How to better protect your smartphone
Smartphones are highly interesting for cybercriminals. This is because they play an important role in online banking and combine a lot of private data. This makes it all the more important that you protect your smartphone – and thus yourself – against data theft, hackers and the like. In this article, we will give you four of the most effective protection strategies.
Critical infrastructures increasingly in the sights of cybercriminals
Image Credit: Antonin Duallia via Unsplash 03.06.2021 Critical infrastructures increasingly in the sights of cybercriminals Cybersecurity | IT Protection | Attack Vectors Over the past month, there have been several cybersecurity incidents targeting critical infrastructure, including healthcare facilities, around the world. It is particularly interesting that the attackers stated that they “do not want to […]
Smartphones as a smart gateway for hackers
Image Credit: Maxim Ilyahov via Unsplash 20.05.2021 Smartphones as a smart gateway for hackers Cybersecurity | IT Protection | Attack Vectors For some time now, cybercriminals have identified and exploited mobile devices as supposedly easy entry points for their planned attacks. Recently, Perseus has also had to increasingly warn its customers about such attacks. An […]
Malware TeaBot tries to spy on banking data on Android devices
18.05.2021 Malware TeaBot tries to spy on banking data on Android devices By downloading infected Android apps, users are targeted by cybercriminals. German users are also affected. With the help of the malware “TeaBot”, the cybercriminals try to get hold of the users’ bank details. Learn what exactly the threat is and what you can […]
(Data) Scraping – Your data is my data
Most recently, you can read more and more about data scraping incidents on Facebook, LinkedIn or Clubhouse. But what exactly is behind this data collection? We’ll tell you.
Swiss Cloud Computing falls victim to hacker attack
05.05.2021 Swiss Cloud Computing falls victim to hacker attack The cloud service was attacked with encryption software and operations were affected as a result. According to the company, customer data is not affected. What happened? On May 1, web hosting provider Swiss Cloud Computing announced that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack. […]
NAME:WRECK vulnerabilities on 100 million devices
22.04.2021 NAME:WRECK vulnerabilities on 100 million devices Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP stacks put IoT devices at risk, such as printers or medical devices. German companies are also at risk. What happened? Nine vulnerabilities of medium to critical severity were discovered in a widely used software by security researchers from JSOF andForescout Research Labs . The identified […]
Use cloud services securely
Reputable cloud providers such as DATEV offer companies, law firms and self-employed people very high security standards. This makes it all the more important to also pay attention to cybersecurity when using these cloud solutions – so as not to allow vulnerable vulnerabilities to arise.
Unclosed Fortinet VPN vulnerability allows encryption attack
14.04.2021 Unclosed Fortinet VPN vulnerability allows encryption attack By exploiting a vulnerability in FortiOS (an operating system that is mainly used on Fortigate SSL VPN products from Fortinet), attackers have recently managed to infiltrate malware called “Cring” into victim networks in order to make entire systems inaccessible in the worst case. Western industrial companies seem […]
Millions of Facebook users’ data published. What now?
09.04.2021 Millions of Facebook users’ data published. What now? Telephone numbers in particular are affected by the incident, but also e-mail addresses, dates of birth and real names. The risks for companies and private individuals should not be underestimated. Learn what this means and how to find out if you’ve been affected. What happened? At […]
