ENISA guidelines on cryptographic solutions
ENISA published two reports. “Algorithms, key size and parameters” is a reference document providing a set of guidelines to decision makers, in particular …
Users of Remote Access Trojans arrested in Europe
Europol and several law enforcement and judicial authorities carried out an action against EU citizens, mainly teenagers and young adults, who are suspected of using remote …
OpenDNS and IRISSCERT partner to fight security threats
OpenDNS announced a partnership with the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service (IRISSCERT), to provide threat intelligence about new and emerging threats. IRISSCERT …
German spy agency wants to buy and use 0-day bugs
The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) – Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service – has asked a parliamentary oversight committee for big money to buy …
Website fined for leaking encrypted card details and decryption key
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is warning organizations that they must make sure their websites are protected against one of the most common forms of …
Rovnix Trojan infection spree targets UK
A new cluster of infections by the Rovnix Trojan is raising concerns of widespread confidential data theft in the UK, warns Bitdefender. The company’s research teams …
Pirate Bay co-founder sentenced for hacking CSC servers
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been found guilty of hacking into the mainframe of CSC, a company tasked with keeping and handling sensitive information …
Dyre malware targeting Swiss bank customers
The Dyre/Dyreza banking Trojan has lately become very popular with cyber criminals – so much so that the US-CERT has issued an alert warning about the danger. …
Biggest ever cyber security exercise in Europe is underway
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, …
Belgacom shares more details about alleged GCHQ breach
Late last year, documents from Edward Snowden’s NSA trove have revealed that Britain’s GCHQ has allegedly mounted a successful attack against primarily state-owned …
Cyber skills shortage makes UK a soft target for hackers
A survey conducted by MWR InfoSecurity at 44Con 2014 has revealed that 75% of the information security professionals in attendance believed that a lack of cyber security …
Cloud adoption trends in European organizations
In Europe, the number of cloud services in use by the average company increased 23 percent, rising from 588 in Q1 to 724 in Q3. However, not all of these services are ready …
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