European Union

Malware & Threats

Issued by: DataBreach Today

The European Union sanctioned four Russian domestic intelligence agency hackers including two military officers who participated in what researchers have described as “hack and leak” operations against Western governments. The two officers are part of a Federal Security Service hacking group known as Callisto Group and Coldriver and formerly tracked by Microsoft as Seaborgium. The…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: DataBreach Today

A European Parliament committee investigating the abuse of commercial spyware tools such as Pegasus recommended a slew of new regulatory safeguards but dropped a preliminary call for a moratorium. In place of a continental pause on European Union member governments’ deployment of spyware that can surreptitiously infect smartphones to record the location, telephone calls and…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Security Week

The European Union last year unveiled tough draft rules targeting tech giants like Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook that could shake up the way Big Tech does business. Cook, speaking at the VivaTech convention for startups in Paris, took aim at some of the rules that target online “gatekeepers” such as Apple which controls which…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

The EU last year recorded around 450 cyber incidents involving European infrastructure, notably in the financial and energy sectors, and the pandemic has highlighted Europe’s deep dependence on the internet and exposed security weaknesses. The EU’s current Network Information System regulations date from 2008, and the European Commission’s new proposals aim to bring them up…