Since G DATA SecurityLabs have just reported about the risks posed by Dridex, there have been new alerts. In the latest campaigns, attackers are trying to take files from computers as "hostages". They do so by distributing ZIP archives with malicious content via email. If the user opens the files,…
Karsten Hahn
Principal Malware Researcher
Tim Berghoff
Security Evangelist
