#cyber security

Cyprus has received two reasoned opinions, the last stage before being referred to the Court of Justice of the EU, over the transposition of a directive on the application of ...

A budget of €8.5 million will be allocated to combat future cyberattacks, Deputy Minister of Research Nicodemos Damianou told the House audit committee on Thursday. “For the first time, we have ...

Telecom company Epic on Friday said there was no evidence of a data breach on its systems so far, after a leak purporting to show 46 users and their passwords was ...

Authorities on Thursday said they remained on alert for a possible cyberattack on critical infrastructures after threats made on the dark web by a known group of hackers. Unnamed sources ...

A global tech outage disrupted operations in multiple industries in Cyprus and abroad on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off-air and everything from banking to healthcare hit by ...

The national cybersecurity coordination centre (NCC-CY) is set to begin operations, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Nicodemos Damianou has announced. Speaking on CyBC’s morning radio, Damianou ...

The auditor-general has called on the cabinet to investigate the commissioner of Internal Audit for possible dereliction of duty, in that she did not properly handle allegations of conflict of ...

The Data Protection Commissioner said on Monday she has slapped a €45,000 fine on the Open University of Cyprus for negligent cyber security in relation to the hacking of its servers ...

The next meeting within the ‘3+1’ framework, that is Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the United States has been agreed, it was reported on Friday. The news comes following the postponement of ...

New EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity will increase critical infrastructures in Cyprus to 700 from the current 70, Communications Commissioner George Michaelides said on Friday. Within 2024, new legislation will be ready to adopt ...

There are still gaps in dealing with cyber-attacks, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Philippos Hadjizacharias admitted on Tuesday. However, his ministry has taken serious actions to strengthen ...

A cybersecurity plan set to operate 24 hours a day has been drawn up by the deputy ministry of research, innovation, and digital policy and the digital security authority, Deputy Minister ...

The UK government’s cyber defence agency warned on Wednesday of an emerging threat to Western critical national infrastructure posed by hackers sympathetic to Russia and its war on Ukraine. ...

Cyprus’ cyber security response unit on Wednesday warned that cyberattacks and cybercrime were becoming more common, and the public needed to become more aware of how to protect their online ...

The United Kingdom and the Republic of Cyprus have taken a further step to deepen security cooperation with the launch of a new cyber training programme, the British High Commission ...