When municipal utilities fail, our daily lives come to a standstill. Water may continue to flow from elevated tanks for a few hours, and cell towers and data centers may continue to operate for a short time thanks to emergency power. But after a few hours, communications fail first, followed

The nights are getting longer, the shadows deeper, and while we’re all getting in the mood for Halloween, the real horror is already here. They’re everywhere: people with their eyes downcast, captivated by the cold light of their screens. Smartphone zombies – constantly online, always available – and always being

Emails with seemingly harmless invoice attachments continue to be a major target for cyberattacks, especially when they are disguised as HTML files. When opened, such attachments can execute scripts and download malicious code without the user noticing anything suspicious. Our analysts recently observed exactly such a case in the control

In recent years, hospitals have increasingly become the target of cyber attacks. Sensitive patient data, complex IT systems, and often inadequately protected digital infrastructure make medical facilities particularly vulnerable. Attacks range from data theft and ransomware to targeted sabotage. This is not just a financial problem: cyberattacks on hospitals can

The attacks are often automated and hardly noticeable — frequently occurring in very short intervals, even before anyone notices the incident. A particularly frequently exploited gateway is the SSH service: The protocol itself is intended for secure administration, but exposed or poorly configured SSH servers are routinely attacked by scanners

The website is well visited, customers are placing orders, inquiries are coming in—and suddenly everything breaks down. Pages no longer load, processes come to a standstill, and the hotline is ringing off the hook. Often, such a digital blackout is not a technical coincidence, but a targeted DDoS attack. At