Viana Polytechnic and Cybersecurity Centre prepare Minho business owners for cyberattacks
The aim is to equip Alto Minho business owners with tools to prevent and protect against potential cyberattacks through a series of online workshops that the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (IPVC) and the National Cybersecurity Centre for the Northern region are running during January. 'In a context marked by growing ...
Investing in connectivity in Europe is a defence against modern threats
“If Europe continues to treat connectivity as a basic, low‑cost service, it will be exposing citizens, democratic institutions and allies to ever greater risks,” prioritising connectivity strengthens “one of the most important lines of defence against modern threats,” Vodafone warns in the report “Secure Connectivity: The new ...
"Telecommunications need to be considered critical infrastructure, as they in fact are"
With suspicions of sabotage of submarine communications cables or accusations of cyberattacks on infrastructure, the current geopolitical moment puts telecommunications and connectivity in the spotlight, at a time when Europe's security must be ensured. “Hospitals, power grids, transport infrastructure, supply chains, financial markets and also the systems ...”
Legal actions over personal data breaches rose by 42%
To tackle this growing trend, the National Data Protection Commission established a cooperation protocol with the National Cybersecurity Centre, creating round-the-clock communication channels and joint notification and audit mechanisms.
Social networks must be guided towards common sense through penalties on advertising
Nuno Mateus-Coelho, a cybersecurity specialist, analyses how social networks contribute to the rise of radicalisation at increasingly younger ages.
'Hacker' exposes 37 Portuguese users registered on the 'Nazi Tinder'
A German hacker took the platform offline live at a conference in Hamburg and exposed the profiles of eight thousand users.
Online data theft rises in Portugal: one in four Portuguese has already fallen victim to 'phishing'
'Phishing', a fraudulent technique that tricks users into visiting certain websites and disclosing their data, is already responsible for one in four attacks.
Cybercrime in companies:
Fraud, social engineering and cyber attacks put companies in all sectors and of all sizes at risk. Find out everything about cybercrime in companies with Adriana Brás, a lawyer at Morais Leitão.
Technology firm Compuworks opens branch in Porto after expanding into Leiria
Compuworks, an IT infrastructure and cybersecurity company, announced on Tuesday the opening of a branch in Porto, after having inaugurated a technology hub in Leiria last year. “Opening the Porto branch was our main objective and continues a clear plan of sustained growth and presence ...”
AI increases costs and risks for businesses and necessitates greater investment in cybersecurity, says Kaspersky
Kaspersky warns that the rise of AI is driving up operational costs and security risks for businesses, forcing them to invest more in cybersecurity to address emerging threats.
Pedophilia and the Ministry of Justice in the same headline
A ministry computer is not a home computer, and the minimum one can reasonably expect is that it has a traffic-monitoring system to alert on attempts to access illegal domains. Column by Carmen Garcia.
President of the Republic promulgated new legal framework for cybersecurity
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has promulgated the new legal framework for cybersecurity, which results from the transposition of a European directive, announced the Presidency of the Republic this Friday. "The President of the Republic promulgated the Diploma that transposes Directive (EU) 2022/2555, concerning measures aimed at ensuring a high common level of cybersecurity [...]
