Flourishing Cyber Industry

As an industry, Cybersecurity is flourishing but local and regional governments are suffering due to a lack of resources and qualified staff. Increasingly it’s more difficult for the public sector to attract staff and pay competitive salaries.Cyber attacks are increasing as time goes on. As time goes on local governments are increasingly more dependent on [...]

By |2020-07-17T08:29:09+00:00July 2nd, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

The EU reviews cybersecurity legislation

Until the end of 2020The Network and Information Systems Directive, i.e. the main European cybersecurity legislation, will be revised by the end of 2020 by the European Union. This was announced by the European Commission, presenting the new strategy of the EU. for the "Security Union" for the period 2020-2025.The Commission emphasizes that cyberattacks have [...]

By |2020-10-12T11:21:37+00:00June 29th, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2020

Recently Verizon announced its Data Breach Investigations Report for the year 2020, which includes sixteen different industries and four world regions. A total of 32,002 security incidents were analysed, of which 3,950 were confirmed breaches. According to the findings 45% of the breaches featured hacking, while only 17% of the breaches involved malware. As far [...]

By |2020-10-12T10:25:50+00:00June 12th, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

Cybersecurity: Preparedness Practices

Although cybersecurity is one of the biggest challenges of the digital age that is constantly evolving at an extremely fast pace, it also holds great opportunities. The challenges and best practices that organizations must impose to build a cyber-readiness culture to meet the demands of the new reality were at the heart of the digital [...]

By |2020-10-12T11:18:49+00:00June 1st, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

ESET’s threat report on the first quarter of 2020

According to ESET, in the first quarter of 2020, the threats from malicious Cryptominers and Android malware decreased, while on the contrary, the online threats increased. Developments in the first quarter were apparently determined by the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to take advantage of the sweeping changes in people's daily lives and the operation [...]

By |2020-06-16T16:43:38+00:00May 20th, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

The most common malware in Greece in April 2020

Check Point Research, the research department of Check Point Software Technologies, has published its latest Global Threat Catalog for April 2020. The research team reports that a new version of AgentTesla remote access trojan (RAT) is being distributed through related spam campaigns regarding the new corona virus. This malware was ranked third on the [...]

By |2020-06-16T16:43:57+00:00May 20th, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

COVID-19 impact on CS-AWARE

As Europe is slowly preparing to lift some of the COVID-19 restrictions, we thought it is time so share some of our experiences of European project work in the current lock-down situation. While some or most of the experiences apply to European and national research projects we are participating, this blog is exploring mainly the [...]

By |2020-06-16T16:52:51+00:00May 11th, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

Teleworking and cybersecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic created an increased need for remote working, not only for the system administrators, but also for the vast majority of the employees. Several technological solutions were extensively employed, one of which being the Virtual Private Network (VPN). This allowed employees to securely connect to their organisation’s internal network and carry out their [...]

By |2020-10-12T10:11:45+00:00March 12th, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

4 out of 10 users will change their online habits in 2020

Radical changes in their digital tendencies are being launched by users around the world for 2020; more than 4 in 10 will change their digital routine in 2020, creating new digital expectations for the new year. According to a recent Kaspersky survey, the majority of people aim to reduce the time spent with their various [...]

By |2020-01-27T13:25:12+00:00January 27th, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

NSA reveals a perilous security issue in Windows 10

The US National Security Service (NSA) has discovered a serious security problem in Windows 10, which could be used by hackers for creating malicious software that, at a first glance, looks legitimate. Microsoft released a patch and pointed out that no evidence has been seen that the bug was actually used by a hacker. According [...]

By |2020-01-27T13:22:36+00:00January 27th, 2020|Blog|0 Comments