October 2021 was Cyber Security Month. Also this year GÉANT launched a campaign to raise cybersecurity awareness within the R&E community. After...
Author - Davina Luyten
By Jon Hunt, cyber services delivery manager at Jisc Criminals always find a way to take advantage of disasters. In the case of COVID-19, there has...
The primary objective of the LITNET CERT, the Computer Emergency Response Team of the LITNET networks is to tackle security incidents, but it is also...
By Andrea Pinzani, IT security expert at the Consortium GARR On average, each of us owns from 20 to 40 accounts. Unfortunately, however, we are not...
The use of password managers is increasing. No surprise, as they simplify password security and are user friendly. Why do you need one and what are...
To be effective, passwords need to be long, complicated and unique. It’s also a good idea to have a separate password for every account. But don’t...
By Michele Scalas, Davide Maiorca and Giorgio Giacinto, University of Cagliari Ransomware represents a serious threat that acts by locking the...
By Leonardo Lanzi, coordinator of the GARR CERT Once upon a time… In March 2016, I had the chance to be near enough a ransomware infection to...
By Francesco Palmieri, professor of Computer Science at the University of Salerno Ransomware, considered today an important emergency from the cyber...
In May 2019, the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) was able to prevent a ransomware attack just in time. For the Cyber Security Month 2020...