Like with any other malicious URL, letting one malicious QR code through can put your digital life at risk

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

Paying is the easiest way to eventually recover the data and re-establish compromised computing services, but hold on...

In order to make your digital life as comfortable as possible, there are a few things you need to know

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...

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

Ransomware attacks against enterprises and academia are not a new phenomenon...

The cyber-risks can be split into four categories: operational, financial, legal and reputational

Relying on external software packages comes with a risk. Successful attack scenarios have been executed in the past

At CERN, you are the one primarily responsible for the computer security of all accounts, devices, websites, computing services and control systems you own and manage

As the very last line of defence, CERN employs automatic monitoring tools that will send a short notification for every login from a “new” location to the email address you have registered with CERN