CyberSecurity

Allies practise coordination of mutual cyber support through NATO

Representatives from 20 Allied government and national agencies exercised NATO’s ability to coordinate responses to significant malicious cyber activities affecting critical national infrastructures. The exercise, organized by Czechia, aimed to [..]

Net Group Expands into Germany and Acquires Cybersecurity Company

Net Group, a leading Estonian business and software development company, is proud to announce its expansion into Germany with the acquisition of Cloud Ahoi GmbH, a technology company specializing in [..]

Lithuanian fintech company survives cyberattack

The Lithuanian-based financial technology company Paysera announced on Saturday that it had fully restored services in the wake of a cyberattack that was waged on Friday. “We apologise to our [..]

Von der Leyen in Vilnius: Russia targets European infrastructure, tests defenses

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned in Vilnius on Sunday that Russia is targeting European infrastructure and testing its defenses. “Russia targets European infrastructure, testing our defenses, spreading [..]

Some domains used by Russia to meddle in US election paid for via Lithuanian firm

Some of the US law enforcement-seized Internet domains, allegedly used to secure Russia’s preferred outcome in the US presidential election, were paid for using the Lithuanian virtual currency platform CoinGate, [..]

Government websites facing intense cyber attacks

Due to intensive cyber attacks, the websites of the Unified Web Platform (TVP) periodically experience malfunctions – slow operation or inaccessibility of the sites, the Cabinet of Ministers informed LETA. [..]

Global IT outage caused no major damage in Lithuania – center

Friday’s widespread global technology outage did not affect critical organizations in Lithuania, but the recovery of the affected systems overall will take time due to the nature of the disruptions, [..]

Estonian police warn of phishing scam posing as LHV bank communication

The Estonian police are warning about phishing emails that are designed to appear to be associated with LHV bank and its security services. “A phishing email is currently circulating, using [..]

Cyber threats no longer at 2022 levels – Cert.lv

Latvia has a high level of cyber threat, but it is not as high as it was in 2022, said Baiba Kaskina, head of the information technology (IT) security incident [..]

Fixed home loan interest rates could become cheaper than floating rates

Although last week alone, the security filters of Telia Estonia blocked nearly a million cyberattacks from assets located mainly in the United States, Poland and Canada, there’s an increasing number [..]

Telia survey: Growing numbers of Estonian businesses consider cyber attack unlikely

Although last week alone, the security filters of Telia Estonia blocked nearly a million cyberattacks from assets located mainly in the United States, Poland and Canada, there’s an increasing number [..]

Scammers once again defraud people out of thousands of euros in Estonia

The East Prefecture of the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board are investigating cases that once again saw people scammed out of thousands of euros by fraudsters. On May 2, [..]

Baltic formins: Tartu airport under Russia’s hybrid attack

The foreign ministers of the Baltic states warn that the GPS signal interference, as a result of which two Finnair flights from the Finnish capital Helsinki to the southern Estonian [..]

Cyber threats to remain at current levels or even increase slightly in the coming years – Tele2

In the coming years, cyber threats will remain at the current level or even slightly increase, Valdis Vancovics, Chairman of the Board of the mobile operator Tele2, told LETA in [..]

ISS says actions of Russian intelligence services have become more intense

Intelligence activities by the intelligence and security services of the Russian Federation, which have become increasingly aggressive of late, continue to be the main intelligence threat to Estonia, Estonia’s Internal [..]

Estonian cybersecurity exec: Apotheka attack should have been made public earlier

Jurgen Erm, head of the Estonian cybersecurity firm CYBERS, says the cyber attack on the loyal customer database of the Apotheka pharmacy chain in January should have been made public [..]

Half of the population in Latvia lacks knowledge about cyber security risks – survey

Almost half or 49 percent of the population in Latvia do not know how to protect themselves in the digital environment, or their knowledge is incomplete, according to a survey [..]

IT researchers: Estonia has capability to be a leader in secure AI in Europe

According to Estonian IT scientists, the country has a unique position to lead the development of secure artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe. In mid-February, experts in AI from Estonian and [..]

Tallink Grupp warns against scam e-mails, SMS messages sent under shipper’s name

Estonian shipper Tallink Grupp is warning against scam e-mails and SMS messages sent under the company’s name that started spreading on Thursday. Fraudulent e-mails started to spread on Thursday, in [..]

Hackers leak data data of around 20,000 Ignitis ON customers in Lithuania

Hackers on Sunday leaked the data of about 20,000 Ignitis ON customers, including their names, surnames, e-mail addresses, a list of user authentication tokens (RFID), as well as the license [..]

Clients of Latvia’s 4 largest banks defrauded of EUR 12.662 million in 2023

Scammers defrauded clients of Latvia’s four largest banks of EUR 12.662 million last year – 5.2 percent more than in 2022, with the clients themselves enabling the transactions, according to [..]

Telia Estonia: Volume of denial-of-service attacks has quadrupled in recent months

The cybersecurity situation in Estonia in 2023 was affected by increased attempts by criminals and political groups to congest the internet traffic devices of businesses and organizations with DDoS, or [..]

Estonian co scammed for over EUR 12,000 in email fraud

The police are investigating a case on Estonia’s large western island of Hiiumaa that saw a fraudster intervene in the communication of two companies and swindle them out of over [..]

Access to company data can pose threats to Latvia’s security

By journalist Inga Karlinska. By January 2020, European Union member states were required to implement anti-money laundering laws, which, among other things, included the introduction of public registers of beneficial [..]

Lithuanian court upholds fine for website for spreading disinformation

The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court last week rejected the appeal of the Musu TV (Our TV) website and upheld the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission’s decision to fine it 2,200 [..]

Survey: Smart-ID tops list as most recommended electronic authentication solution

A recent international survey highlighted notable trends surrounding electronic authentication tools in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — according to the research, Smart-ID shines as one of the most reliable solutions [..]

Criminals encrypt Vilnius District Municipality data, backup copies – center

The Vilnius District Municipality was hit by a cyber attack earlier this week when criminals encrypted its data, including the latest backup copies, but some systems have since been restored, [..]

Luminor survey: 20 pct of people in Estonia feel underinformed about fraud schemes

A study commissioned by Luminor reveals that 80 percent of Estonians believe they are very well or sufficiently informed about various fraud schemes. This implies that one in five people [..]

Estonian Natl Audit Office: Server rooms of state institutions need better protection

Although basic security measures are generally implemented in the server rooms and supporting technical rooms of state institutions, risks arising from unsuitable microclimate, fire, water leakage or insufficient security should [..]

Lithuania’s LRU to invite IT, military experts to partake in cyber security hackathon

Kaunas University of Technology’s Santaka Valley in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas will host the largest Baltic cyber defense and security innovation hackathon on October 20-22, the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union [..]