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New malware discovered

EU ATM malware to steal money from European ATMs

29. May, 2024 - 11:38

A new threat has emerged on the cybercrime scene that is specifically targeting ATMs in Europe and could therefore endanger the entire banking industry. The malware, known as “EU ATM Malware”, was recently offered for sale on a hacker forum.

Data records sold for 500,000 US dollars

Ticketmaster hack: ShinyHunters allegedly capture 560 million user data

29. May, 2024 - 16:26

Data from over half a billion users of the ticket provider Ticketmaster has allegedly been up for sale since Tuesday evening. Ticketmaster also sells tickets for concerts in Germany, which is why German users would probably also be affected.

10 international arrest warrants, 4 arrests

BKA: Biggest blow to date against global cybercrime

30. May, 2024 - 09:59

Investigators are talking about the biggest strike against cyber criminals: more than 100 servers have been confiscated and 1300 domains put out of operation in an operation in several countries worldwide.

Guy's, St. Thomas' and King's College Hospital affected

Ransomware attack on hospitals in London

04. June, 2024 - 16:59

A ransomware attack has hit prominent hospitals in the British capital, according to a report. The consequences are not yet foreseeable.

Competition for 1Password and LastPass

Apple launches its own password manager

10. June, 2024 - 08:43

For a long time, third-party providers such as 1Password and LastPass dominated the password manager market. Now Apple wants to enter the market with its own in-house solution.

EU Cloud Association

CISPE files suit against Broadcom’s VMware acquisition

25. July, 2025 - 13:07

The industry association Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has filed a formal action for annulment with the European Court of Justice against the approval of the VMware takeover by Broadcom.

Billion-euro project stopped

Intel officially cancels construction of chip factory in Magdeburg, Germany

25. July, 2025 - 10:12

Intel has officially announced the end of its planned chip factory in Magdeburg. The US company is thus burying one of the most ambitious industrial projects in Germany in recent years. Originally around 3,000 new jobs were to be created in Saxony-Anhalt, but the semiconductor giant is pulling the

Network problems

Massive Starlink outage: users worldwide affected by disruption

25. July, 2025 - 09:15

Users of the Starlink satellite internet service reported massive connection problems on Thursday evening shortly before 3 PM EST. At that time, more than 7,000 reports had already been received on the Downdetector outage website. After more than two hours, the network was working again. What was the cause?

Thousands of data records deleted

Vibe coding provider Replit apologizes after deletion fiasco

24. July, 2025 - 15:20

A twelve-day experiment with AI-based software development ended in disaster: Replit’s Vibe coding agent deleted a production database on his own authority and then tried to cover up the incident. The CEO of the service provider has now apologized.

American tech industry

Trump: AI models do not have to pay for content

24. July, 2025 - 09:13

According to US President Donald Trump, American AI models do not have to comply with copyright laws.

3-pillar program

Great Britain wants to ban ransomware payments

24. July, 2025 - 09:08

The British government has fleshed out its anti-ransomware strategy. On Tuesday, the Home Office published plans for three key measures: a payment ban for public institutions and critical infrastructure, mandatory reporting before ransom payments are made and a general obligation to report ransomware attacks.

New figures

This is how many prompts users enter in ChatGPT every day

23. July, 2025 - 13:17

Users bombard ChatGPT with an enormous flood of requests every day. Developer OpenAI now reveals impressive usage figures.

Special effects

SAP records strong profit growth

23. July, 2025 - 11:02

Thanks to a decent second quarter, Europe’s largest software manufacturer SAP is sticking to its outlook for the year as a whole despite the capricious customs situation in the global economy.

Takeover

Darktrace takes over network specialist Mira Security

22. July, 2025 - 15:08

The security platform of the British cybersecurity provider Darktrace is growing: the company has acquired the American network traffic analyst Mira Security. Darktrace wants to use this to better analyze encrypted data streams in particular.

Akira Ransomware

Weak password destroys 158-year-old company

22. July, 2025 - 11:27

A single password that was too weak was enough to destroy the KNP transport company and put 700 people out of work. To this day, the employee concerned does not know that his compromised password led to the destruction of the company – out of consideration.