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Every 2nd connection from the home office to the company network is poorly secured

17 October 2021

In Germany, people rarely use secure passwords, anti-virus programs or two-factor authentication. This exposes your data to unnecessary risk - both at work and at home. This is confirmed by the current “cybersecurity” survey by G DATA CyberDefense in cooperation with Statista and brand eins. There is a lot of catching up to do with IT protection measures in Germany - both in the private and professional environment. Particularly noticeable: only 45,2 percent of employees who work completely from home use VPN, i.e. a secure network connection to the company. In other words: every second connection from the home office to ...

Non-malware attacks are increasing

1 October 2021

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G DATA threat report: attacks without malware are increasing. Cyber criminals continue to attack companies more and more. The decline in attacks in 2021 is deceptive, as the number of attacks was extremely high in the 2020 pandemic. The current threat report from G DATA CyberDefense shows a significant decrease in the number of attack attempts averted in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period in the previous year. The reason for this is that attacks are no longer just used with malware. The risk for companies remains high. 40 percent decline according to statistics The number of cyberattacks averted has increased by more than 40 percent ...

Microsoft Exchange: Attackers scan for ProxyShell

August 24, 2021

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Attackers are currently targeting a number of vulnerabilities known as “ProxyShell”. The vulnerabilities have been closed since April and May. G Data recommends that companies affected patch their Exchange servers immediately. Around the BlackHat security conference, which takes place annually in Las Vegas, security researchers often publish previously unknown security gaps - this year too: three vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange are once again causing work in companies that operate an Exchange server locally. The names are: CVE-2021-34473 CVE-2021-34523 CVE-2021-31207 “The attacks by the Hafnium group on local Exchange servers in March of this year ...

Security deficiencies in the digital vaccination certificate

June 27, 2021

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Serious security deficiencies in the digital vaccination certificate. G DATA security experts take a close look at the Covid-19 vaccination certificate for smartphones. An investigation by the G DATA security experts of the digital vaccination certificate has shown that there are some serious failures in the implementation of security. If you want to, you can create proof of vaccination without having received a vaccination. List of safety problems is long A closer look at important components of the recently available vaccination certificate shows that it has some glaring weaknesses. The list of security problems is long: The Corona warning app checks the signatures of the digital ...

Malicious software in image files on Steam

June 27, 2021

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A newly discovered way of distributing malware uses profile pictures on the popular “Steam” game platform. The malicious code is hidden in the image files and is decrypted and loaded by another malicious program. The fact that malware can be hidden in image files is nothing new - but at least G DATA malware analyst Karsten Hahn has not yet seen that a public game platform such as Steam is effectively misused as a download server. Although this type of malware distribution has not yet been actively used, it is obvious that criminals are currently actively working on the method and ...

Threat report: Qbot replaces Emotet

28 May 2021

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G DATA threat report: Qbot replaces Emotet. Cyber attacks on companies are increasing sharply. The latest G DATA threat report shows that cyber criminals have already found a successor for Emotet: Qbot. The malware was involved in almost every fourth attack that was averted. The figures show that companies were particularly the focus of cyber criminals in the first quarter. Within a year, the number of attacks averted rose by more than 60 percent. Companies more targeted The current threat report from G DATA CyberDefense shows that companies are more closely targeted by cyber criminals….

Untrained employees increase IT risk

12 May 2021

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Untrained employees repeatedly put IT security to the test in German medium-sized companies. A G DATA survey sheds light on the problems and shows how effective security awareness is. Every second company in German medium-sized companies knows the situation if a cyber attack was successful. Untrained employees often play an important role in this. E-mails are the number one attack route in IT systems because employees can quickly fall for fake invoices or applications. A current survey by G DATA CyberDefense shows the pitfalls in security awareness. Employees are not IT security specialists IT security is for most employees ...

G DATA supports security awareness with LTI training

6 May 2021

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Cyber defense company is now providing companies with their own learning management system security awareness training via the LTI interface and is responding to the great interest in employee training. G DATA's extensive courses can be integrated into an existing learning platform with just a few clicks. G DATA provides companies that already have their own Learning Management System (LMS) for e-learning with content for security awareness via the LTI interface. Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) is the standard for integrating learning applications into learning platforms. In just a few steps, those responsible can integrate the extensive range of courses into an existing LMS. So…

Saving IT with expertise

24 April 2021

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Incident response at Magnetbau Schramme: Save IT with expertise. Thanks to G DATA CyberDefense, Magnetbau Schramme was quickly back to work after a ransomware attack. A badly secured computer is enough for cyber criminals to smuggle ransomware into the company network and paralyze the IT infrastructure. Magnetbau Schramme also had to experience this. The incident response specialists from G DATA CyberDefense helped restore the systems and then improved IT security. No 100% security There is no such thing as XNUMX% IT security. Magnetbau Schramme also had to experience this. Thanks to good preparation and active help from G DATA CyberDefense, the ...

Exchange: New vulnerabilities discovered and closed

24 April 2021

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In mid-April there were again some critical updates for Microsoft Exchange. As with hafnium, experts strongly advise installing the patches. Unlike with hafnium, however, the warning came from the American NSA. On patch day in mid-April, Microsoft closed two critical security holes that affect locally installed instances of Exchange 2013, 2016 and 2019. These security vulnerabilities allow arbitrary program code to be executed on an affected system. In contrast to the security vulnerabilities that the Hafnium group used, there are currently no signs, according to Microsoft, that the vulnerabilities are active ...

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Every 2nd connection from the home office to the company network is poorly secured

Non-malware attacks are increasing

Microsoft Exchange: Attackers scan for ProxyShell

Security deficiencies in the digital vaccination certificate

Malicious software in image files on Steam

Threat report: Qbot replaces Emotet

Untrained employees increase IT risk

G DATA supports security awareness with LTI training

Saving IT with expertise

Exchange: New vulnerabilities discovered and closed

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