NIS-2: EU Directive Takes a Massive Step towards Increased Security
NIS-2 aims to establish an EU wide common security standard for critical infrastructures and adjacent industries as well as vital supply chains. Here is a brief recap - and also a good reason why even non critical industries should pay close attention.
A little History: What Hacking and Model Train Sets Have in Common
Many people have an image that springs to mind when they hear the term “hacker”. This image is often the result of media reports about criminal activity. But: You might be surprised to hear that the world would be far worse off without hackers.
Vulnerabilities: Understand, mitigate, remediate
As the value of data has grown managing vulnerabilities effectively is essential for the success of your organizations’ security and minimizing the impact of successful attacks. But: What are those vulnerabilities, anyway? Eddy Willems explains.
ChatGPT: The real Evil Twin
The clamor and viral use of a very human-sounding, artificial technology chatbot named, ChatGPT gave rise to some new and interesting activities in the cybercrime world.
Verdict-as-a-Service moves malware scanning from the endpoint to the cloud
Today, no one can do without data at work. However, malware often lurks in shared resources. Stefan Hausotte and his team have developed a solution for this with G DATA Verdict-as-a-Service. He reveals more in an interview.
Emergency Drills: Why Failing is Part of Success
There are many silent heroes and heroines out there who remain largely unsung. This article deals with one of them, and how his actions can teach valuable lessons to organisations and their IT security today.
Recovering from Attacks: Getting Back to Normal
An all-out attack on a company network usually causes havoc. Normal operation ceases for the most part, and the entire organisation switches to "emergency mode". Bouncing back from that can be a challenge that might take weeks or months. Here are some practical considerations.
ChatGPT: What AI holds in store for security
ChatGPT has made quite a splash in recent weeks. The AI-supported chatbot impresses with its convincingly human-looking way of answering questions and interacting with users. This arouses enthusiasm as well as concerns - including in the world of IT security.
IT security trends 2023 (part 2): Why iPhones are hackers' best friends, rootkits are celebrating a renaissance, and uncertainty is bad for IT security
In the second part of the blog series, Tim Berghoff, Stefan Decker and Karsten Hahn explore current trends in IT security. Their views focus on the effects on IT security of the past years of crisis, the importance of smartphones in cyber attacks, and the return of rootkits as part of the attack…
IT security trends 2023 (part 1): On the shortage of skilled workers, social engineering attacks and companies refusing to learn
Every year in November, we at G DATA CyberDefense ask our IT security experts the same question: “What risks will threaten the IT security of companies and private individuals in the coming year?” In the first part of this blog series, Andreas Lüning, Thomas Siebert and Eddy Willems answer this…
Karsten Hahn
Virus Analyst
Tim Berghoff
Security Evangelist
