Premium SMS fraudulent apps target European users
European mobile phone users should be on the lookout for premium SMS toll fraud apps as a great number of them has been lately discovered on file sharing sites, third-party …
EU wants firms to stop selling surveillance tools to repressive regimes
We are all aware of the fact that some regimes have no qualms about spying on their citizens in order to keep tabs on dissenters. Nevertheless, last week’s revelation by …
Germany leads Europe for USB drive data security
Many organizations are ignoring the risk of unencrypted USB drives and are not following through with appropriate USB security policies. The Ponemon Institute research also …
Proactive detection of cyber security incidents
ENISA today launched a report which identifies 16 shortcomings in detection of network security incidents. The report reveals that not all available tools are used widely …
EU data directive reform could be a business burden
The imminent reform of the European Data Protection Directive could be ineffective in the short term and place further financial and security burdens upon European businesses …
NetWars to test the skills of infosec professionals
At SANS London 2011, Europe’s largest IT security training event, NetWars will be launched for the first time in the UK. NetWars participants compete in a mock …
73,000 Finnish online accounts compromised
The login credentials and email addresses of some 73,000 Finns have been stolen and posted online by unknown attackers who breached the database used by a network of …
ISPs can’t be forced to filter file-sharing traffic, says EU court
European ISPs will not be required to filter electronic communications which use file-sharing software in order to prevent file sharing which infringes copyright, the European …
Cybercrime statistics in Ireland
The Irish Reporting and Information Security Service (IRISSCERT) released statistics on cybercrime incidents it has dealt with so far in 2011. The statistics are based on all …
Facebook trims response to data requests
After the possibility to request data from Facebook under European data privacy laws became common knowledge, Europeans began inundating the social networks with requests. …
Cyber crooks should get tougher sentences, says PCeU chief
Cyber fraudsters and robbers often receive considerably lighter sentences that their real-world counterparts, says Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie, the head of …
First joint EU-US cyber security exercise
The first joint cyber security exercise between the European Union and United States is being held today in Brussels, with the support of the EU’s Network and …