Category: Education
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We Hacked the Hacker
Think cybersecurity is dull? Think again! Members and partners from CYREN ZH, including ETH Zürich, University of Zurich, and ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, played the Escape Room at Switch. We hacked the hacker!!! Not only was it super fun, but it also vividly highlighted the importance of using lengthy passwords and passphrases. Thank you Fabio Greiner for playing with us. Looking…
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Parldigi-Masterclass
The number of cyberattacks has risen sharply in recent years and poses major challenges for government institutions, companies, and the general public. The topic of cyber security is therefore becoming increasingly important. In this context, restrictive measures are often imposed on people. CYRENZH co-lead Dr. Melanie Knieps from the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) at the University…
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Cybersecurity Clinic
Cybersecurity experts are lacking in number and diversity of skills. The “Cybersecurity Clinic” concept, first conceptualized by the Cybersecurity Consortium at Berkeley and financially supported by Google, tries to tackle this issue by engaging students from various backgrounds. Under the supervision of competent facilitators – experts from academia and the industry – the cyberclinic seeks…
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Ethical Hacking – GObugfree 2023
Ethical hackers play a crucial role in preventing the theft and misuse of data by malicious attackers who often exploit vulnerabilities within an organization. These vulnerabilities can either be pre-existing or may have emerged over time. Bug Bounty Programs act as intermediaries between ethical hackers and organizations seeking external assistance. They delineate the scope of…
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OSINT for Students
????OSINT for students???? Today marked the official conclusion of our recently developed #OSINT course, which was fully booked. The ability to extract information from publicly available sources for specific purposes is no longer exclusive to secret services; it has become relevant across diverse disciplines. OSINT expert Tom Hofmann emphasized this point when introducing the #method…
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DSI Insights: A “cyber militia” for the canton of Zurich
“Every day we receive countless emails, most of which are fortunately unsuccessful, in which criminals try to get our passwords, credit card details or other sensitive data, or to blackmail us. Even organisations are not immune to cyber attacks. Almost every day we read about successful cyber-attacks on companies and government agencies. But how can…
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Mosaic “Digitalisation” – Digital Society Initiative and CYREN
Melanie Knieps, Principal Investigator at CYRENZH, explains in a Security Awareness Insider podcast what the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) and the Digitalisation Initiative of the Universities of Zurich (DIZH) are – and what CYRENZH has to do with them.Thanks to Katja Dörlemann and Marcus B. for the wonderful conversation and the fascinating questions. We can…
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Kick Off CYREN ZH
On November 30th, the Cyber Resilience Network For The Canton Of Zurich (CYRENZH ) was officially launched. The mission of CYRENZH , which is one of the successful applicants of the structural call of DIZH (Digitization Initiative of Zurich Universities), is to promote #knowledge exchange and #collaboration between actors from the public and private sectors as well as civil society. CYRENZH is a a…