March 19, 2025 Research Cyber incidents in numbers in the year 2024 Throughout 2024, our team diligently collected and analyzed data on cyber incidents across Europe, with a particular focus on geopolitical hotspots and regional trends. The annual review of 2024 in... Read article
February 23, 2024 Research Cyber-Incidents in Numbers: Year 2023 Since 2023, our team has dedicatedly collected and analyzed data on cyber incidents across Europe, with a particular focus on Germany. This year's annual review highlights the evolving landscape of... Read article
May 19, 2021 Research AV-ATLAS: The Research Platform for Spam, Malware, and Threat Trends On the Internet, you may find many statistical surveys, but rarely open sources for the research. AV-ATLAS is different in that respect: there you can call up live data, free of charge, on the latest... Read article
March 15, 2021 Research Emotet – Never Let Your Guard Down Through worldwide cooperation of cyber specialists, one of the largest botnets of Emotet threats has been shut down. Unfortunately, however, this network was only one of many, which means that attacks... Read article
December 11, 2020 Research Blackmail Spam: Preying on Fear Unfortunately, many users still take spam e-mails with blackmail content too seriously. Users respond to threats of having been hacked by paying ransom money. The lab at AV-TEST explains what is... Read article
December 09, 2020 Research APT: Strategic Attacks Require Strategic Tests Given the growing threat scenario, companies are increasingly expanding their IT security using specialized defense mechanisms to fend off strategic and targeted attacks. As a parallel trend, advanced... Read article
August 26, 2020 Research Facts & Analyses on the Threat Scenario: The AV-TEST Security Report 2019/2020 ... The new trend in the malware industry observed in 2019 clearly continued in 2020. The development of malware programs is divided up into two areas: While on the one hand the automated production of... Read article
April 17, 2020 Research Any Company Can be Struck by Ransomware Worldwide surveys prove that companies are primary targets of cryptoviruses or extortion Trojans, i.e. ransomware. The attacks are usually mounted using spam mail with infected links or malware files... Read article
April 06, 2020 Research Software & System Updates for More Security Every well-updated system is generally far more secure against cyberattacks than one that is out of date. That's why major corporations also use special patch management solutions. These sophisticated... Read article
