Today’s applications are based on numerous components, each of which, along with the development environments themselves, represents an attack surface. Regardless of…
Date Archives February 2026
Was tun, wenn die Erpresser kommen?
Ruhe bewahren und keine übereilten Sachen machen, empfiehlt Podcast-Gast Joanna Lang-Recht. intersoft consulting services AG Montagmorgen, 8:00 Uhr. Die Mitarbeitenden können sich…
New phishing attack leverages PDFs and Dropbox
Even as they become ever more stealthy with AI-driven tools, threat actors are not giving up on simple, tried-and-true phishing — because…
Microsoft disables NTLM in Windows
Microsoft has announced that the phase-out of NT LAN Manager (NTLM) is now transitioning to disabling the protocol by default, in an…
Human Risk Management: Das Paradoxon der Sicherheitsschulungen
Security Awareness Trainings sollten auf dem Human-Risk-Management-Ansatz basieren. FAMILY STOCK – shutterstock.com Unternehmen investieren Millionen von Dollar in Firewalls, Endpunktsicherheit oder Verschlüsselung….
How risk culture turns cyber teams predictive
The first time you’ll hear, “We’re always in incident mode,” it won’t be said with drama. It will be said the way…
This stealthy Windows RAT holds live conversations with its operators
Security researchers at Point Wild have disclosed a new Windows malware campaign that uses a multi-stage infection chain to establish persistent, memory-resident…
Why non-human identities are your biggest security blind spot in 2026
Last month, while running a routine access audit on our Azure environment, I came across a service account called svc-dataloader-poc. It had…
Deutschland und Israel trainieren Abwehr von Cyberangriff
Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt mit dem israelischen Ministerpräsidenten Benjamin Netanjahu bei der Pressekonferenz. BMI/ Laurin Schmid Deutschland und Israel haben nach Angaben des…
CSO Barry Hensley on staying a step ahead of the cyber threat landscape
IT security was a critical element of retired US Col. Barry Hensley’s 24-year military career as an Army Signal Officer, as he…