By Aleksandar Velinov, University Goce Delcev, Štip, Macedonia. Nowadays, organisations face many security challenges. Security is important for computer...
Tag - CyberSecMonth
By Prof. Marijke Coetzee, University of Johannesburg Ransomware is on the rise. In the USA, it is estimated that around 65,000 successful breaches occurred in...
28 October 2021 – 15:00-16:00 CEST While we are all used to look left-right-left (or right-left-right) when crossing the road, while most of us have...
By Nil Ortiz, Carolina Fernández, Jordi Guijarro and Shuaib Siddiqui, i2CAT Knowing about our public identity Our identity is scattered along a myriad of sites...
By Stephen Lovell, GÉANT Protecting your devices pretty much follows on from protecting your network (remember last week? So long ago…). You’re happy...
By Leonardo Lanzi, coordinator of the GARR-CERT Hi, probably you’re reading this while connected to your home wireless network and you already followed...
21 October 2021 – 15:00-16:00 CEST Every digital interaction leaves a digital trail. Most often than not, such breadcrumbs contain our personal data – even...
By Joeri de Ruiter, Technical Product Manager at SURF Nowadays, wherever you go it is likely that there is free wifi on offer. This can be very convenient when...
By Stephen Lovell, GÉANT So, you know where your wallet is, yes? And your phone – it’s in your pocket, or just over there on the table? Excellent. You...
Whether you play chess, Taboo or Tomb Raider, games are entertaining and hold the attention. For a moment in time, the world of the game becomes reality, and...
In the last two years both private and public companies, as well as individuals, have been afflicted by one of the most dangerous cyber threats: ransomware. By...
The most unfortunate thing about backups is that we usually realise we need one when it’s already too late. We want to recover data we lost, but – unless...
Theoretic training is never as effective as practical training, theoretic knowledge may not always be enough, let’s find out why. By Justinas Rastenis...
14 October 2021 – 15:00-16:00 CEST In today’s society it’s nearly impossible to use products, websites, apps, household appliances, etc. without...
By Maria Sole Scollo, IT security expert at Consortium GARR On an ordinary beach in an ordinary country, an ordinary girl is lying in the sun and enjoying her...
By Panayota Smyrli, Cyber Security Analyst at CYNET-CSIRT and Stephanos Andreou, Security Analyst Let’s explore the most common types of social engineering...
By Louise O’ Sullivan, ICT Security Services Manager at HEAnet; Ireland’s National Education and Research Network In May 2021, Ireland was...
By Stephen Lovell, GÉANT Cybercrime is on the increase. But what is cybercrime? “Ordinary people” may think of cybercrime as something related to their...
Security awareness is all about training and educating users. Strengthening the so-called ‘human firewall’ is a very powerful tool in the fight against...
The European Cyber Security Month is approaching fast. On 1 October we will kick-off our “Cyber Hero @ Home” campaign! This year the programme will focus on...