The G Data SecurityLabs have discovered a large number of websites which have been manipulated by attackers to harm visiting users. Learn more about the details of this complex attack and some easy basic steps to secure one’s own website. ... read more

Another famous German consumer electronic retailer has to warn its customers against the free gift card spam attack. The G Data SecurityLabs discovered new websites, which allegedly promote the second half of the Media-Saturn Holding. ... read more

One of Europe’s most famous electronic goods retailers launched its first online shop just recently, on 16 January 2012. Cyber criminals take this opportunity to spread messages with fake gift card announcements as bait via Facebook! ... read more

What happened so far? The successful undertaking of the so called ”Operation Ghost Click“, carried out by the FBI and other international law enforcement entities, was celebrated in the media – the criminal masterminds were put behind bars and the rogue DNS servers were taken over by the FBI. The FBI is able to control these DNS servers but they cannot disinfect any computer affected by “DNSChanger” malware. Therefore, it is now essential to free all affected computer users from changed DNS settings they did not authorize and therefore ensure a smoothly functioning connection to the Internet after 8 March 2012. ... read more

 The last days of 2011 are closing in and we think it is time to take a brief look at what we can expect in the near future. It is very likely that we will end up with an all-time high of more than 2.5 million new virus signatures this year. This is only one of the manifold indicators to prove that the malware business is absolutely up and running! ... read more

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