Data Breaches

Data Breaches

Watchdog investigates Europol over ‘irregular’ data processing claims

The European Data Protection Supervisor is investigating Europol’s data processing environment, after an investigation by Computer Weekly, Correctiv and Solomon exposed serious data protection and security failures

Ransomware

3AM Affiliate Embraces AI-Like Loops in European School Attack

Evidence suggests a model may have generated and revised commands during the ransom gang's breach, though researchers stopped short of claiming full automation.

Data Breaches

Attack on email hosting provider for German far right party AfD exposed 345k accounts

Alternative für Deutschland swats away scandals as reporters swarm leaked email tranche

Vulnerabilities

EU makes progress towards PHP patching, UK lags behind

Five days into the PHP2Shell incident, and patch rates are creeping upwards, but the majority of publicly visible PHP hosts remain exposed

Data Breaches

Millions of phones exposed to Israeli spyware operation through online ads, researchers say

EU and NATO websites displayed online ads linked to Israeli hacking software.

Data Breaches

The Noise Inside the Network: How an Unsophisticated Attack Exposed a Third-Party Risk

Unit 42 dissects a cyberattack targeting a European bank's IT infrastructure, delivering concrete defense strategies to help organizations detect and counter comparable threats.

Ransomware

Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation

Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a 23-year-old convicted cybercriminal on suspicion of aiding in data thefts and extortions by the prolific hacker group ShinyHunters. In the days immediately following the…