Recent News, Guidelines and Reports

Brussels, March 17, 2025 - Since the introduction of the NIS2 legislation last October, 2410 organizations from critical sectors have registered with the Center for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB). The largest ever cyber security operation in the country is currently underway. During this period, reports of cyber incidents increased by 80%.

Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) are essential artifacts that point to a potential or ongoing cyber incident. They are crucial for identifying and addressing cyber threats.

Several cases of attempted fraud targeting small businesses and the self-employed have been reported to Safeonweb in recent days.

Since the introduction of the NIS2 legislation in October last year, 1224 organisations from critical sectors have already registered with the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB). During this period, the number of reports of cyber incidents increased by 50%. 

On the occasion of Safer Internet Day, the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) wants to increase your online safety. Do as the more than 50,000 Belgians who use the free Safeonweb browser extension, a powerful tool to detect unsafe websites. 

The Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) received multiple notifications of a spear phishing campaign targeting national CSIRTs and governmental organisations in Europe. The attacker poses as the national CSIRTs and uses phishing mails to serve an RDP file as an attachment. The goal is to acquire access to the victim’s local drives. 

Belgium is the first European member state to fully implement the new NIS2 legislation. These rules significantly strengthen the level of cyber security. An estimated at least 2,500 Belgian organisations are required from today to register on the website atwork.safeonweb.be and take security measures.  They thus hold the key to taking their cyber security to the next level.

The Centre for Cyber Security Belgium (CCB) is launching a new campaign to promote two-factor authentication (2FA).

It’s the last day to sign up for our national cybersecurity event on 19 September! Not registered yet? Secure your spot before Monday 16 September at midnight and join us in Brussels!

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a protocol that allows users to access and control computers remotely. While it offers user-friendly flexibility, it also introduces significant security risks to your organization's attack surface. Many attackers use RDP to gain access into a network and exfiltrate stolen data.

To better protect yourself, the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) compiled a list of recommendations and step-by-step tutorials.

A Denial of Service (DOS) attack is a cyber-attack that targets the normal traffic of a particular service. In a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, a network website is overloaded by a botnet that simultaneously sends requests to the victim. The result may be that the availability of a particular service can no longer be guaranteed. The service is then unavailable for a period of time. There are several types of DDoS attacks.

In case of a ransomware attack, there are several steps that you can take to handle the incident efficiently. In this document we will give more information on how to respond to the incident and to help prevent this in the future.