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Cyber ​​attack on German Energy Agency – dena
15 November 2023
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According to its own information, the German Energy Agency reported a cyber attack on the weekend of November 11th to 12th. The servers are currently all shut down and accessibility is only limited. At least the homepage still functions as a source of information. Almost nothing is going on at dena at the moment. After the cyber attack at the weekend, the entire IT infrastructure was shut down or damaged. There is no exact information available yet. It is not yet clear who attacked Dena. As a result of the attack, dena has been largely unable to work technically and neither by...

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BKA Cybercrime Report 2022: Damage of 200 billion euros 
September 19, 2023
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The BKA's recently published Federal Cybercrime 2022 situation report again shows some shocking facts. Although the number of registered cases has fallen, attacks from abroad continue to rise and the damage is over 200 billion euros. A summary of key numbers and comments from Infinigate, Tanium, Yubico and Check Point. The BKA’s current “Federal Situation Report Cybercrime 2022” was recently published. Cybercrime crimes remain at a very high level in Germany. Last year, the police registered 136.865 cases of cybercrime. This meant that the number of…

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Modern BEC phishing: billions of dollars stolen 
March 5, 2023
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Modern phishing: billions of dollars stolen

Business email compromise (BEC) is big business for cybercriminals. According to the 2021 FBI Cybercrime Study, BEC phishing was responsible for nearly $2021 billion in losses in 2,4. BEC is basically a type of phishing attack. Lookout examines how modern phishing has evolved beyond email. With the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, attackers are now going far beyond email. They are now also using other platforms such as text messages, messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, and social media apps to attack their targets...

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Hack by robots: is cyber security enough? 
29 December 2022
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Hack by robots: is cyber security enough?

Robots that perform tasks independently and automatically are increasingly being used in companies, but they also harbor risks in terms of cyber security, as a recent Kaspersky survey of employees in Germany shows. While more than half (55 percent) of respondents think robots should be used more widely in various industries, 80 percent fear they could be hacked. 38 percent even know of cases where this has happened. Cyber ​​security: Robots can also be hacked Industrial robots are used, for example, as robot arms on assembly lines and as driverless transport systems as well as autonomous…

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Cloud: Data breach costs up to 28 million euros 
3 November 2022
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Cloud: Data breach costs up to 28 million euros

On average, every company that has cloud data is at financial risk of 28 million euros in the event of a data breach. This is the conclusion of the new SaaS data risk report from Varonis Systems. This examines the challenges CISOs face in protecting data in a growing portfolio of SaaS applications and services such as Microsoft 365, Box or Okta. The report highlights how hard-to-control collaboration, complex SaaS permissions, and dangerous misconfigurations (like admin accounts without multi-factor authentication/MFA) leave a significant amount of cloud data vulnerable to insider threats and cyberattacks. For the report analyzed…

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Germany: 223 billion euros in damage from cyber attacks
July 21, 2022
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Germany: 223 billion euros in damage from cyber attacks

According to a Bitkom study, cyber attacks cause 223 billion euros in damage to the German economy every year. Ransomware and blackmail software accounts for around 20 percent of these. Three ways out of the ransom trap. The hackers encrypt data, fail systems and, increasingly, steal data from their victims' networks. In an open letter, a group of IT security and information technology experts called on federal politicians to take action and demanded specific legal measures to counteract ransom payments, among other things. Paying ransom is the wrong way The need for action is undisputed and ransom…

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Ransom payments climb to almost $1 million on average
June 29, 2022
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Palo Alto Networks Reports Average Ransomware Ransom Payments Up 71% This Year, Nearing $1 Million. Palo Alto Networks has observed and currently evaluated the current development of real paid ransom demands after ransomware attacks. As thousands of cybersecurity professionals gather in San Francisco for the annual RSA conference, it's a good time to take a quick look at the ransomware activity Palo Alto Networks has observed so far in 2022. On average, companies pay $925.162 The numbers are staggering: The average ransomware payment in cases managed by Unit…

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Damage from ransomware continues to increase worldwide
August 18, 2021
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A forecast by Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that global damage from ransomware could grow to $ 2031 billion by 265. A comment from 8com. Anyone who believes that the costs of ransomware are already enormous could already wish for today's price level in a few years, at least according to a forecast by the security magazine Cybersecurity Ventures. The magazine has been publishing its predictions since 2015 and they have been rising steeply since then - and in fact the costs have increased enormously since then. Based on an annual increase of 30 percent ...

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Cyber ​​attacks cause $ XNUMX trillion in damage
20 December 2020
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A study by McAfee reveals the economic damage caused by cyber attacks. According to this, cybercriminal activities are now costing the global economy more than a trillion dollars. Cybercrime costs the global economy over $2018 trillion. This corresponds to about one percent of global gross domestic product (GDP). This is the conclusion of the current study "The Hidden Costs of Cybercrime" by McAfee, which was carried out in cooperation with the "Center for Strategic and International Studies" (CSIS). McAfee study shows drastic increase For comparison: In the study from 600, the worldwide damage amounted to almost XNUMX...

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