Security News

French police push PlugX malware self-destruct payload to clean PCs
2024-07-25 15:24

The French police and Europol are pushing out a "Disinfection solution" that automatically removes the PlugX malware from infected devices in France. The operation is conducted by the Center for the Fight Against Digital Crime of the National Gendarmerie with assistance by French cybersecurity firm Sekoia, which sinkholed a command and control server for a widely distributed PlugX variant last April.

French Diplomatic Entities Targeted in Russian-Linked Cyber Attacks
2024-06-20 14:00

State-sponsored actors with ties to Russia have been linked to targeted cyber attacks aimed at French diplomatic entities, the country's information security agency ANSSI said in an advisory. The...

Russia's cyber spies still threatening French national security, democracy
2024-06-20 12:27

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French state bidding for piece of Atos, offers €700M
2024-06-14 11:33

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French hospital CHC-SV refuses to pay LockBit extortion demand
2024-05-01 16:38

The Hôpital de Cannes - Simone Veil in France announced it received a ransom demand from the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang, saying they refuse to pay the ransom. Yesterday, the establishment announced on X that it has received a ransom demand by the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware operation, which it forwarded to the Gendarmerie and the National Agency for Information Systems Security.

France willing to buy key Atos assets to keep them French
2024-04-29 13:00

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French issue alerte rouge after local governments knocked offline by cyber attack
2024-04-12 05:30

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Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people's data
2024-03-14 16:06

A French government department - responsible for registering and assisting unemployed people - is the latest victim of a mega data breach that compromised the information of up to 43 million citizens. "The database allegedly extracted illicitly contains the personal identification data of people currently registered, people previously registered over the last 20 years as well as people not registered on the list of job seekers but having a candidate space on francetravail.fr," the statement reads, which was translated electronically from French.

French unemployment agency data breach impacts 43 million people
2024-03-14 13:32

France Travail has informed the country's data protection agency, the National Commission of Informatique and Liberties, which stated that up to 43 million people may be impacted. This data increases the risk of identity theft and phishing for the exposed individuals, so the agency recommends potentially impacted people to be particularly vigilant with emails, phone calls, and SMS they receive.

French government sites disrupted by très grande DDoS
2024-03-12 06:26

Several French government websites have been disrupted by a severe distributed denial of service attack. A statement from prime minister Gabriel Attal's office acknowledged that some sites were in trouble as of Sunday night, and mentioned conventional attacks of unprecedented intensity.