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The registries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Slovenia and EURid (the registry for .eu) trust in the RCodeZero DNS Anycast network of ipcom, a subsidiary of the Internet Stiftung.

With a total volume of one million euros, netidee, the funding program of the Internet Stiftung, supports projects and university theses on the topic of the internet.

OpenINTEL is a research project of the University of Twente (Netherlands), which is used to measure the state of large parts of the global DNS (Domain Name System). nic.at, a company of the Internet Stiftung, uses the data to analyze attacks on the .at zone.

Success in the fight against criminal networks: the infrastructure of the malware “Emotet” was taken down in a coordinated action by several law enforcement agencies.

This year, netidee SCIENCE, the Internet Stiftungs’s funding campaign, is once again awarding grants of up to 500,000 euros in cooperation with the FWF for foundational scientific research projects that increase the Austrian internet’s quality, reliability, and security.

The registry DNS Belgium (.be, .brussels) is now using the RCodeZero DNS Anycast network of ipcom, a company of the Internet Stiftung.

In their report, nic.at, a company of the Internet Stiftung, provides insightful facts on the topic of “COVID-19”.

Over 1.2 million euros were granted for innovative internet projects, fellowships and research as part of netidee Call 15, the Internet Stiftung’s funding program.

In total, more than 9,000 reports on sexual abuse depictions of minors or national socialist re-activation on the internet were received in 2019.

Not even Covid-19 can stop the team of the Domain-Registry nic.at from supporting a good cause: 2,941 KM completed for the benefit of Herzkinder Austria!

Funding within the netidee funding program follows the “open source principle” meaning project outcomes are made available online to the general public free of charge for use and further development. The Open Source Guide provides an overview of the largest open source projects and communities in Austria.

The Internet Security Report Austria 2019 by CERT.at and GovCERT Austria summarizes the most important topics of the year and provides an overview of the CERT activities.