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For all the excitement and buzz around the Internet of Things, spurred on by connected gadgets being sold in great numbers both online and on the high street, there is no denying that it has a serious problem.
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The EU Agency for Network and Information security – ENISA – together with industry recently reached a common position on cybersecurity, that reflects the concerns of industry and provides a set of suggestions for policy makers. Their paper focuses on four main areas actively debated at the EU level: standardisation and certification, security processes and services, security requirements and implementation, and the economic dimensions. Key challenges and recommendations identified for the European Commission Define a … More → Continue reading Cybersecurity: Industry concerns and suggestions for policy makers
Microsoft fixed a bug in Skype last month that could have allowed an attacker to execute code on the system it was running on, phish Skype credentials and crash the application.
Continue reading Skype Fixes ‘SPYKE’ Credential Phishing Remote Execution Bug
The use of long-range communication networks, and specially the Internet, has revolutionised ICS-SCADA systems and architectures. The use of network communication in these systems has proven to be an effective way of gaining a means for remotely operating and maintaining these infrastructures in real-time. Therefore, these have become vital assets providing a functionality otherwise impossible. However, this also opens up the way for new threat vectors that can potentially compromise the efficient and secure operation … More → Continue reading Recommendations to help the security of ICS-SCADA systems
“History has shown that technology beats legislation, and criminals are best placed to capitalise on this opportunity,” the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) noted in a recently released opinion paper on encryption. The paper addresses the question of whether backdoors or key escrow schemes should be implemented in encryption solutions, so that law enforcement and security services are able to decrypt communication that could be vital to solving cases. ENISA’s position is clear: … More → Continue reading ENISA says crypto backdoors are a bad idea
The European ICT Industry is one of the most advanced in the world. Making the EU’s single market fit for the digital age could contribute €415 billion per year to the economy and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs. The pervasiveness of high-speed connectivity and the richness and quality of online services in the European Union are among the best globally. Such advantages have considerably increased the dependability of European citizens on ICT services. … More → Continue reading Cyber Europe 2016: Analyzing realistic cybersecurity incidents
EU group attempts to pin down what the rising cost of cyberattacks are on the European Union and come up short on answers as they call for a unified approach to assessing cyber risks and attack mitigation. Continue reading EU Struggles to Determine Growing Cost of Cyberattacks
Cyber security incidents affecting CIIs (Critical Information Infrastructures) are considered nowadays global risks that can have significant negative impact for several countries or industries within the next 10 years. But the job of identifying the real impact produced proves to be quite a challenge. Cybercrime as a percent of GDP ENISA published a systematic review of studies on the economic impact of cyber-security incidents on critical information infrastructures (CII) which provide resources of core functions … More → Continue reading The economic impact of security incidents on critical information infrastructures