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The April 2016 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

April 15, 2016, 2:17 am
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A new issue of our monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Probably the most expensive typo ever foils probably the biggest attempted bank robbery ever
  • Switzerland targeted by various hacker groups? Series of DDoS attacks on Swiss websites
  • Connected cars “one of this generation’s biggest security risks”
  • Done and dusted – the new Federal Act on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications

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Filed under: Awareness, News, Security-Reports Tagged: BÜPF, Connected Cars, DDOS, E-Banking
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The May 2016 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

May 13, 2016, 2:14 am
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A new issue of our monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Faster than Odysseus – e-banking Trojan Gozi attacks Switzerland via news website
  • Heartbreak remote – chip implants and the security of implanted, software-driven medical devices
  • One point three million dollar phone – FBI spends big in iPhone hacking dispute with Apple
  • It looks horrible, and it is – Jigsaw causing terror once again, this time in digital form

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Filed under: Awareness, News, Security-Reports Tagged: Gozi, iPhone, Jigsaw, medical device security
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The June 2016 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

June 17, 2016, 7:40 am
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A new issue of our monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • A RUeful tale – unknown cyberattackers steal 20 gigabytes of data from RUAG
  • Twitter shuts the door on US intelligence services
  • iPhone stays locked – Touch ID demands a password after 48 hours
  • Passwords for e-banking and suchlike? You can soon forget them!

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Filed under: Awareness, News, Security-Reports Tagged: APT, E-Banking, iPhone, passwords, RUAG, Touch ID, Twitter
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The July 2016 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

July 12, 2016, 7:41 am
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A new issue of our monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • DAO-ism on the ethereal plane – hacker bags cryptocurrency worth USD 50 million
  • Ransomware – smart, greedy and unkillable
  • CANVAS ready to launch – bridging cybersecurity and ethics
  • US border guards want to be your Facebook friend – and other news on anti-terror measures

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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Filed under: Awareness, News, Security-Reports Tagged: Blockchain, CANVAS, Ethics, Facebook, Ransomware
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The September 2016 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

September 16, 2016, 7:32 am
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A new issue of our monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Bug bounties and the Cyber Grand Challenge
  • Pegasus spies on Apple devices, QuadRooter threatens Android
  • A USD 22 billion investment pays off – WhatsApp shares phone numbers with Facebook
  • Now you see them, now you don’t – another multi-million-dollar Bitcoin theft
  • DiskFiltration and Fansmitter attempt to bridge the air gap

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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Filed under: Awareness, News, Security-Reports Tagged: Air Gap, Bitcoins, bug bounty, Mobile Malware
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The October 2016 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

October 10, 2016, 2:03 am
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A new issue of our monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Swiss electorate votes in favour of Intelligence Service Act – making everyone a suspect?
  • Your money or your device – mobile banking Trojan Gugi tricks Android users
  • SWIFT, and it’s gone – banks lose money to hackers again following SWIFT data theft
  • It was just a question of time – botnet discovered on Internet of Things

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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Filed under: Awareness, News, Security-Reports Tagged: Intelligence Service Act, IoT, Mobile Security, SWIFT
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The November 2016 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

November 23, 2016, 8:44 am
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A new issue of our monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • IT security researchers reveal vulnerabilities in photoTAN procedure for mobile banking
  • DDoS attack via IoT botnet shuts down parts of Internet
  • Triple record: Yahoo loses half a billion customers’ details, more trust than ever and USD 1 billion from its acquisition price

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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Filed under: Awareness, News, Security-Reports Tagged: DDOS, IoT, Photo-TAN, Yahoo
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The December 2016 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

December 14, 2016, 1:32 am
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A new issue of our monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Power and cybercrime – massive quantities of user data stolen in two recent hacks
  • When supposed security add-ons actually spy on your browsing habits
  • Mirai part II – botnet knocks out 900,000 Telekom routers
  • It’s not all bad news – Avalanche botnet taken down

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Filed under: Attacks, Awareness, Espionage, Security-Reports Tagged: Mirai, Spyware
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The Jan/Feb 2017 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

February 10, 2017, 2:11 am
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A new issue of our monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • The Guardian going post-truth with WhatsApp story?
  • Fruitfly spyware lives long on Macs
  • Good malware – FBI in absurdity trap
  • Star Wars on Twitter – sleeping Twitter botnet with over 350,000 bots discovered

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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Filed under: Awareness, News, Security-Reports Tagged: Botnets, Fruitfly, OS X, Twitter, WhatsApp
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A new issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

May 4, 2017, 3:26 am
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Dear Reader!

