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White Paper As seen in Georgia, Estonia, and against dissident groups, these attacks can affect much more than just the specific targets. Cyberattacks as a tool for information warfare are not new and have been popular for well over... [20 Jun 2009]
Vodafone gives roaming charges a summer holiday
News The places in which roaming charges are being dropped for the three-month promotion are: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Channel Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,... [14 May 2009]
Calling 'Mister Cyber Security': EU needs super cyber cop
News She cited the massive denial-of-service attack that took down Estonia's internet services in 2007 as an example of the threat that is faced. The European Union's telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, has called for the... [28 Apr 2009]
No e-voting for 2009 elections, pledges gov't
News While the UK may still be adopting a wait and see approach to e-voting, other countries are going full steam ahead, with Estonia recently allowing citizens to cast their ballots over the web. As the US gets ready to head... [24 Oct 2008]
Mobile roaming in Europe gets cheaper
News The revised rates for Member States outside the Eurozone (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden and UK) will be calculated using the euro exchange rate... [29 Aug 2008]
Nato fires up cyber defences
News The centre will be based in Tallinn in Estonia and will be used to train Nato's civilian and military staff in cyber defence techniques. Seven Nato member states have signed documents for the formal establishment of the... [16 May 2008]
Skype trialled on Java mobiles
News The ability to make Skype-to-Skype and SkypeOut calls from the mobile handset is limited to eight markets: Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong, Poland, Sweden and the UK. Skype has released a test version of a... [30 Apr 2008]
Photos: Nasa's top 10 on Earth
Photo Aurora Borealis and lights shine over Finland, Russia, Estonia, and Latvia in 2005. To celebrate Earth Day this week, Nasa released its 10 favourite photos taken by astronauts on the International Space Station. [24 Apr 2008]
Nato allies form cyber defence command
News Nato allies have pledged to help each other deal with major attacks similar to the distributed denial of service attack that took down key banking and state systems in Estonia in 2007. A Centre of Excellence set up in... [08 Apr 2008]
Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'
News Anil said the cyber attacks on Estonia last year which brought down key financial and state systems had demonstrated how cyber terrorism could take down national infrastructure with "very serious consequences". [07 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment In April 2007 Estonia, the former Soviet Baltic republic was paralysed by an unprecedented online attack from networks in Russia. So how big does the problem have to become before governments act, asks Simon Moores. [27 Feb 2008]
BP warns of cyber-terror threat
News Art Wong, senior vice president of managed security services for Symantec, said he had noticed an increasing trend for cyber-attacks to be politically motivated - as seen with recent exchanges between Estonia and Russia... [25 Jun 2007]
Q&A: Kimmo Alkio, CEO, F-Secure
News I think there could actually be a big shift from commercial to political DDoS attacks, such as we saw recently with Estonia [and Russia]. Kimmo Alkio, CEO of F-Secure, recently rejoined the antivirus vendor from fellow... [01 Jun 2007]
Online fraud warning signs revealed
News Based on fraud reporting from UK fraud managers, the London postcode SE28 is the "most troublesome" for fraud and chargeback within the UK, alongside overseas destinations such as Estonia and Nigeria, according to... [30 Apr 2007]
Offshore cost-advantage to last for 20 years
News Estonia India and China will retain their low-cost labour advantage and dominate the offshore IT and business process outsourcing services market for another 20 years. The annual Global Services Location List, by... [19 Mar 2007]
