July 20, 2021 More tests Stopped in its Tracks: Stalkerware for Spying Under Android More and more dubious apps offer their services for spying and stalking, in order to secretly surveil unwitting persons, acquaintances or (ex-)partners. With a good security app for Android, it's also... Read article
June 29, 2021 More tests Secure Gateways for Corporate Users Every data stream in or out of a company always flows through a gateway. The AV-TEST lab tests the security of gateways in the form of cloud solutions, VMs or even as hardware appliances, awarding... Read article
May 12, 2021 More tests New Lines of Defense: EPPs and EDRs Put to the Test Against APT and Ransomware Attacks ... Security leaks, like the recently discovered Microsoft Exchange vulnerability, underscore the dangers facing companies, government agencies and critical infrastructure worldwide. It took only a few... Read article
March 25, 2019 More tests Secure Passwords – It's a Snap! Anyone can use secure passwords – it's easy as can be. And those who can only remember one difficult password ought to use it to access a password manager that keeps track of other passwords! ... Read article
April 10, 2017 More tests Testing Backup Software: Anti-Ransomware Insurance Alongside virus protection, a backup software still needs to be included in a well-designed security concept. And especially in times of ever more diabolical ransomware attacks, the new specialized... Read article
December 04, 2013 More tests Adobe & Java Make Windows Insecure A long-term examination carried out by AV-TEST has proven that Adobe’s Reader and Flash and all versions of Java are together responsible for a total of 66 percent of the vulnerabilities in Windows... Read article
November 26, 2013 More tests Police Trojans – Serious Impostors Trojans are able quickly to worm their way onto poorly protected computers and the newest Trojan attackers truly are as hard as nails. In this article, we will tell you about how Trojans get into a... Read article
November 11, 2013 More tests Four Patch Management Solutions Are Put to the Test Patch management plays a major role in ensuring security on corporate computers, on which software that has been badly updated or not updated at all provides an immediate gateway for attackers and... Read article
March 25, 2013 More tests Google vs. Bing: Search Engines Deliver Infected Websites as Their Top Results ... A New AV-TEST Study: Search Engines as Malware Providers.<br> A detailed AV-TEST study recently revealed that although search engine operators such as Google and Bing make a lot of effort to avoid... Read article
