It shows that behind a ransom commodity like GandCrab lies a completely normal, illegal business model. After the Ransomware has earned about two billion USD, the developers retreat.
The world’s most expensive malware infected computer was auctioned off!
It is an extraordinary auction – and probably the most expensive virus catapult in the world. The artwork called “The Persistence of Chaos” is a laptop infected with a wide variety of malware that has now been auctioned off for more than a million USD.
Huawei blacklisted: Google revokes Android license!
Some shops of the Chinese company Huawei have now landed on a Google blacklist. The main exception is a speech by US President Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency on 16 May. You can find out what effects this could have in the future and what current Huawei customers should expect here.
AWARE7 GmbH moves into its own offices!
At the end of 2018 we founded the Live Hacking & Awareness division from the Institute for Internet Security and founded AWARE7 GmbH.
Now, with a total of 10 employees, we move to the south of Gelsenkirchen and claim offices to grow further.
Four attacks on Intel processors released
Yesterday was an exciting day for IT security. A security vulnerability in WhatsApp Messenger was discovered, many patches were played out on Patch-Tuesday but the evening had a surprise for IT security. Four attacks on Intel processors were released at the same time.
10KBLAZE – Great Danger for SAP-Systems
The Exploit 10KBLAZE construction kit was opened and represents a major danger for the majority of all SAP systems. The Office for Cyber Security and Digital Infrastructure (CISA) from the USA announced a public warning message for the SAP systems on May 2, 2019.
CYBERPFLEGE – simply delete accounts!
With CYBERPFLEGE, AWARE7 brings a free service to the start with the help of which you can easily delete accounts. The website provides information on whether it is possible to unsubscribe from services. But there are also other helpful links for many services. Use now for free – without registration.
Cyberwar and its consequences!
A Tweet of the Israel Defense Forces last weekend is representative for the change in warfare in cyberspace (cyberwar) and the real world. The supposed digital attack by Hamas was followed by a physical counterattack. It is the first case in which a cyber attack led to a direct, military counter-reaction instead of a digital counter-attack or “hack back”.
Git repository deleted – developers blackmailed!
The blackmail business has been flourishing on the Internet for quite some time – a new scam is now hitting developers who are deleting the public git repository. All that remains is a note with the wallet, to which approx. 0.1 bit coins are to be transferred in order to get back to the data.
The developers are not completely innocent. Since most developers have a local repository, the damage is limited. Interesting and critical to the same is the attack anyway.
Firefox Add Ons disabled – Certificate to blame
The Super-GAU for technology providers. A process does not run perfectly and then nothing works anymore. This happened to Mozilla with a certificate. A certificate was not renewed and there were problems with all Firefox add-ons. The certificate crash caused a lot of excitement. We explain what happened, what certificates are and if the problem is fixed.
