Cybersecurity

Russia is trying to sabotage European railways, Czech minister said

Russia is trying to sabotage European railways, Czech minister said Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2024 Czech transport minister warned that Russia conducted ‘thousands’ of attempts to sabotage railways, attempting to interfere with train networks and signals. Early this month, the Czech transport minister Martin Kupka warned that Russia has conducted ‘thousands’ of attempts to sabotage […]

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Phishing Attacks Targeting Political Parties, Germany Warns

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Social Engineering Escalation of Cyberespionage Likely Tied to Upcoming European Elections Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 4, 2024     German agencies including the Federal Office for Information Security warned about an uptick in phishing emails targeting political parties. (Image: Shutterstock) German federal agencies warned that phishing attacks targeting political […]

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New DoNex Ransomware Observed in the World Targeting Enterprises

European & US-based businesses are on high alert due to a recent ransomware strain known as “DoNex,” which has been actively infecting networks and taking victims. Cybersecurity professionals are working nonstop to comprehend the entire extent of the attack and create countermeasures in response to this emerging threat. Several companies have been listed as victims […]

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EU Agrees ‘Cyber Solidarity Act’ to Bolster Incident Response and Reco

The European Union (EU) has agreed new rules to strengthen cyber incident response and recovery across member states, which has been dubbed the ‘cyber solidarity act.’ The provisional regulation aims to make the EU more resilient and reactive to cyber threats via new cooperation mechanisms. This includes the establishment of an EU-wide cybersecurity alert system, […]

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EU adopts first cybersecurity certification scheme for safer tech – Help Net Security

The European Commission adopted the implementing regulation concerning the EU cybersecurity certification scheme on Common Criteria (EUCC). The outcome aligns with the candidate cybersecurity certification scheme on EUCC that ENISA drafted in response to a request issued by the European Commission. In drafting the candidate scheme, ENISA was supported by an Ad-hoc working group (AHWG) […]

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Microsoft to keep all European cloud customers’ personal data within EU

Microsoft will store all cloud customers’ personal data within the European Union rather than allowing transfers abroad, the company said on Thursday — the latest step in ongoing efforts by cloud providers to navigate varying privacy regulations across jurisdictions. Under the new policy, Microsoft will keep within what it calls the “EU data boundary” all […]