3+ hour, 31+ min ago  (606+ words) Researchers in Switzerland labored for 10 years, on a project that cost $12 million. The end result, published in Nature External linklast month? Some really, really random numbers. Random numbers are the guardians of digital information, which moves through the internet via…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (196+ words) According to the latest figures from Sunday, 321 cases and 48 deaths have been confirmed in the country. Six people have also recovered from the virus, a spokesperson for the Geneva-based WHO told the press. Last Wednesday, the WHO was still reporting…...

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (915+ words) Swiss headlines were rife with news of the hantavirus last week, after an infected man who had been on a transatlantic cruise was hospitalised in Zurich. A total of 11 cases, including three deaths, have been reported among passengers of the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (733+ words) Facilities vital to a stable society and economy " from energy and finance to healthcare, foodand transport " face near-daily assaults from the likes of criminal gangs or hostile states, according to the government's first semi-annual release of data on the problem....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (378+ words) In a new report, Swiss telecoms provider Swisscom identified a significant intensification of cyber threats in the past year. AI, geopolitical tensions and global dependencies have made attacks more complex and more difficult to control, according to the 2026 Cybersecurity Threat…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (147+ words) The figure was announced by the Federal Office for Cybersecurity on Monday in its report on the second half of 2025. Around a quarter of the reported incidents came from the administrative sector. This was followed by IT and telecommunications companies…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (184+ words) 325 Meldungen zu Angriffen auf kritische Infrastrukturen hat der Bund im vergangenen Jahr erhalten. Seit 1. April 2025 m'ssen Betreiberinnen und Betreiber von kritischen Infrastrukturen Cyberangriffe von Gesetzes wegen melden, innerhalb von 24 Stunden. 325 Angriffe aus dem Netz auf kritische Infrastrukturen gemeldet 325 Meldungen zu…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (355+ words) The first torches were lit around 11pm," Jean-No'l Dev'nes, a fruit grower in Baar, near Nendaz, told the Keystone-SDA news agency. He described a nasty and biting" cold coming up from the valleys, which proved difficult" to cope with as air…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (12+ words) Lausanne's new MAF museum puts women artists centre stage'SWI swissinfo. ch...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (341+ words) One scenario described in the study illustrates how simple an attack can be: a confidential video conference is under way at an operator of critical infrastructure. The network is secure, the connection encrypted and the laptop protected. But from a…...