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September 23, 2019 | Research
When infecting websites, e-mails and software downloads with malware, the main aim of cybercriminals is always to gain access to other people’s systems, devices and data in order to achieve financial...
July 16, 2019 | Research
With massive increases in malware statistics, it was anything but quiet on the malware front. Windows and Android systems continue to be the focus of organized crime, yet the malware rate for Apple's...
July 20, 2018 | Research
Cybercriminals are relying on ever more effective weapons. And opening up new business segments, including the markets of the future, "Internet of Things" and cryptocurrencies, long before they can...
July 05, 2017 | Research
No cause for concern due to the declining malware statistics? Far off target. Because the formula of the newly-developed attack strategies in 2016 is based on: Quality, not quantity! Whether it be...
April 12, 2017 | Research
They handle user data that is far more sensitive than other apps. Nonetheless, providers of eHealth apps often neglect not only data protection but also intentionally lure in users with free health...
November 28, 2016 | Research
Five new malware programs per second, the return of traditional virus attacks on Windows systems, the Top 10 threats for macOS and Trojan attacks on Android: facts at a glance concerning these and...
October 26, 2016 | Research
Search engines such as Google and others provide access to roughly more than 1 billion websites and globally handle 4 to 6 billion search queries – daily. But how many malware threats lurk among the...
September 22, 2016 | Research
How many private users read long and drawn-out privacy policies when buying or installing software anyway? Especially when it comes to security software. After all, these programs promise not only...
April 09, 2013 | Research
A New AV-TEST Study: Dangerous Spam E-Mails. By using botnets, spammers are able to send millions of spam e-mails every day. The test institute AV-TEST from the German city of Magdeburg recently...
