Die Ministerien für Inneres und für Verteidigung haben gemeinsam die „Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit“ gegründet, mit Sitz im Raum Halle/Leipzig. Ziel des Zusammenschlusses ist es nicht Cyberangriffe selbst auszuführen oder abzuwehren, sondern vielmehr einen Überblick über die wissenschaftliche Entwicklung rund um Cybersecurity zu generieren. Verteidigungsministerin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) spricht von einem „Meilenstein zum […]

What is the ECSM? Basically this is an initiative supported by the European Commission and many other organizations like BSI to raise awareness for cyber security in the industry as well as for citizens. During the whole month of October many IT security experts contribute with presentations, special offerings and campaigns to highlight the importance […]

Researchers have uncovered a series of attacks that use the advanced malware framework “MATA” against the operating systems Windows, Linux and MacOS. The framework has been used since spring 2018 and is attributed to the notorious North Korean APT group Lazarus. German companies are also affected by the attacks. The framework itself gives its controllers […]