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PLAY group: German foreign trade agency GTAI hacked
16 May 2023
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The GTAI - Germany Trade & Invest - , the foreign trade agency of the Federal Republic of Germany, was paralyzed by a hacker attack. The APT group PLAY published the attack on its leak page and claims to have captured a lot of sensitive data. The GTAI states on its website that it is currently not available by email or telephone. The note on the GTAI website only briefly states that due to a hacker attack you can only be reached to a limited extent. They express their regrets to the visitors and are working on the…

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Data encryption by ransomware at an all-time high
15 May 2023
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Data encryption by ransomware at an all-time high

In its new State of Ransomware 2023 report, Sophos proves that data encryption by ransomware with 76 (international) had never reached such a high level. An evaluation also shows that paying the ransom only doubles the recovery costs. Sophos has published its new global study "State of Ransomware 2023", according to which cybercriminals in Germany succeed in encrypting data in 71 percent (internationally 76 percent) of ransomware attacks on organizations. From an international perspective, it is the highest rate of data encryption by ransomware since Sophos first published the annual ransomware report in 2020. ransom payment…

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Study: Company data on the dark web – 60 percent affected
March 27, 2023
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As a current study of 26.000 companies and 80 industries shows, data leaks mean that a lot of German company data is available for download or purchase on the dark web. Almost 60 percent of all companies and state institutions are affected. Some companies may not even know this. In their “Darknet Study Germany 2023″, the security researchers from Botiguard from Bavaria looked for companies in the Darknet and for data leaks. The broad study included more than 26.000 companies from 80 industries and categories. The situation picture for Germany is worrying and worse than previously assumed. Germany: situation report worrying...

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Arrested: ransomware group DoppelPaymer
March 7, 2023
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Arrested: ransomware group DoppelPaymer

Again the core members of a ransomware group were caught: the heads of the APT group DoppelPaymer were caught in Ukraine and Germany through a cooperation of the police, Europol, FBI and many other authorities. The group became known through the attack on the University Hospital Düsseldorf. Already on February 28, 2023, the German State Criminal Police Office of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Ukrainian National Police, with the support of Europol, the Dutch police (Politie) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, targeted suspected core members of the criminal group responsible for large-scale cyber attacks responsible for the DoppelPaymer ransomware. Double palmer handle…

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TeamDrive: Encryption and cloud in Germany
3. February 2023
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TeamDrive: Encryption and cloud in Germany

The German data service provider TeamDrive offers its cloud service of the same name as an alternative to Boxcryptor. After Boxcryptor, until recently in German hands, was taken over by the US cloud service Dropbox, many users are looking for a way to keep their data encryption in Germany. With Boxcryptor, files can be encrypted before uploading to a cloud, whereby the software works with common US cloud providers such as Dropbox or Google Drive. Private Boxcryptor users who were previously able to use this service free of charge will lose their account at the end of January 2023. Companies are faced with the question of whether they can use encryption...

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More intelligent DDoS attacks in Q2022 XNUMX
29 November 2022
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The hacktivists, who seek political attention with their actions, have become quieter. The third quarter of 2022 was again dominated by intelligent DDoS attacks. Germany is one of the most attacked countries. The number of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks has steadily increased in the third quarter of 2022, as a recent analysis by Kaspersky shows. Attacks carried out by professionals in particular increased: so-called intelligent attacks even doubled compared to the previous year. However, the number of hacktivist attacks, which had increased in the first two quarters of this year, has decreased significantly.

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Cybersecurity 2022: almost 80 percent of ransomware victims pay
16 November 2022
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After the large waves of ransomware and the far-reaching changes in IT landscapes caused by the COVID pandemic, the geopolitical consequences of the Ukraine war are now also causing many organizations to have to make further adjustments to their cyber defense systems. The new IDC study "Cybersecurity in Germany 2022" has revealed how organizations want to deal with the new framework conditions and what hurdles have to be overcome. In September 2022, IDC surveyed security managers from 206 companies with more than 100 employees across industries in Germany to get detailed insights into the challenges, procedures and plans for setting up and operating…

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Spyware NullMixer is spreading in Germany
8 October 2022
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Kaspersky experts have identified a new cybercriminal campaign distributed by NullMixer spyware. This malware can steal user's login credentials, addresses, credit card details, cryptocurrencies and even Facebook and Amazon accounts by collecting all information typed on keyboard. More than 47.500 users got infected with NullMixer while trying to download cracked software from third party sites. In Germany, 1.100 users were affected in the first half of the year, 143 cases in Austria and 117 in Switzerland. NullMixer is actively distributed by cyber criminals via websites offering cracks, keygens and activators for…

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Germany affected: espionage with stealer agent Tesla
September 27, 2022
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As Kaspersky has noted, there is a recent campaign by cybercriminals using malware stealer Agent Tesla for espionage. The malware is distributed via well-crafted spam emails. Almost 15.000 users in Germany are already affected. Kaspersky experts have discovered a spam email campaign targeting companies worldwide using the notorious stealer Agent Tesla. For the spam campaign, the cyber criminals imitated e-mails from providers or contractors in detail in order to obtain the login data of the organizations concerned - the cyber criminals only revealed the wrong sender address. These credentials are shared on Darkweb forums...

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Ransomware attacks: failing to pay ransom demands
September 12, 2022
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Ransomware attacks: failing to pay ransom demands

The study "Ransomware: The True Cost to Business 2022" shows that companies in Germany paid an average of almost half a million euros in ransom. But only just under 30 percent received all of their data and systems back – a bad deal. It sounds like a fairy tale: Maastricht University is getting back the ransom it paid in a ransomware attack in 2019. And because the criminals' account, which has since been confiscated, was filled with cryptocurrency, the university now also receives Bitcoins - which are now worth many times more than they were back then. But this stroke of luck should...

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