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BSI: Die Lage der IT-Sicherheit in Deutschland (German)

Quelle: https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Service-Navi/Publikationen/Lagebericht/lagebericht_node.html   Malwarelage: Das vergangene Jahr war geprägt von einer deutlichen Ausweitung cyber-krimineller Erpressungsmethoden. Nicht nur die Anzahl der Schadprogramm-Varianten stieg zeitweise rasant an – mit bis zu 553.000 neuen Varianten pro Tag der höchste jemals gemessene Wert (siehe Kapitel Neue Schadprogramm-Varianten, Seite 11). Auch die Qualität der Angriffe nahm weiterhin beträchtlich zu. https://multimedia.gsb.bund.de/BSI/Video/Lagebericht/2021/lagebericht-1-Schadprogramm-Varianten.mp4 […]

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Twitter is strange when it comes to business accounts

I created my company’s Twitter account, called  @EndpointCS . Obviously, I tried to add the birth date of the company: 1.1.2015. Well, imagine what happened next with my brand new account: it got locked because the owner of the account must be at least 13 years old. And my company is only 6 years old. […]

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Facebook advertising at its best

It is known that the Facebook advertising is very aggressive sometimes and that it very often fails. Very often I find strange ads and I click on the details in order to to see why was it displayed to me. If you click on Hide Ad: And then, for example, click on “Irrelevant”:   Then, […]

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How to stay safe when being exclusively online

EN https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/safe-at-home_final.pdf DE https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/safe-at-home_de.pdf RO https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/safe-at-home_ro.pdf More here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/activities-services/public-awareness-and-prevention-guides/make-your-home-cyber-safe-stronghold    Recommendations: Wi-Fi: always change the default router password Install antivirus software on all devices connected to the internet Choose strong and different passwords  for your email and social media accounts Review your apps’ permissions and delete those you don’t use Back up your data and […]

General Spam & Phishing

Bitcoin scam related to the Corona virus

As I mentioned before, there is a lot going on in the cyberspace related to the Corona virus. Unfortunately, many of the things circulating are scams or information that direct to malware. This is an email circulating currently in massive waves in various languages (here in German):   Hallo Sorin Mustaca Falls Sie es noch […]