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Changes in the Swisscom mobile coverage on the CERN Meyrin site
The Swisscom mobile coverage modifications will affect the western part of the CERN Meyrin site from the water tower to Gate E as of 21 August 2021
Computer Security: AndroCovid
Once more, in order to protect yourself, your assets, your private and, consequently, also your professional life: STOP – THINK – DON’T CLICK! Be vigilant and suspicious
Computer Security: Reflections on paying ransom
Paying is the easiest way to eventually recover the data and re-establish compromised computing services, but hold on...
Computer Security: Dear summer students, welcome!
In order to make your digital life as comfortable as possible, there are a few things you need to know
Computer Security: The truth lies in the URL
Like last year, every CERN staff member and user received a fake message posing as a malicious attempt to convince them to click on the embedded link...
Computer Security: Block the bad, grant the good access
Adhering to network protocol standards, any outgoing traffic initiated from the so-called “lower ports”, i.e. ports 0-1023 or using so-called “private” or “non-routable” IP addresses will be blocked
Computer Security: What do accelerators and pipelines have in common?
Ransomware attacks against enterprises and academia are not a new phenomenon...
Computer Security: About risks and threats
The cyber-risks can be split into four categories: operational, financial, legal and reputational
Software and computing for high-energy physics will take the stage at vCHEP2021
The CERN-organised 25th International Conference on Computing in High-Energy and Nuclear Physics (vCHEP2021) will take place online from 17 to 21 May 2021
Computer Security: Fancy dinner or burned pie?
Relying on external software packages comes with a risk. Successful attack scenarios have been executed in the past