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

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Cybercriminals increasingly targeting Mac users
  • Malware fitted as standard for Android
  • Switzerland breaks taboo of Net neutrality for sake of CHF 320 million
  • Internet of Things toys spying on children of all ages

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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Filed under: Awareness, News, Security-Reports Tagged: Android, IoT, OS X Malware
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A new issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

June 14, 2017, 6:02 am
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Dear Reader!

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

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Plenty of tears as WannaCry encrypts unpatched systems
  • WannaCry’s siblings from the NSA toolbox
  • Keyloggers fitted as standard – HP notebooks snooping on users
  • Hakuna Metadata – the browsing goldmine
  • Unboxed and hacked – new Samsung Galaxy S8 iris scanner

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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Filed under: Awareness, News, Security-Reports Tagged: Cybercrime, Ransomware
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A new issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

October 11, 2017, 2:23 am
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Dear Reader!

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

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Attack of the digital dolphins: hacking Alexa, Siri and their friends via ultrasound
  • The anti-antivirus programme: US government bans agencies from installing Kaspersky software on their computers
  • A hack of ‘epic proportions’ at Equifax
  • Science fiction 4.0 – how to hack a computer with a drop of saliva

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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A new issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

February 16, 2018, 6:34 am
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Dear Reader!

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

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Meltdown and Spectre: security meltdown directly from the processor
  • Leaks, fakes and cryptocurrency hacks: business models of a different kind
  • Italianitá in the smartphone – state trojan monitors smartphone users
  • Kaspersky shut out of Lithuania as well
  • Strava leaks – fitness secrets of a different kind

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The March/April 2018 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

April 16, 2018, 3:13 am
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A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • The dark side of the Data Force: Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and the pressing question of who is using whose data for what
  • News from the world of state trojans: Microsoft’s analysis of FinFisher
  • Russian APT28 hackers’ month-long infiltration of the computer network of Germany’s federal government
  • Bitcoin bounty or close encounter: bizarre side-effects of cryptomining

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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The May/June 2018 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

June 20, 2018, 8:11 am
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A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report has just been released.

The topics covered in this report are:

  • Microsoft will never contact you by phone: support scam continues to gain momentum
  • «Efail» between hype and disaster: the security world needs to learn how to communicate
  • Sonic waves on the attack, recent incidents are reason to prick up your ears
  • Waterholing attacks: infrastructure is and remains a target

The Security Report is available in both English and German.

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A new issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

August 27, 2018, 12:42 am
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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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The Sep/Oct 2018 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

October 25, 2018, 3:26 am
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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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The November/December 2018 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

December 20, 2018, 1:53 am
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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 January/February 2019 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

February 27, 2019, 5:55 am
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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 March/April 2019 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

April 11, 2019, 4:42 am
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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 July/August 2019 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

August 27, 2019, 11:46 pm
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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 Jan/Feb 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

March 3, 2020, 7:39 am
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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 March/April 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

April 9, 2020, 2:40 am
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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 Mai/June 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

June 30, 2020, 12:18 am
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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 July/August 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

September 24, 2020, 12:10 pm
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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 September/October 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

October 13, 2020, 7:19 am
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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 November/December 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

December 22, 2020, 2:28 am
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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 January/February 2021 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

March 7, 2021, 11:15 pm
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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 March/April 2021 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

April 27, 2021, 7:23 am
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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 May/June 2021 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!

June 24, 2021, 6:36 am
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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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