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

CERN openlab held its annual technical workshop on 9-11 March. Due to the pandemic, the 200 participants joined the workshop this year via Zoom

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

About 70% of the emails received by CERN are of the malicious kind

When you have confidential data to protect, a strong, long, complex and complicated password is a must

Donation of servers to the Takoradi Technical University in Ghana marks the seventeenth donation of CERN computing equipment