Security News

TikTok fined €530 million for sending European user data to China
2025-05-02 12:14

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok €530 million (over $601 million) for illegally transferring the personal data of users in the European Economic Area (EEA) to China,...

APT29 Deploys GRAPELOADER Malware Targeting European Diplomats Through Wine-Tasting Lures
2025-04-20 04:58

The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT29 has been linked to an advanced phishing campaign that's targeting diplomatic entities across Europe with a new variant of WINELOADER and a...

Russians lure European diplomats into malware trap with wine-tasting invite
2025-04-16 12:29

Vintage phishing varietal has improved with age Russia never stops using proven tactics, and its Cozy Bear, aka APT 29, cyber-spies are once again trying to lure European diplomats into...

Meta to resume AI training on content shared by Europeans
2025-04-14 15:33

Meta announced today that it will soon start training its artificial intelligence models using content shared by European adult users on its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms. [...]

North Korean Hackers Disguised as IT Workers Targeting UK, European Companies, Google Finds
2025-04-04 08:21

The attackers pose as legitimate remote IT workers, looking to both generate revenue and access sensitive company data through employment. "Europe needs to wake up fast,” according to Google’s...

North Korean IT workers set their sights on European organizations
2025-04-02 09:49

North Korean IT workers are expanding their efforts beyond the US, and are seeking to fraudulently gain employment with organizations around the world, but most especially in Europe. According to...

North Korea’s fake tech workers now targeting European employers
2025-04-02 05:58

With help from UK operatives, because it’s getting tougher to run the scam in the USA North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.…

Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows
2025-03-03 13:15

Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored Microsoft has completed its EU data boundary, however, analysts and some regional...

UAC-0063 Expands Cyber Attacks to European Embassies Using Stolen Documents
2025-01-29 05:52

The advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as UAC-0063 has been observed leveraging legitimate documents obtained by infiltrating one victim to attack another target with the goal of...

Europeans targeted with new Tor-using backdoor and infostealers
2025-01-28 12:57

A financially motivated threat actor has been targeting German and Polish-speaking users with info-stealing malware and TorNet, a previously undocumented .NET backdoor that leverages the Tor...