European Cybersecurity Month: What the data tells us about staying
safe online
October marks the European Cybersecurity Month, the EU’s yearly
campaign to help people and organisations stay safe online.
Coordinated by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
[https://www.enisa.europa.eu/] and the European Commission, the
campaign brings together awareness-raising activities and events
across Europe.

Ahead of the campaign, on Tuesday, 22 September, ENISA published
its Threat Landscape 2026 report
[https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/enisa-threat-landscape-2026],
covering the main cyber threats faced by the EU in 2025. Ransomware,
which locks files or systems until payment is made, remains the most
impactful threat. Public administration is the most targeted sector,
while hacktivists continue to use distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
attacks to overwhelm websites. The report also warns that AI is
increasingly supporting attacks, including phishing messages designed
to steal personal information.

Open data supports cybersecurity awareness by showing how people
respond to online risks and where gaps in knowledge or protective
behaviour remain. Through the European Data Portal
[https://data.europa.eu/en], users can access datasets on privacy and
personal data protection, including information on whether people
check website security or restrict access to their personal data.
Better access to these data can improve public understanding of online
risks and support stronger digital resilience across Europe.

Find out more about Europe’s evolving cyber risks in the ENISA
Threat Landscape 2026
[https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/enisa-threat-landscape-2026],
browse cybersecurity-related datasets
[https://data.europa.eu/data/combined?locale=en&query=cybersecurity]
on the European Data Portal and see what the data story 'Spotting
disinformation: How confident are Europeans in a digital age?'
[https://data.europa.eu/en/publications/datastories/spotting-disinformation-how-confident-are-europeans-digital-age-0]
reveals about people’s confidence in identifying false information
online.

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Publication Date/Time
2026-10-13T09:00:00+00:00
The EU’s latest threat report highlights today’s main online risks
and how open data can help us understand them