The number of incidents caused by ransomware attacks have grown by 79% in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to an international stody to be presented at the 13th edition of DefCamp, organized over 23-24 November. “The evolution of the economic and geopolitical situation brings new challenges for cyber security, hackers facing a significant increase of cyber threats.In 2020, 20% of attacks were ransomware type, acocrding to an international study and affected a quarter of companies. In 2023, the number of data breaches caused by ransomware type attacks made public went up by 79%. Historically speaking, fraud attempts grow in recession periods, attackers can adapt to the market, reducing prices of hacking instruments and making cyber crime even more accessible. For instance, following the 2008-2009 recession cyber attacks have grown by 40%, according tod organizers of the conference in a press release issued on Thursday. In this context, this year's edition of DefCamp is offering the framework for talks about the most frequent types of cyber attacks in 2023, cryptographic log-in, new defense methods, the use of automatic defense operations or vulnerabilities of cloud technologies, a.o. DefCamp 2023 is organized by the Research Center for Cyber Security Association of Romania (CCSIR) and supported by Bit Sentinel, Booking Holdings and Keysight Technologies Romania. Since 2011, DefCamp succeded in attracting about 11,000 participants from 55 countries and 150 cities. This year, over 200 teams have already subscribed to the DefCamp Capture the Flag competition, one of the biggest initiatives of the kind in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Romanian-American University announces the signing of a strategic academic partnership with the University of Hyogo, Japan, for the development of the International Business and Entrepreneurship master’s program, which thus becomes the first Japan-Romania double degree program in the field of business and entrepreneurship in Romania. Through this partnership, students will have the opportunity to […]
The European Commission (EC) announced on Thursday, May 14, that it issued a positive preliminary assessment of Romania’s fourth payment request for EUR 2.62 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. The funds are tied to reforms and investments targeting transport decarbonization, digitalization, healthcare, tax reform,...
Leasing transactions for modern office space in Bucharest increased by 14% in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year, while new demand rose by 24%. Even so, the market remains below pre-pandemic levels, according to Colliers data. Total new demand reached approximately 24,000 square meters in the first three months […]
Romania ranks 14th out of 40 countries for income inequality, with the wealthiest fifth earning 5.73 times more than the poorest fifth, according to the “Unequal Chances – Children and Economic Inequality” report released by UNICEF on Tuesday, May 12. Among the countries with comparable data included in the report, Romania ranks 10th in child poverty, […]
New Romanian film distribution company Good Time Films announced its official launch with the acquisition of two international arthouse productions, including a title selected for the main competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. The company said it will bring both films to Romanian cinemas later this year. The first title is Parallel Tales, written […]
Famed American actress Nicole Kidman stars in a new video promoting “Danaïde,” Constantin Brancusi’ golden portrait of his muse dated from 1913. In the video produced by prestigious auction house Christie’s, set to David Bowie’s song “Golden Years,” Kidman, herself a lover and supporter of the arts, approaches the work in Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries, […]
