Switzerland under cyberattack
Swiss government websites are under DDoS attacks, but several ransomware gangs have also turned their sights on Swiss government organizations, cantonal governments, cities and companies in the last few months. Government sites under DDoS attacks .....»»
New hybrid machine learning forecasts lake ecosystem responses to climate change
Throughout the middle of the 20th century, phosphorus inputs from detergents and fertilizers degraded the water quality of Switzerland's Lake Geneva, spurring officials to take action to remediate pollution in the 1970s......»»
From price shock to independence from fossil fuels
Oil and gas prices are currently on the rise, raising questions about the security of Switzerland's energy supply. In a policy brief, researchers from the Energy Science Center at ETH Zurich have now shown what Switzerland can do to make its energy s.....»»
Food giants reap enormous profits during times of crisis
A recent report by Oxfam International has found that 62 new "food billionaires" were created during the pandemic. The report, released ahead of this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, highlights the record profits made by industry ti.....»»
Italian City of Palermo Shuts Down All Systems To Fend Off Cyberattack
Palermo in Southern Italy, home to about 1.3 million people, has shut down all its services, public websites, and online portals following a cyberattack on Friday. BleepingComputer reports: It's impossible to communicate or request any service that r.....»»
FBI Blocked Planned Cyberattack on Children"s Hospital
The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children's hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday. From a report: Wray told a Boston College cybers.....»»
Sungard AS Cyber Incident Recovery strengthens customers’ ability to recover data after a cyberattack
Sungard AS has launched a new Cyber Incident Recovery offering that enhances customers’ ability to swiftly and successfully recover data that’s been compromised from a cyberattack. The global cost of ransomware has ballooned to $20 billion in 202.....»»
Quasi-symmetry in CoSi reveals new type of topological material
Ever since the discovery of the quantum Hall effect (Nobel Prize 1985), symmetry has been the guiding principle in the search for topological materials. Now an international team of researchers from Germany, Switzerland, and the U.S. has introduced a.....»»
Farm vehicles are now heavier than most dinosaurs: Why that"s a problem
What does a modern combine harvester and a Diplodocus have in common? One answer, it seems, may be their big footprints on the soil. A new study led by researchers from Sweden and Switzerland has found that the weight of farming machinery today is ap.....»»
This simple cyberattack is still among the most effective
Even if they don't trigger any warnings, emails with HTML attachments should be considered dangerous......»»
Shrinking healthcare cybersecurity gaps between hospitals and manufacturers
The relationship between medical device manufacturers (MDMs) and healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) has always been challenged by a lack of good communication, mostly to the detriment of the latter. Likewise, the impact of a cyberattack is not.....»»
UK, US, and EU Officially Blame Russia For Cyberattack Targeting Viasat
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Sky News: The UK, US and EU have formally accused Russia of being behind a cyber attack targeting a satellite communications network used in Ukraine. Businesses and individuals using routers made by Viasat, an.....»»
US and its allies say Russia waged cyberattack that took out satellite network
February outage came an hour before Russian began its invasion of Ukraine. Enlarge (credit: Sean Gladwell / Getty Images) The US and European Union on Tuesday said Russia was responsible for a cyberattack in February that crip.....»»
Heroku Admits That Customer Credentials Were Stolen In Cyberattack
Heroku has now revealed that the stolen GitHub integration OAuth tokens from last month further led to the compromise of an internal customer database. BleepingComputer reports: The Salesforce-owned cloud platform acknowledged the same compromised to.....»»
How to avoid security blind spots when logging and monitoring
Cybersecurity involves a balancing act between risk aversion and risk tolerance. Going too far to either extreme may increase cost and complexity, or worse: cause the inevitable business and compliance consequences of a successful cyberattack. The de.....»»
Ukraine Says Russian Cyberattack Sought To Shut Down Energy Grid
Russian military hackers tried and failed to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure last week, the country's government and a major cybersecurity company said Tuesday. From a report: The attack was designed to infiltrate computers connected to multip.....»»
Microsoft says it took down a Russian cyberattack against Ukraine
Microsoft said it took down an APT28 operation aimed at Ukrainian targets......»»
Will Gotion manufacture in US; BYD supply Tesla?
Gotion Hi-Tech, one of the top battery manufacturers in China, has plans for a secondary listing in Switzerland through global depository receipts (GDR). The company is expecting to expand funding channels through the GDR listing. According to Chines.....»»
49% of small medical practices don’t have a cyberattack response plan
Sophisticated cyberattacks are crippling healthcare providers by posing a threat to core functions and patient privacy, according to Software Advice survey. Findings reveal that 22% of small practices and 45% of large practices have experienced a ran.....»»
Utilizing biological algorithms to detect cyber attacks
Phishing, a longstanding cyberattack technique through which attackers impersonate others to gain access to confidential information, has become immensely popular as of late, hitting an all-time high in December 2021, with attacks tripling since the.....»»
Ukrainian Telecom Company"s Internet Service Disrupted By "Powerful" Cyberattack
Ukraine's state-owned telecommunications company Ukrtelecom experienced a disruption in internet service on Monday after a "powerful" cyberattack, according to Ukrainian government officials and company representatives. Reuters reports: The incident.....»»