Posts Tagged ‘Europe’

Europe Plays Cyber War, Declared Winner

Europe Plays Cyber War, Declared Winner

More than 150 transatlantic cybersecurity experts yesterday successfully completed Cyber Europe 2010, the first pan-European simulated cyber attack to test the continent’s preparedness in the event of an assault on the digital infrastructure.

“This was a first key step for strengthening Europe’s cyber protection,” said Dr. Udo Helmbrecht, director of European Network Security Agency. ”Each mistake and…

Europe Crowned New King of Spam

Europe is now the top spam-producing country in the world, bypassing North and South Americas, and Asia-Pacific, according to the Trend Micro semi-annual 2010 threat report.

Spam continued to grow between January and June 2010, stalling briefly during April. Despite common perception, porn consists of only 4 percent of all spam. Commercial, scams-based and health/medical categories comprise 65 percent of the spam generated…

Cyber Crime Unit for Europe?

Cyber Crime Unit for Europe?

Ministers in Europe are considering establishing a unit that will call for international cooperation to protect nations and citizens from cyber crime and other technology-related problems.

At a general affairs council meeting in Luxembourg on April 26, the Council of European Union proposed different strategies to combat crime on the Internet. The council saw the need to ensure a…

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