Digitale Gesellschaft has been operating two new Tor exit nodes in SWITCHlan since the end of April 2018. The Tor Project and the services based on it offer users increased privacy. You can find further details in the Digitale...
Stefano Tardini, Head of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)’s eLab, explains the value of eduhub for his work in a video message. As part of eduhub’s 10-year anniversary, people who have helped to shape the platform will...
The new Security Report is online, covering the following topics: The dark side of the Data Force: Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and the pressing question of who is using whose data for what News from the world of state trojans:...
Since March 2018, researchers have been able to request in their project application that Innosuisse bear the costs of using SWITCH’s cloud infrastructure. Innosuisse will do so if it considers these services to have a direct...
The new Security Report is online, covering the following topics: Meltdown and Spectre: security meltdown directly from the processor Leaks, fakes and cryptocurrency hacks: business models of a different kind Italianitá in the...
The new Security Report is online, covering the following topics: Dresscode for apps in the Google Play Store: malicious Quad9 - does it offer a data protection-friendly alternative to Google DNS? Uber`s customer and driver data...
The Community Service Hub innovation project, which is currently in the proof of concept phase, is part of SWITCH’s vision for the collective design and open distribution of digital solutions in the world of higher...
The autumn issue of the twice-yearly SWITCH Journal is now available in printed form. It deals with the topic of interdisciplinary expertise. All of the articles can also be found online: Interdisciplinary expertise means smart...
The Swiss Web Security Day is a one day event organised by SWITCH, the Swiss Internet Security Alliance (SISA) and the Swiss Internet Industry Association (simsa). The event covers current security issues for Swiss registrars and...
The new Security Report is online, covering the following topics: Attack of the digital dolphins: hacking Alexa, Siri and their friends via ultrasound The anti-antivirus programme: US government bans agencies from installing...