Tag: Cybercrime
Wie gefährlich ist KI in den Händen von Kriminellen?
San Francisco Der große Erfolg von Textrobotern wie ChatGPT ermuntert inzwischen Cyberkriminelle, neuartige digitale Einbruchswerkezeuge zu bauen. WormGPT und FraudGPT sind die Namen zweier Schadprogramme auf Basis Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI), mit…
Data leak also affects customers of the direct banks ING and Comdirect
ING Bank logo According to the Dutch bank, a low four-digit number of customers who used the statutory account switch were affected by a hacker attack at a service provider.…
Cyber attacks with AI threaten banks. Regulators are alarmed.
Frankfurt Nico Leidecker attacks banks – and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) makes his life easier. With ChatGPT and similar programs, he can better spy out weaknesses in financial…
Cyber crime is causing a boom in law firms
Dusseldorf Around 40 terabytes of data from the Dax group Continental fell into the hands of cyber criminals in the summer of 2022. For a month, the Lockbit extortion group…
German and US prosecutors succeed in striking against hacker network
cybercrime Hive is one of many hacker groups blackmailing international companies (Photo: dpa) Washington, Frankfort The public prosecutor’s office in Stuttgart, together with US judicial authorities, has broken up an…
Industrial hacking threatens industry
Continental Hackers threaten industrial companies and permanently endanger production. (Photo: Continental) Cologne It is presumed to be highly sensitive information that is publicly available for sale. The hacker group “Lockbit”…
Continental: Public prosecutor investigates after cyber attack
Continental plant The German automotive supplier was the victim of a cyber attack. (Photo: imago images/Manfred Segerer) Dusseldorf The Verden public prosecutor’s office is concerned with the cyber attack on…
Interpol Announces Entering Metaverse: Preparing to Fight Cybercrime
International police agency Interpol announced that it has entered the world of the metaverse for preparation for combating cybercrime and inter-agency communication. Interpol 20 October held in New Delhi on…
Municipalities are demanding an emergency power reserve for fear of sabotage
The German Association of Towns and Municipalities sees a need for action, particularly with regard to the supply of electricity and drinking water. “We need a national emergency power reserve…
That’s how much cybercrime has increased
Dusseldorf The number of unreported cases is high: Neither companies nor private individuals like to admit that they have become victims of cybercriminals. But the cases that have become public…
Supervisors warn of serious hacker attacks on insurers
Munich It was only seven words, but the sentence was enough to put an industry on alert: “Insurers are a popular target for cyber attacks,” said Frank Grund, executive director…
Internet scammers could learn from my employer
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. The other day I got an email, apparently from my employer, that something was wrong with my payslip.…
Companies see cyber attacks as the greatest threat
Dusseldorf For companies around the world, cybercrime is becoming the number one business threat. A good 42 percent of companies with sales of more than one billion dollars have been…
These jobs pay the best
thwart hacker attacks The threat of cybercrime is increasing, more experts are needed. (Photo: Imago) Oldenburg More than ten million parcels are sent every day in Germany, and the recipient…
Transport and Infrastructure Minister: Metaverse Will Be a Place Where Cybercrime Runs
Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan made statements about the metaverse at the Hacktrick Cyber Security Conference held between 27-29 May. BTK, BTK Akademi, USOM, Prisma…
Warning of cyber attacks on German companies
Berlin Espionage, sabotage, cyber crime: security politicians from the traffic light coalition are warning of an increase in Russian cyber attacks on companies in Germany in view of the war…
Traffic light politicians warn of gaps in cyber defense
Berlin Politicians from the SPD and the Greens have warned of deficits in companies and state institutions when it comes to defending against cyber attacks. The most recent cyber attacks…
Process for online investment fraud begins in Saarbrücken
The accused sits next to his lawyer The accused is said to be a member of a gang of fraudsters. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The call centers are the heart of…
Showdown between Macron and Le Pen
there they were sitting in the TV studio last night like they were five years ago: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Both anxious not to do anything wrong in…
Protection against natural disasters & cybercrime
Munich Hannover Re managed to get into the Dax at the second attempt. After the reinsurer narrowly failed to increase the leading German index to 40 companies in the fall,…