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Estonia reveals its cybersecurity strategy
News In January, a native Russian in Estonia was convicted for his involvement in the event. The report calls for Estonia to apply a graduated system of security measures, develop high awareness of information security to the highest standard, develop...
[October 3, 2008, 12:08]
Estonia's CTO speaks out on cyberattacks
News The attack on Estonia began on 26 April after the Estonian government relocated the "Bronze Soldier", a war memorial commemorating an unknown Russian who died fighting the Nazis. Then Estonia moved the monument, which caused offence.
[October 24, 2007, 11:47]
UK lags behind Estonia in ID card technology
News The UK's ID card proposals are technically years behind the systems being implemented in at least six European countries, including Estonia and Austria. However, unlike Italy, Belgium, Finland, Estonia, Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands, the UK...
[May 6, 2004, 17:50]
Estonia's cyberattacks: Lessons learned, a year on
News Earlier this month US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff outlined US plans for a cyber "Manhattan Project" to echo the development of nuclear weapons during the Second World War, partly as a response to the attacks on Estonia.
[May 1, 2008, 14:04]
UK lags behind Estonia in ID card technology
Talkback Estonia, until recently, was a communist dictatorship with an infrastructure set up for control of its citizens. The Blair regime has only just started - BEWARE.
[May 7, 2004, 3:37]
UK lags behind Estonia in ID card technology
Talkback another example of the government cutting costs, sure there is an excuse, there always is.these cards face massive resistance and introducing them half-assed will not make it anymore tempting for other to pick up.
[May 6, 2004, 23:58]
Revolt
Talkback Russians controlled Estonia until 1991. It wasn’t until the Estonians revolted against the Russians, commonly known as The Singing Revolution, that Estonia gained their independence. I just came across a website about Estonia’s Singing Revolution...
[October 25, 2007, 17:59]
Nato creates 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 Estonia will train Nato's...
[April 9, 2008, 9:30]
Explaining the Estonian cyberattacks
News On 27 April, officials in Estonia relocated the "Bronze Soldier", a Soviet-era war memorial commemorating an unknown Russian who died fighting the Nazis. Would the Estonia event be comparable to the India-Pakistan cyberconflict of a few years ago?
[May 30, 2007, 15:34]
VeriSign: Internet infrastructure still vulnerable
News I think, in particular, if you look at smaller countries, most notably Estonia and Georgia recently, their domain system is relatively small compared with others. Both Estonia and Georgia suffered from denial-of-service attacks following disputes...
[November 7, 2008, 13:58]
Novell: Vista will drive users to Linux
Talkback "SEB Eesti UHispank" is certanly not "the largest" bank in Estonia, but by far the second. Hansapank is first, by having over 50% of market share, SEB Eesti Ühispank comes second with about 3% of market share.
[September 12, 2005, 19:29]
Estonian arrested over Web bank thefts
News Police in Estonia have arrested a man suspected of stealing millions of Euros from bank accounts across Europe. High-tech crime police in Europe believe the suspect stole money from accounts in Britain, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Spain.
[April 4, 2005, 16:15]
Nato staff get cyber-defence training centre
News The centre will be based in Tallinn, 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 Cooperative Cyber Defence...
[May 19, 2008, 9:20]
Third World nations embrace IT
News Estonia has laid a telecommunications infrastructure that puts it in the top 20 of connected regions. The report, which includes case studies on several countries that are trying to embrace technology -- including Estonia, Tanzania, Brazil and...
[July 17, 2001, 9:38]
Alleged TJX hackers charged
News The defendants are based internationally: three from the US, one from Estonia, three from the Ukraine, two from the People's Republic of China and one from Belarus. Maksym 'Maksik' Yastremskiy, of Kharkov, Ukraine, and Aleksandr 'Jonny Hell...
[August 6, 2008, 13:34]
EMT Goes for Integrated Service Assurance: Converged IT and Telco Monitoring Boost Management Efficiency
White Papers EMT, Estonia's incumbent mobile operator, has successfully completed the first phase of its Integrated Service Assurance project. The driving force of this project was the need to achieve more with less - ensuring sustained service quality in the...
[March 9, 2006, 23:00]
Welsh spurn Windows to create own Linux
News Countries such as China, Iceland and Estonia are already creating localised versions of the Linux operating system and its applications, and now it is the turn of Wales. Wales-based programmer Kevin Donnelly is taking advantage of the fact that...
[June 24, 2003, 16:04]
Kyrgyzstan under cyberattack
Blog The attacks bear similarities to attacks launched by Russia against Estonia and Georgia. Central Asian country Kyrgyzstan is under cyberattack, according to Information Warfare Monitor. Since last week Kyrgyzstan has been under a "massive denial of...
[January 29, 2009, 12:41]
UK gets final warning on e-waste
News The European Commission announced on Monday that it was taking legal action against Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Poland and the UK. The UK could be dragged before the European Court for its failure to implement laws that would...
[July 12, 2005, 19:00]
Very real and very scarey
Talkback He explains the background and threats encountered when Estonia was hit by attacks earlier this year. I recently read the transcript of the Estonian Defense Ministers talk at the Center for Strategic and International Studies website.http://www...
[December 10, 2007, 12:43]
