Category: Security-Reports

The May/June 2021 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Back and forth in the pipeline: hacking and rehacking the US fuel firm Colonial Pipeline with Ransomware as a Service
  • Meat and greed – the world’s largest meat processing company pays a hefty USD 11 million ransom after a ransomware attack
  • When Android devices catch the flu: FluBot, the banking trojan, spreads to Android devices
  • Russian cyber spies attack government and NGO networks

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The March/April 2021 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Exploit on Exchange – vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers trigger a red alert
  • Learning by doing – data leaks discovered in the Swiss Army’s cyber training school
  • Rocky start(up) at Verkada – 150,000 surveillance cameras hacked
  • Refunds from the remorseful Ziggy ransomware gang
  • Data scraping on Facebook and LinkedIn: big data brings big damage

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The January/February 2021 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Dependency confusion – when trust is too good to be true
  • Water hacking – not a new trendy sport, but a serious threat
  • Emotet: the king is dead – let there be no successor!
  • Rumours of its death are greatly exaggerated: how phishing mailers trick cutting-edge security filters with good old Morse code

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The November/December 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Choose your team carefully – hackers use fake MS Teams updates to attack networks, especially those of educational institutions
  • Audacious coronavirus relief phishing delivers an extra malware ‘bonus’ on request and creates a challenge for BEC
  • Stopping the attempt to stop online hate speech?
  • Close the gates before it’s too late: what Sneakers and the Internet of Things have in common

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The September/October 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Ransomware – the new normal of digital extortion
  • A murky supply chain – how hackers profited from Cumulus data
  • Smisherman’s Friends – a new wave of smishing attacks is washing over Europe and Switzerland

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The July/August 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Aimless navigation – Garmin scrambling to regain its bearings after hacking incident
  • Hacking with a heavy hand: German intelligence is making a push to install hardware directly with internet providers and reroute internet traffic
  • A protection shield minus the protection – ECJ declares Privacy Shield unlawful
  • A night(mare) of celebrities – The ‘biggest Twitter hack of all times’ raises questions about the security of the network

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The Mai/June 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • The coronavirus: a blessing for some, a curse for others – where is IT security at with contactless payment?
  • You’ve got mail (and malware too) – serious security gap in Apple’s Mail app on iPads and iPhones now closed
  • Everything must go – ‘Shade’ hackers ‘shut down’ and publish hundreds of thousands of decryption keys
  • Swiss users targeted by cybercriminals
  • Elite targets – ETH supercomputers Euler and Leonhard (and more) hacked

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The March/April 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • The coronavirus has company – a pandemic of computer viruses
  • The ten most important rules for working securely from home
  • Online meetings – how secure are Cisco Webex and Zoom?
  • For real? Ransomware gangs develop a ‘code of honour’ in the coronavirus pandemic

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The Jan/Feb 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • When backdoors become trapdoors: ‘Crypto Leaks’ hits Switzerland, Crypto Valley – and the entire ecosystem
  • I, Robot, ZigBee and IoT
  • Sure, it’s secure! Are you sure?
  • A different kind of virus: China launches its Close Contact Detector app for smartphones

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The July/August 2019 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Attacks on PGP key server: is pretty good still good enough?
  • We need to talk! About how virtual assistants are listening in. Privacy at Facebook, part two: when the lawyer contradicts the boss
  • Breaking Binance: the world’s largest Bitcoin trading platform is hacked and blackmailed

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The March/April 2019 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Lenin and the detectives: Mobiispy stalkerware can make highly personal data collected while monitoring children and partners publicly accessible
  • Ransomware trojan LockerGoga brings companies to their knees
  • Straight talk at Facebook: when tech giants fail to meet even minimal security requirements
  • Malware straight from the factory: when Shadow Hammer strikes the supply chain

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The January/February 2019 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Company networks at serious risk: recent waves of malspam have been spreading the multifunctional trojan Emotet, targeting Windows devices in particular
  • Phishing, porn, data theft: rogue apps appearing as a new and harmful type of ‘non-sellers’ on Google Play and other app stores
  • Spy Time now also available for Apple devices – Serious security vulnerabilities allow outsiders to eavesdrop on FaceTime conversations and steal passwords from Keychain in MacOS
  • Alexa home alone, nuclear attack via Nest and a new password law in California – what happens when IoT gadgets run amok?

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The November/December 2018 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • SiSyPHuS gives Windows 10 low marks for data protection and security
  • Vivy app suffering from multiple diseases: security researchers uncover several vulnerabilities in the patient data app
  • Facing court: Chinese facial recognition unfairly lands big entrepreneur in hot water
  • Not exactly cuddly: data protection authority imposes first GDPR fines after hacking attack

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The Sep/Oct 2018 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Turning Good instead of Breaking Bad? Hacking to fend off other hackers
  • What do a firefighter and Google Chrome 69 have in common?
  • 15 months later: new attacks, same old vulnerability
  • Peekaboo exploits vulnerability in surveillance cameras in a major way

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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A new issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

Dear Reader!

A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available!

The topics covered in this report are:

  • An own goal and serious foul: Spanish football league’s app turns 10 million users into involuntarily spies
  • Amazon Rekognition – useful security and convenience tool or total surveillance for pennies?
  • An underestimated risk: the number of malware attacks on smartphones and tablets is exploding
  • Phishing with the stars: scammers take advantage of our celebrity obsession and the crypto craze to cause harm to users

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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