25.02.2022 NEWS: Russia, Ukraine and the Danger of a Global Cyberwar On the morning of February 22, 2022, the world woke to the news that Russia had moved troops into two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine. At the time of writing, it is not yet a full invasion of Ukraine, but Russia did conduct attacks … Read more
18.02.2022 NEWS: Fraud and scam activity hits all-time high Bolster published a report which shows an unprecedented level of fraud activity, spurred by the continuing growth of digital commerce, leading to an explosion of companies’ external attack surfaces. Using data gathered from analyzing more than one billion sites, the 2022 State of Phishing and Online … Read more
NEWS: Two Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Stolen Cryptocurrency US Department of Justise: Two individuals were arrested Tuesday morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange, presently valued at approximately $4.5 billion. Thus far, law enforcement … Read more
04.02.2022 NEWS: Microsoft blocked billions of brute-force and phishing attacks last year Office 365 and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) customers were the targets of billions of phishing emails and brute force attacks successfully blocked last year by Microsoft. “From January 2021 through December 2021, we’ve blocked more than 25.6 billion Azure AD brute force … Read more
Yesterday in Quito, Ecuador we were pleased to witness and participate in the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Ecuador and the EU. Ecuadorian Minister for Telecommunications Viana Maino and Ambassador of the EU to Ecuador Charles-Michel Geurts led the signing, with a pledge to continue co-operation in this ever increasing area of international importance. Cyber4Dev has … Read more
Over the past two years, we have been working with partners in Botswana on ways that young people can protect themselves in the digital world. 🕙 Back in 2020, our experts began the conversation with colleagues in Botswana about the idea of improving cyber awareness among young people in and around the country. From these … Read more
“Never stop learning, as life never stops teaching” is the famous quote and in the world of information and cyber security, this is very true! This week, in Santo Domingo, we were pleased to deliver Trainer Coaching workshops to a cohort of experienced professionals. Cyber Security is such a fast moving field and therefore it’s … Read more
Sophisticated cyber-attack targets Red Cross Red Crescent data on 500,000 people A sophisticated cyber security attack against computer servers hosting information held by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was detected this week. https://www.icrc.org/en/document/sophisticated-cyber-attack-targets-red-cross-red-crescent-data-500000-people REvil ransomware gang arrested in RussiaAuthorities in Russia say they have dismantled the ransomware crime group REvil and charged … Read more
It’s been a productive start to 2022 for Cyber4Dev with work developing across the globe. In mid January, we were pleased to be able to deliver live and interactive sessions in Santo Domingo at the Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre( LAC4). Designing and executing Cybersecurity Exercises It was our privilege to work with … Read more
NI-CO would like to broadcast the following opportunity under the EU Cyber Resilience for Development IFS/2017/390-290 project: Cyber4Dev Project Leader (Full-time) Please submit your CV with details of at least two referees and a covering letter/email demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the person specification to Belinda Conlan at [email protected]. Deadline for submission of … Read more
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