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19.11.2021 NEWS: UK and US join forces to strike back in cyber-space The US and UK are joining forces to “impose consequences” on their shared adversaries who conduct malicious cyber-activities. The combined action would address “evolving threats with a full range of capabilities”, they said. The shared adversaries were not named but the announcement follows … Read more
12.11.2021 NEWS: EU Commission takes on challenge to improve the cybersecurity of wireless devices The European Commission has taken action to improve the cybersecurity of wireless devices available on the European market. As mobile phones, smart watches, fitness trackers and wireless toys are more and more present in our everyday life, cyber threats pose a … Read more
Sylvia Beamish, Cyber4Dev Communications Expert The developing world is working hard to provide universally accessible broadband. That’s why we need cyber security awareness campaigns In 2000, 99% of Africans were still offline. Today the continent has 400 million internet users, more than anywhere in the world but China. Africa is working hard to provide universally accessible and affordable broadband across the continent. As it … Read more
Over the past week, a number of our experts have been in Ecuador, working closely with partners in Quito to identify and plan strategies to continue Ecuador’s significant strides in meeting the challenges of Cyber Resilience. Experts Martin Indrek Miller, Merili Soosalu and Enton Dimni visited Quito and were pleased to have met with a … Read more
We were pleased to see so many of last year’s CyberSmartBW cohort at the Botswana Cyber Champions workshops in Gabarone last week. The two day event focused upon supporting young Cyber Champions to further develop their digital and communications skills, as they themselves seek to educate their peers to be more Cyber Smart. The workshops … Read more
Cyber professionals from CSIRTs across The Dominican Republic were welcomed by Estonian experts from our partner, RIA. Estonian cyber expertise has long been recognised as among the very best in the world and so we were delighted to have facilitated the visit of key personnel from our priority country The Dominican Republic to Tallinn.
17.09.2021 NEWS: Bitdefender Offers Free Universal Decryptor for REvil/Sodinokibi Ransomware Bitdefender announced the availability of a universal decryptor for REvil/Sodinokibi. Created in collaboration with a trusted law enforcement partner, this tool helps victims encrypted by REvil ransomware to restore their files and recover from attacks made before July 13, 2021. On July 13 of this … Read more
10.09.2021 NEWS: Estonia proposes NATO-like expenditure rule for cybersecurity Estonian Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Andres Sutt proposed the introduction of NATO-like expenditure rules for cybersecurity spending of the private and public sector to close the investment gap and tackle cyber threats. While there are a number of initiatives on the EU level – … Read more
Critical infrastructure today: Complex challenges and rising threats Cyber attacks against critical national infrastructure are escalating. The ransomware hit on Colonial Pipeline was a clanging wake-up call for the public, but cybersecurity experts have been sounding the alarm for years. In this interview with Help Net Security, threat expert Joe Slowik, Senior Manager at Gigamon, … Read more
NEWS: Top Techniques Used by Attackers to Bypass MFA Many consider MFA (multi-factor authentication) as one of the critical security defenses against malicious cyberattacks, and rightly so. Even a large organization like Microsoft claims that MFA enables users to block 99.9 percent of automated attacks. Also, it reduces the risk of identity compromise over passwords. … Read more
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