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Thousands of unsafe web servers on popular websites
10 January 2022
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TLS Telemetry Report 2021 analyzes encryption and certificates. More than half of all web servers still allow the use of insecure RSA keys. At the same time, the revocation of certificates is still problematic. In addition, there are old, rarely updated servers almost everywhere. This is shown by the TLS Telemetry Report 2021 from F5 Labs, which regularly examines the 1 million most important websites worldwide. According to the study, attackers are increasingly using Transportation Layer Security (TLS) to their advantage in phishing campaigns. In addition, new fingerprinting techniques raise questions about the spread of malware servers, which are in the main ...

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30 percent of families have been victims of a phishing attack
9 January 2022
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30 percent of families have been victims of a phishing attack

Phishing emails can hit anyone, whether in the office or in your own four walls. The risk of phishing attempts increases with children - both in private and at work. This is shown by the current survey “Cybersecurity in Numbers” by G DATA CyberDefense in cooperation with Statista and brand eins: More than 35 percent of those questioned with children in the household had already been the victim of a phishing email. Phishing emails are still one of the biggest cyber threats. Countless such messages end up in private or business mailboxes every day. Families are exposed to a significantly higher risk of phishing….

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Study: 8 out of 10 companies save with cloud security
30 December 2021
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79 percent of European companies are already achieving savings by switching to cloud security. 54 percent of companies are currently implementing network and security transformations or planning to do so in the next twelve months / Major disagreement over the best approach. Almost four in five European companies have already made savings by using cloud security solutions by replacing old security applications and reducing bandwidth requirements. This is one of the results of a study carried out by SASE specialist Netskope. The savings come from replacing hardware and appliances, including VPNs (25%), reducing ...

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Study: More security incidents through home office?
29 December 2021
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Study: More security incidents through home office?

A Sophos study shows: The number of security incidents caused by home office increased in just under half of the companies surveyed in Germany. At the same time, however, the effort and costs for IT security increased - and thus possibly also protection against cyber criminals. With the beginning of the corona pandemic, companies made it possible for their employees to work from home and work on the move. The number of cyber attacks has demonstrably increased during this time, and there were many indications that this was particularly due to this short-term, organized, decentralized way of working by employees. At least this is what most of the reports on this topic suggest.

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Ransomware Index Spotlight Report Q3 2021
20 December 2021
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Study: The complexity and number of ransomware vulnerabilities and families rose again in the 3rd quarter of 2021. Ransomware Index Spotlight Report: CVEs associated with ransomware grow by 4,5%, ransomware groups by 3,4% compared to the second quarter of 2021. The security specialist Ivanti has the results of the "Ransomware Index Spotlight Report" for the third quarter Published in 2021. The report shows that ransomware groups continue to grow in sophistication, aggressiveness, and volume. The numbers have increased across the board since the second quarter. The number of vulnerabilities associated with ransomware rose by 4,5%. Also…

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92 percent of IT decision-makers make compromises when it comes to cybersecurity
18 December 2021
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92 percent of IT decision-makers make compromises when it comes to cybersecurity

A high willingness to compromise contradicts the fact that cybercrime is seen as the greatest security risk by a third of those surveyed. Trend Micro study: 92 percent of IT decision-makers compromise on cybersecurity. Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cybersecurity solutions, published a new study today, according to which 92 percent of IT decision-makers in Germany (90 percent worldwide) state that their company is compromising in favor of digital transformation, productivity or other business goals cybersecurity. Cybercrime is the greatest security risk According to the study by the Japanese security provider, only half in Germany trust ...

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Ransomware attacks: Germany among the top 5 worldwide
15 December 2021
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Ransomware attacks: Germany among the top 5 worldwide

New study shows which countries and industries had to contend with ransomware attacks the most in 2020 and 2021. In a global comparison, Germany is in the top 5. The latest study by NordLocker has shown that Germany ranks fifth among the countries most affected by ransomware attacks in 2020 and 2021. The experts analyzed 1.200 companies that were attacked by ten known ransomware gangs. The aim of the research was to identify the industries and countries most affected and where the most attacks took place. Industry in sight ...

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Cybersecurity study of incident-relevant areas of operation
13 December 2021
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Cybersecurity study of incident-relevant areas of operation

The latest study by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) highlights security challenges for operators of industrial automation systems with accident-relevant operating areas. TÜV NORD was commissioned with the creation. In the age of Industry 4.0, systems, machines, products and people are increasingly networked with one another and with one another. This opens up new possibilities, but also brings challenges. In the context of the BSI study "Status Quo: Safety & Security in Incident-Relevant Operating Areas", TÜV NORD investigated what these are in concrete terms in the area of ​​cyber security of industrial automation systems. The aim was to determine the need for action on the basis of the knowledge gathered ...

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Current BSI study: 5G has security risks 
29 November 2021
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The BSI has commissioned a study on 5G security: The Open RAN study (Open Radio Access Network) shows clear security risks. Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network), based on the standards of the O-RAN Alliance, contains significant security risks in its current form. This is the result of a study commissioned by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and which is now being published. The risk analysis for Open RAN was lead by the Barkhausen Institute (under the direction of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fettweis) as an independent research institution in cooperation with Advancing Individual ...

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Cost: Ransomware hits financial service providers particularly hard
26 November 2021
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More than 1,7 million euros in recovery costs - when ransomware hits a financial service provider. The international Sophos ransomware study shows: Financial service providers hit ransomware particularly hard - at the same time they also prove to be more resilient because they rely on backups. Financial service providers worldwide have to spend an average of 1,72 million euros in order to be able to work again after a ransomware attack. This is what Sophos determined in its analysis "The State of Ransomware in Financial Services 2021". The global mean of all industries is slightly below 1,59 million euros. At the same time, the studies show that the financial sector is quite resistant to ransomware attacks: 62 ...

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