Category: Computing
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Computer Security: Copied, committed, KO
The old world of reusable IT components has been under threat for a while. While it was appreciated, efficient and effective to reuse software components written by others, attacks abusing this kind of “supply chain” are on the rise. For instance, rest-client in 2019, plutov-slack-client in 2020, atomicwrites in 2022, xzutils in 2024, chalk, “Shai-Hulud”
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CERN leads project to make EU scientific data more accessible
Sharing research data openly is transforming science, but it comes with challenges. Since 2021, EU-funded projects have been required to make their data FAIR: findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. The EU Open Research Repository (EOR Repository) was created through the HORIZON-ZEN project with this in mind and provides a dedicated space on Zenodo for data
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New Wi-Fi network at CERN
The CERN-Campus SSID (Service Set Identifier) is a new Wi-Fi network available across CERN. It will replace the current CERN SSID as the primary wireless network. The CERN-Campus network uses WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) security to provide both authentication and data encryption. To connect, each device needs a unique login and password pair, which you can generate through the LanDB page. Unlike the
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Computer Security: Wipe no tears
Remember that feeling where your heart skips a beat? Or two? Or many? Where your breath gets caught in your throat? “Époustouflant” as the French say, but not in a good way? The moment when you can’t find your smartphone, even after looking everywhere? The moment on the tram when you recall that you didn’t
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Computer Security: Agentic loss of control
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) brings many opportunities but also comes with risks (see our last-but-one Bulletin article). Writing better software and code (or not). Having better answers (or just better lies). Creating a fancier and more beautiful CV (which might not be you anymore). Producing cool videos of your last vacation for your
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CERN’s KiCad component library now open source
The cornerstone of open source philosophy is that the recipients of technology should have access to all of its building blocks, such as software code, schematics for electronics and mechanical designs. This lets everyone study, modify and redistribute the technology to others. Since releasing the World Wide Web software under an open source licence in
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Computer Security: Tigers and cats against crawling mAIce
IT has for some time been transitioning into a new era where artificial intelligence (AI) takes over more and more tasks and, eventually, responsibility. There are few of us left who don’t use the plethora of ChatGPT, Mistral, Claude and the like. Performance gain and increased efficiency are announced to be everywhere and might lead
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Computer Security: Food for your brain
“Food for your brain” is therefore the greatest nutrition for your intellect besides a good morning coffee and an Italian-native Hawaiian pizza. Here is the menu provided by the Computer Security Office
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Computer Security: [Pen|Pan|Pant]testing
Following the successful conclusion of the 2023 cybersecurity audit, 2026 will see another series of vulnerability assessments, penetration tests (“pentests”) and cybersecurity reviews
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Computer Security: Privacy vs security
In CERN’s academic environment, cutting-edge research relies on an open yet to-be-protected digital ecosystem