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NATO and EU take action against fake news, propaganda and cyberattacks

Earlier this week NATO and the EU announced that an agreement had been reached to establish a European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats in Helsinki. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, while other NATO allies and EU members are expected to join in soon.

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Elena Perotti

Date

2017-04-13 12:03

Support is growing for a “Digital Geneva Convention”

More voices are joining Microsoft’s call for a digital convention that would establish binding rules for secure cyberspace.

Author

Teemu Henriksson

Date

2017-03-02 13:16

Microsoft president calls for “Digital Geneva Convention”

The convention would establish and enforce global norms for policing government activity in cyberspace.

Author

Teemu Henriksson

Date

2017-02-15 13:04

Massive DDoS attack disrupted major internet services, including news media

Huge attacks against an internet infrastructure provider made several major internet sites and services inaccessible on Friday morning in the US.

Author

Teemu Henriksson

Date

2016-10-24 12:50

Media “vulnerable” to cyberattacks during US elections night

US media organisations have “failed to properly protect” themselves from online attacks, which leaves them open to the possibility of a “chaos-creating hack” on the day of the US presidential elections, according to Politico.

Author

Teemu Henriksson

Date

2016-10-21 12:20

Al Jazeera's new interactive investigation dives into Syrian cyber war

Al Jazeera recently launched #Hacked: Syria’s Electronic Armies, an interactive web app that takes the user through an investigation of the cyber war in Syria. Juliana Ruhfus, Al Jazeera senior correspondent who produced #Hacked, spoke to the World Editors Forum about journalists’ responsibility to innovate and debate the work produced in this rapidly changing climate.

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Date

2016-10-17 13:35

Fuelled by the growth of IoT, DDoS attacks strengthen rapidly

Following on the news about a security news site shutting down because of a targeted cyber attack, Ars Technica examines the scale at which such attacks against websites and web hosts are getting stronger.

Author

Teemu Henriksson

Date

2016-09-29 12:08

DDoS attacks, boosted by growth of IoT, "democratising censorship"

A leading cybercrime expert has warned that DDoS attacks, which increasingly exploit "internet of things" (IoT) devices, represent a growing threat to freedom of expression.

Author

Teemu Henriksson

Date

2016-09-26 15:19

"If you want peace, prepare for war" – newspapers face the growing threat of cyber attacks

After Sweden's main news websites were attacked and taken down, it's clear that cyber attacks represent a real threat to news publishers online.

Author

Teemu Henriksson

Date

2016-04-14 16:33

Top cybersecurity tips and tools for journalists

“I do not think journalists take their basic mobile and data security seriously enough," Director of the International News Safety Institute, Hannah Storm, told the World Editors Forum: “It seems to be over the last six months there has been a greater number or almost a greater excuse for people to say 'Let's target the journalist,'” she said. So, how can journalists better protect themselves from cyber attack? Lucy Dean and Krysten Dawes report.

Author

Lucy Dean

Date

2014-07-28 14:30

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