Phishing: Betrügerische Versuche, sensible Daten durch gefälschte Kommunikation zu erlangen. Typisch via E-Mail, SMS oder gefälschte Websites. Prävention erfordert Awareness und technische Schutzmaßnahmen.
2 min Reading Time ⏱ 7 min Reading Time In February 2024, a finance employee in Hong Kong transferred 25 million dollars – after a video call with his supposed... Read article
3 min Reading Time From AI-powered attacks and post-quantum cryptography to a wave of security regulations – these seven trends will define the cybersecurity landscape in 2026. For security decision-makers,... Read article
1 min Reading Time ChatGPT, Gemini and Co. make phishing emails linguistically perfect – grammatical errors as a recognition feature are a thing of the past. How can AI-generated phishing... Read article
4 min Reading Time Domain hijacking is an increasing security risk – yet few companies have it on their radar. Why abandoned domains can be dangerous – and how companies... Read article
1 min Reading Time Security Awareness Training is a billion-dollar market – and yet, phishing click rates remain consistently high. According to Proofpoint, 10-15% of employees click on links in... Read article
1 min Reading Time Companies spend billions on security awareness training. Yet, phishing click rates do not sustainably decrease. The problem isn’t a lack of training but the model: Annual... Read article
1 min Reading Time Google and Yahoo have made DMARC authentication mandatory since February 2024 – for all senders with more than 5,000 emails per day. Those who do not... Read article
3 min Reading Time Just as overall crime rates are declining, so are cyberattacks, fraud, and cyberbullying on the internet. However, this only applies to incidents originating domestically. When including... Read article
An automotive supplier became the target of a targeted spear-phishing campaign. The attackers imitated a real supplier – thanks to security awareness training, 94% of recipients recognized the attack. TL;DR... Read article
In February 2024, a financial officer in Hong Kong transferred $25 million – after a video call with the supposed CFO. All participants in the call were deepfakes. This case... Read article
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) was long considered the silver bullet against account compromise. But attackers have caught up: Adversary-in-the-Middle proxies intercept MFA tokens in real-time, MFA-fatigue attacks harass users until they... Read article
Every second company sees itself existentially threatened by cybercrime. The annual damage to the German economy amounts to 200 billion euros. Most attacks originate from Russia and China. These are... Read article
Last Wednesday, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) published the latest “Federal Cybercrime Situation Report 2022”. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current situation in the field of... Read article
Phishing remains one of the most prominent dangers in the cyber realm, especially when it involves impersonating well-known companies and reaching a large number of potential victims. While cybercriminals have... Read article
Generative AI dramatically lowers the barrier to entry for social engineering attacks: error-free phishing emails in any language, personalized pretexts from public data, and deepfake voices for vishing attacks. For... Read article
