What is social engineering? Social engineering refers to the act of influencing a person. It involves attempting to gain the victim’s trust in order to obtain personal data or confidential information. This includes passwords, addresses, or account details, which hackers can use to make transfers without the victim being able to do anything about it….
Affected? What now? Report an incident You should report the incident to your supervisor or the IT department immediately. The sooner you notice and report the incident, the faster specialists can be called in to try to limit the damage as much as possible. Even though it may seem embarrassing to fall for a phishing…
What is a DDoS attack? A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a coordinated attack in which a large number of infected or controlled devices simultaneously direct enormous amounts of traffic to a target system—e.g., a server, website, or entire network. This artificially generated overload severely restricts the functionality of the systems or completely paralyzes them….
What is a Botnet? A botnet is a network of computers or other Internet-enabled devices that have been infected with malware. These compromised devices—often referred to as “bots” or “zombies”—are connected to each other and can be controlled remotely without their owners noticing. The malware attempts to infect as many devices as possible. A botnet…
Phishing is very popular among fraudsters because it takes very little effort to write a phishing email. In most cases, the email asks you to pay a bill or change a password. Everyone receives emails like this, and they are commonplace, but how can you tell whether an email is genuine or a phishing attack?…
On August 30, 2025, it was reported that a vulnerability in WhatsApp, which has since been closed, had enabled attacks on iPhones, iPads, and Macs without any user interaction—a classic “zero-click” vector. The trigger was an authorization error when WhatsApp messages were automatically synchronized with Apple devices. In combination with a separate vulnerability fixed by…
Source: https://www.macwelt.de/article/2575981/sicherheitslucke-usb-c-iphone.html Recommended protective measures: 1. Avoid physical access 2. Only use trusted chargers and cables 3. Enable USB accessory lock 4. Regular iOS updates
Important update available: Apple has fixed critical security vulnerabilities in iOS & iPadOS 18.6, including a problem with voice output of passcodes and incorrect privacy display. Users should install the update immediately to protect their device.  Source: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/buergercert/details?uuid=b46e7500-1f1b-4c9c-ac88-b0db6dd93b23
What is it about? Gigabyte, a manufacturer of computer motherboards, has vulnerabilities in some of its UEFI firmware versions (i.e., the software that runs when the computer starts up). These vulnerabilities affect a particularly sensitive area called SMM (System Management Mode), which is much deeper than the operating system. What’s the issue? In this SMM…