The first ever, pan-European cyber security exercise “Cyber Europe 2010” ended successfully yesterday. More than 150 experts from 70 public bodies around Europe participated in the exercise. They were exposed to more than 320 incidents, or ‘…
Facing the cyber-zombies – EU Agency gets tough on Botnets
The EU’s ‘cyber security’ Agency, ENISA today published a comprehensive study on the botnet threat (networks of ordinary computers controlled by cybercriminals),and how to address it. The report looks at the reliability of botnet size estimates and…
Ransomware: Publicly Reported Incidents are only the tip of the iceberg
The threat landscape report on ransomware attacks published today by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) uncovers the shortcomings of the current reporting mechanisms across the EU.
Biggest ever cyber security exercise in Europe today
More than 200 organisations and 400 cyber-security professionals from 29 European countries are testing their readiness to counter cyber-attacks in a day-long simulation, organised by the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (…
The Internet of Things: when your washing machine and blood pressure monitor become a target for cyberattacks
Europol-ENISA conference tackles security challenges of IoT
In focus: Status report 2012 on Computer Emergency Response Teams baseline capabilities launched by EU Agency ENISA
The EU’s cyber security agency ENISA has launched two new reports: 1. The Status Report 2012 for CERTs which provides a state-of-play overview of national/governmental CERTs’ capabilities (n/g CERTs) and concludes that the key challenge is the…
eHealth Security Conference on Covid-19 tracing mobile apps and key findings from session 1
The 1st session of the eHealth Security Conference stressed the need to apply stronger measures to secure the healthcare sector, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. The next live session will reflect on the cybersecurity concerns for Covid-19 tracing…
Online security: it’s in your interest! 1st European Cyber Security Month coming up in October
In October 2013, the first fully-fledged European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) will take place all over Europe.