On 15.08.2023, the current "Bundeslagebild Cybercrime 2022" of the BKA was published. Here are the most important findings of the report at a glance: 136,865 registered cases in 2022, decrease of 6.5% compared to 2021 Ransomware and phishing still the biggest threats...
Comment by Richard Werner, Business Consultant at Trend Micro "Whaling" is all about the big catch. The targets of cybercriminals are executives of successful companies, high-ranking officials and the military. The aim is to steal information or siphon off large sums...
Holger Dyroff, Co-Founder and COO of ownCloud (Source: ownCloud) Stolen master keys, lack of transparency and questionable technological solutions: The scandal surrounding the latest security breach at Microsoft is not abating. For Holger Dyroff, co-founder and COO of...
In 2018, the Bundesverband IT-Sicherheit e.V. (TeleTrusT) filed a constitutional complaint against the use of "state Trojans", which was legalised by law. By decision of 17 April 2023, the Federal Constitutional Court did not accept the constitutional complaint for...
Author: Gregor Bieler, Co-CEO at APARAVI According to the GDPR, companies are obliged to answer requests for information and deletion promptly and truthfully. According to Article 15 of the GDPR, every person has the right to information about any data stored about...
Generative AI systems like ChatGPT and Co. receive a lot of attention and are fed data by thousands of users every day. More and more companies are using the technologies and applying them to a wide variety of projects and processes. Above all, the tools are used for...
French companies are lagging behind on DMARC, a technical specification that secures domain names and email addresses and provides protection against phishing. Large companies like Chronopost, which have to send SMS and emails to their partners and thousands of...
Comment: Dr Johannes Ullrich, Dean of Research at the SANS Technology Institute 3CX is a company that sells voice-over-IP systems. Last week, customers complained that 3CX's VoIP software was triggering anti-virus warnings. 3CX initially dismissed this as a false...
Expert assessments on the question of whether and why educational institutions are particularly attractive targets for hackers. Educational institutions are increasingly under attack by cybercriminals. This finding seems to emerge at least from the headlines: For...
Jochen Koehler, Vice President EMEA Sales at Ontinue (Source: private) IT protection is becoming more and more elaborate in view of the increasing number of cyberattacks and different types of attacks. Unfortunately, companies do not always recognise whether their...
