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IT security incidents affecting German critical infrastructure are on the rise

The number of IT security incidents reported by critical infrastructure companies in Germany has soared. In 2017, the German Federal Office for Security in Information …

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German web hosting firm DomainFactory suffers data breach

DomainFactory, one of the largest web hosting companies in Germany, has suffered a data breach. The breach dates back to January 29, 2018, and the attacker had access to the …

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Hackers breached German government’s secure computer networks

The Russia-linked Sofacy hacking group has breached the secure computer networks of a number of German federal agencies. The group – also known as APT28, Fancy Bear, and …

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German court says Facebook use of personal data is illegal

Facebook’s default privacy settings and some of its terms of service fall afoul of the German Federal Data Protection Act, the Berlin Regional Court has found. By not …

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German government bans children’s smartwatches, tells parents to destroy them

The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), Germany’s regulatory agency for public utility companies, has categorized children’s smartwatches as spying …

Berlin
German law enforcement gets new hacking powers

On Thursday, the Bundestag has voted to accept a new amendment that will expand the German police’s hacking powers. The new amendment will allow them to use so-called …

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Attackers exploited SS7 flaws to empty Germans’ bank accounts

Cyber criminals have started exploiting a long-known security vulnerabilities in the SS7 protocols to bypass German banks’ two-factor authentication and drain their …

Android
Germans, Czechs served with banking malware through SMS

German and Czech Android users are getting served with a banking Trojan directly through text messages, warns malware researcher Bart Blaze. The message claims that the user …

Deutsche Telekom
Suspected Deutsche Telekom router hacker arrested

A 29-year-old British national, believed to be the mastermind behind last November’s unsuccessful hijacking attempt of Deutsche Telekom users’ routers, was …

Thyssen Krupp
Hackers stole technical trade secrets from German steelmaker

German-based ThyssenKrupp, one of the world’s largest steel producers, has announced that it has been the target of a cyber attack. The company said that the attack was …

Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom confirms malware attack on its routers

German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that the connectivity problems some 900,000 of its customers experienced on Sunday are the result of a hack attempt. …

German Android users bombarded with banking malware masquerading as legitimate apps

Fortinet researcher Kai Lu warns of a fake email app that is capable of stealing login credentials from 15 different mobile banking apps for German banks. “Once this …

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