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NFIR and Project Melissa: A Joint Fight Against Cybercrime
In an era when ransomware attacks make daily headlines, one project is at the forefront of defense: Project Melissa.

Press release: ‘Melissa’ a collaborative ransomware fight
The Public Prosecutor’s Office (OM), the police, the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), Cyberveilig Nederland and several private parties* from the cybersecurity sector signed the ‘Melissa’ covenant today. Melissa is a partnership between these public and private parties to combat ransomware attacks. The common goal is to make the Netherlands an unattractive target for ransomware criminals.

‘Inertia’ KNVB after Russian hack may get tail: ‘From beginning to end tinkering’ by Arwi van der Sluijs
Cyber incidents happen. That it happens to the KNVB is a fact, no shame. It’s going to happen to you one day, too. Is your organization prepared for a cyber incident?

Top 10 best tips for data security
As we store more and more data digitally, the risk of dangerous data breaches and information theft also increases. Whether your organization handles confidential customer

Supply Chain Attack on 3CX: digital attack on popular enterprise VoIP software. (CVE-2023-29059)
On March 30, Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said it had observed a digital attack on users of the software package 3CX. This attack is also called

If you want to be certified as a hospital on information security, you have to monitor anyway
For the HagaZiekenhuis, NFIR implemented its Dossier Monitoring solution. That solution helps organizations comply with the AVG, NEN7510 and NEN7513 on information security in healthcare,

Festive opening of new second location NFIR in Zwolle
The garlands hung ready, glasses were raised and over 50 people were eagerly awaiting the big moment: the opening of our new workplace in Zwolle!

Looking back on a successful Hackerhotel 2023
The 2023 edition of Hackerhotel is over! From February 10 to February 12, the Garderen-based Westcord Hotel was visited by hundreds of hackers, tech enthusiasts

Remotely performing Grey Box infrastructure pen testing
A large proportion of attacks on businesses start with hacked computers or employee accounts that are in the familiar office environment. Sometimes an employee accidentally

Mark Jan Berben (Alphatron Medical): “With this program, you make employees aware and therefore resilient.”
In January 2022, Alphatron Medical started as a launching customer with NFIR’s Awareness Program. In a conversation with Mark Jan Berben, operations manager of Alphatron

ProxyNotShell: New vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server (CVE-2022-41040, CVE-2022-41082) (update)
Update January 2, 2023 Microsoft has released Nov. 8, 2022 security updates for Exchange Server 2013, 2016 and 2019. These protect against CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082.

The 2022 Wrap-Up with Arwi van der Sluijs: ‘2022 is a clear break from trends’
So between one of his last board meetings this year and preparing for the year-end speech, I interview Arwi van der Sluijs (NFIR’s general manager)