Security News

Germans, Czechs served with banking malware through SMS (Help Net Security)
2017-02-28 13:15

German and Czech Android users are getting served with a banking Trojan directly through text messages, warns malware researcher Bart Blaze. The message claims that the user has missed the...

German Government Classifies Doll as Illegal Spyware (Schneier on Security)
2017-02-20 12:55

This is interesting: The My Friend Cayla doll, which is manufactured by the US company Genesis Toys and distributed in Europe by Guildford-based Vivid Toy Group, allows children to access the...

German Industrial Giant Victim of Cyber Espionage (Threatpost)
2016-12-12 15:38

German industrial firm ThyssenKrupp said it’s working with authorities to investigate a data breach of unspecified amount of internal data.

Hackers stole technical trade secrets from German steelmaker (Help Net Security)
2016-12-09 15:17

German-based ThyssenKrupp, one of the world’s largest steel producers, has announced that it has been the target of a cyber attack. The company said that the attack was a professional endeavour...

German Android users bombarded with banking malware masquerading as legitimate apps (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 15:22

Fortinet researcher Kai Lu warns of a fake email app that is capable of stealing login credentials from 15 different mobile banking apps for German banks. “Once this malicious app is installed and...