Security News

Vietnamese Hacker Group Deploys New PXA Stealer Targeting Europe and Asia
2024-11-15 11:12

A Vietnamese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an information-stealing campaign targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia with a new Python-based malware called PXA...

Industrial companies in Europe targeted with GuLoader
2024-11-07 13:39

A recent spear-phishing campaign targeting industrial and engineering companies in Europe was aimed at saddling victims with the popular GuLoader downloader and, ultimately, a remote access trojan...

GoldenJackal APT group breaches air-gapped systems in Europe
2024-10-09 04:00

ESET researchers have discovered a series of attacks that took place in Europe from May 2022 to March 2024, where the attackers used a toolset capable of targeting air-gapped systems, in a...

Ireland's Watchdog Launches Inquiry into Google's AI Data Practices in Europe
2024-09-12 10:32

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced that it has commenced a "Cross-Border statutory inquiry" into Google's foundational artificial intelligence (AI) model to determine whether...

DragonRank Black Hat SEO Campaign Targeting IIS Servers Across Asia and Europe
2024-09-11 15:39

A "simplified Chinese-speaking actor" has been linked to a new campaign that has targeted multiple countries in Asia and Europe with the end goal of performing search engine optimization (SEO)...

Uber fined $325 million for moving driver data from Europe to US
2024-08-26 16:29

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) has imposed a fine of €290,000,000 ($325 million) on Uber Technologies Inc. and Uber B.V. over GDPR violations. [...]

China-Backed Earth Baku Expands Cyber Attacks to Europe, Middle East, and Africa
2024-08-14 05:01

The China-backed threat actor known as Earth Baku has diversified its targeting footprint beyond the Indo-Pacific region to include Europe, the Middle East, and Africa starting in late 2022. Newly...

Navigating Europe’s digital identity crossroads
2024-07-08 08:54

The trouble is that while we think of the world as a digital one, digital identity is a problem yet to be solved. As a blueprint for the national digital identity schemes, eIDAS 2.0 introduces the concept of the EU digital identity wallet.

UK Trails Behind Europe in Technical Skills Proficiency, Coursera Report Finds
2024-06-12 08:00

The U.K. is by no means a reflection of Europe as a whole when it comes to technical proficiency. "We must strive for greater collaboration between higher education institutions, government and the technology industry to meet the rapidly evolving skill requirements of the digital economy. Without this collaboration and the right level of investment, we will continue to fall behind in technical skills proficiency."

Photos: Infosecurity Europe 2024
2024-06-05 12:53

Infosecurity Europe is taking place at ExCel London from 4-6 June 2024. Help Net Security is on-site. This gallery takes you inside the event. The featured vendors are: Plainsea, Qualys, Akamai,...