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Accelerated cybercrime with ChatGPT4

1 April 2023

Security researchers reveal various scenarios that allow hackers to improve their malicious efforts and preparations, resulting in faster and more accurate results. In some cases, even non-technical actors can create malicious tools. Scenarios presented include bank impersonation, reverse shells, C++ malware, and more. CPR warns about ChatGPT4's potential to accelerate cybercrime execution and will continue its analysis of the platform in the coming days. Malicious use of ChatGPT4 1) C++ malware that collects PDF files and sends them to FTP. 2) Phishing: misuse of identity…

Cyber attack on wholesaler METRO

24 October 2022

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The management of METRO AG is currently confirming a partial failure of its IT infrastructure and thus also an already suspected cyber attack on the wholesaler. There are said to be offline systems for payment processing in the stores, since the cash register systems are also affected by the attack. There have been rumors for days that the immense IT disruptions at the wholesaler METRO were triggered by a cyber attack and are not a normal IT problem. METRO has now confirmed this general assumption with a statement on its website. Accordingly, all core systems are affected, which apparently affects all other systems,...

Critical infrastructures: requirements of the IT Security Act 2.0

1 April 2022

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Critical infrastructures (KRITIS) in the context of cyber attacks: are all protective measures in line with the new IT Security Act 2.0? The IT Security Act 2.0 has resulted in significant adjustments for operators of critical infrastructures. Producers and utilities in the fields of energy, water, finance and health as well as industrial companies are increasingly being targeted by attackers. The result: production losses worth millions and supply bottlenecks, up to and including endangering human life. Recent examples include attacks on the largest pipeline in the United States, the Irish health authority, and an incident at a Croatian substation that brought Europe to the brink of a power blackout. KRITIS attacks…

Cyber attacks in Ukraine by Russian hacker group "Gamaredon"

17. February 2022

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Even before the current cyber attacks on Ukraine and its KRITIS, there were attacks that were evaluated by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. According to their findings, the state-supported Russian hacker group "Gamaredon" is behind the attacks. Cybersecurity analysts from Palo Alto Networks' Unit42 team have just released new information about Gamaredon's activities. This is a hacking group that the Ukrainian SSU (Sluzhba bespeky Ukrajiny - Ukrainian Internal Security Service) recently reported is being run by 5 Russian FSB officers. Russian hacking group “Gamaredon” Unit 42 security analysts found…

Webinar 29.09.2021: Crisis Management During Cyber Attacks

September 21, 2021

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What is the best way to deal with a cyber attack? And how to prepare for such attacks? These questions are sometimes of existential importance for SMEs and larger companies. Answers to crisis management can be found in the free webinar on September 29.09.2021th, 29. To answer these questions, SySS GmbH and Engel & Zimmermann GmbH are offering the joint webinar “Crisis Management in the Event of Cyber Attacks” on September 2021, 10. From 00:12 a.m. to 00:XNUMX p.m., SySS Managing Director Sebastian Schreiber, Sebastian Nerz, Business Unit Manager Special Operations and Head of the Department for Computer Forensics and…

The 10 biggest misconceptions about cyberattacks

June 24, 2021

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Big or small, security flaws crop up in almost every company and organization that calls on the Sophos Rapid Response Team for help. The experts have summarized and evaluated the ten most common wrong arguments on the front lines against cyber attacks in the past year. “We're way too small! Our endpoint protection also keeps attackers away from the server! Our backups are safe from ransomware! ”- The Sophos Rapid Response team repeatedly encounters misjudgments in its fight against cyberattacks. Here is the list with the top 10. Mistake 1:…

ITSiG 2.0: System for attack detection becomes mandatory for KRITIS

7 May 2021

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On April 23, 2021, the Bundestag passed the revised IT Security Act (ITSiG 2.0). ITSiG 2.0, the attack detection system, becomes mandatory for KRITIS. Critical infrastructures have to set up a holistic attack detection system within two years. The supply chain becomes part of the IT Security Act. On April 23, 2021, the Bundestag passed the revised IT Security Act (ITSiG 2.0). In addition to expanded powers for the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), cybersecurity requirements are being tightened. Critical infrastructures such as energy suppliers and water suppliers as well as waste disposal companies and large companies with economic importance will be dealt with with the amendment ...

Webinar 29.04.21/XNUMX/XNUMX: Preparing for a Serious Cyber Attack

26 April 2021

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F-Secure invites you to a free webinar on April 29.04.21th, 29: Preparing for a serious cyber attack and how to arm yourself. The old adage “prevention is better than cure” has never been more true than when it comes to cyber security and a cyber attack. Planning ahead to prepare for a cyberattack will save you both money and resources while helping to mitigate the potential threat of the attack itself. Webinar on April 10, 00:10 a.m. to 30:XNUMX a.m. In this webinar, our security expert Jan Kolloch will go over current techniques and capabilities of…

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Accelerated cybercrime with ChatGPT4

Cyber attack on wholesaler METRO

Critical infrastructures: requirements of the IT Security Act 2.0

Cyber attacks in Ukraine by Russian hacker group "Gamaredon"

Webinar 29.09.2021: Crisis Management During Cyber Attacks

The 10 biggest misconceptions about cyberattacks

ITSiG 2.0: System for attack detection becomes mandatory for KRITIS

Webinar 29.04.21/XNUMX/XNUMX: Preparing for a Serious Cyber Attack

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