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The age of information: What makes your data so valuable?
Business Email Compromise: Threat grows rapidly
Phishing emails – on a fishing trip at the data flow
Emotet: Comeback in a new guise
+++ UPDATE 05.12.2018: The Hornetsecurity Security Lab is currently observing an immense increase in the number of dangerous emails, which come with the malicious malware "Emotet". Also the BSI informs about the growing threat, by the current Phishing and Spam...
Malware – Cybercriminal’s favourite
When the question is brought up as to what the term "malware" is all about, most people do not understand what the term is about. Often words like "virus" or "Trojan" are used. This is not necessarily wrong, but also not actually right. After all, the topic is much...
“For your safety” – Beware of fake ING-DiBa emails
Cybercriminals are currently trying to obtain sensitive data from ING-DiBa customers with dubious fake emails. The fake email claims that a problem has occurred during a routine security check of the online banking system. It advises that customers should...
Security breach in Microsoft Office – Hornetsecurity filters harmful documents
A short while ago, security experts discovered the security breach CVE-2017-11882 in the Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft reacted quickly and closed the breach with a security update. Due to the publication of the exploit, however, attackers are now aware of the...
Emailing from the cloud – the smart alternative for SMBs
Digitization turns our working world and existing IT structures upside down. Products turn into services; fixed service packages turn into tailored solutions that can be customized in a modular manner to suit the changing requirements and IT budget of companies. The...