Tag: europe
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EU to propose cybersecurity rules
Companies required to report breaches. The European Union is due to set out a new set of cybersecurity rules tomorrow – in which companies including search engines, energy providers, banks and financial service providers and ‘internet enablers’ will be required to report any breaches or cybersecurity incidents to national bodies. The proposals drafted by the…
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Happy Safer Internet Day
10th annual awareness day focuses on rights and responsibilities. Today (5th February) is Safer Internet Day 2013 across the world. Safer Internet Day (SID) is organised by the European network of awareness centres Insafe every February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones – particularly amongst children and young…
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Cat carries computer virus
Cat collared. Japanese police have captured a cat said to be carrying a computer virus on a memory card attached to its collar. The bizarre ‘arrest’ came after various Japanese media organizations were sent anonymous emails containing a series of riddles apparently designed to lead to the memory card – which is reported to contain…
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European Cybercrime Centre set for launch
Central cybercrime resource for EU member states. This Friday will see the doors of the new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) officially open in The Hague. The EC3 – which will be run by cross-national law enforcement agency Europol – aims to bring resources, expertise and information together from across the EU to a single central…
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Dutch most protected Europeans online
Bulgarians most likely to have become infected; financial losses most prevalent among Latvians. For the occasion of Safer Internet Day on 8 February, Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, published a report providing various statistics on Internet security. One of the report’s findings was that the use of IT security software (e.g. anti-virus software or a…