By Urpo Kaila, Head of Security at CSC, Finland The password is dead, we have been hearing this for a very long time. ‘You need to use keys, certificates, tokens, biometrics, or at least passphrases, but not passwords, they are history’, it was said. But...
Tag - cyber security
By Carolina Fernandez, Jordi Guijarro and Shuaib Siddiqui, i2cat Foundation Introduction of IdP environment in the context of identity security eduGAIN, pioneered and supported by GÉANT, interconnects research and education identity federations around...
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 worry, that’s doesn’t mean learning multiple passwords because there’s simple tech available to help with...
By Michele Scalas, Davide Maiorca and Giorgio Giacinto, University of Cagliari Ransomware represents a serious threat that acts by locking the compromised device and encrypting its data (along with exfiltrating private information), forcing the device...
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 be able to examine how it functions and its effects and, as I was not being the real target, I was able to...
By Francesco Palmieri, professor of Computer Science at the University of Salerno Ransomware, considered today an important emergency from the cyber security point of view, is from malware agents who limit access to a device or to the data stored on it...
On 23 December last year, Maastricht University (UM) was hit by a major ransomware attack. The hackers executed a command installing ‘Clop’ ransomware on 267 servers of the Windows domain. As a result, almost all of UM’s operational...
On 23 December last year, Maastricht University (UM), which is connected to the Dutch education and research network SURFnet, was hit by a major ransomware attack. After thorough investigation and serious consideration, the institution decided to pay the...
By Pier Luca Montessoro, University of Udine One day, one very bad day, you open your laptop and a red screen informs you that all your files have been encrypted and you have to pay a ransom in bitcoin to get them back. And what is worse, you know (or...
SI-CERT, the national CSIRT of Slovenia has been handling reports of ransomware attacks on a regular basis since April 2012. Until 2019, attack victims were selected randomly as part of a mass-volume campaign aiming to spread the virus. However, since...
