One major source of revenue on the Internet is advertisements. Interestingly, not only honest companies have embarked on online advertising...

The CERN Computing Rules govern the usage of CERN’s computing facilities, CERN’s wired and wireless networks including all devices connected to them

Our “Secure Password Competition” announced in the last Bulletin was too easily spotted as an April Fools’ gag... Congratulations!

We will reward the “best” and “most creative” passwords used at CERN

Your computer and smartphone are the centre of your life and people with malicious intent are seeking to compromise them

Only the curious click the link – and put their digital assets at risk

In the physical world, we apply many safety measures automatically and repeatedly. How come we are more relaxed in the virtual world?

The beginning of the year has been dominated by two security vulnerabilities, known as Meltdown and Spectre

CERN’s OpenStack service provides you with enormous computing and storage resources to achieve your professional goals

Software of high quality that is well programmed, with best-practice security principles in mind, is harder to exploit

If you also want to become a penetration tester and identify potential areas for improving CERN’s computer security sign up to the WhiteHat Challenge

In the real world, we have become accustomed to acting securely, but we struggle to keep our computers up to date such that basic digital protections