Malware

Many people make banking transactions online now. And since mobile devices are one of the most popular and convenient ways to shop and make payments, criminals are naturally drawn to this. A current example of a malware that specifically targets online banking shows how easy it is to fall for…

RisePro resurfaces with new string encryption and a bloated MSI installer that crashes reversing tools like IDA. The "gitgub" campaign already sent more than 700 archives of stolen data to Telegram.

During an incident response, looking for malware is often akin to looking for a needle in a hay stack. To complicate matters further, in the case of Cobalt Strike you often have no idea what that needle even looks like. And time is not on your side.

A new variant of Agent Tesla uses the uncommon compression format ZPAQ to steal information from approximately 40 web browsers and various email clients. But what exactly is this file compression format? What advantage does it provide to threat actors? And why it is assumed that the version of Agent…

As the value of data has grown managing vulnerabilities effectively is essential for the success of your organizations’ security and minimizing the impact of successful attacks. But: What are those vulnerabilities, anyway? Eddy Willems explains.

The clamor and viral use of a very human-sounding, artificial technology chatbot named, ChatGPT gave rise to some new and interesting activities in the cybercrime world.

Today, no one can do without data at work. However, malware often lurks in shared resources. Stefan Hausotte and his team have developed a solution for this with G DATA Verdict-as-a-Service. He reveals more in an interview.

Every year in November, we at G DATA CyberDefense ask our IT security experts the same question: “What risks will threaten the IT security of companies and private individuals in the coming year?” In the first part of this blog series, Andreas Lüning, Thomas Siebert and Eddy Willems answer this…

Collaboration is an important factor for success. This has always been true for organisation internally. It may seem counterintuitive at first, but sometimes collaborating with a competitor is the best thing you can do.

Sometimes people send files to us that seem to be legitimate Microsoft system files at first glance, yet closer inspection reveals, that they have in fact been modified. Are those manipulations always malicious? And how can file manipulations be identified? Here are seven different ways to do that.