UK proposes 14-year jail terms for subsea cable saboteurs 2026-10-23 at 15:37 By Sinisa Markovic Damaging a cable on the seabed off the UK coast could soon cost someone 14 years of their life behind bars, under plans the British government published this week. The proposal comes from a White Paper by the Department for […]
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Sovereignty vs. security: Microsoft’s Roger Halbheer says you’re asking the wrong question 2026-10-22 at 10:02 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Roger Halbheer, Customer Security Officer at Microsoft, argues that digital sovereignty is a security question first. He explains why organizations underestimate speed, the time it takes to detect and stop […]
Why Active Directory weaknesses stay open for years in teams with one or two admins 2026-10-16 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz David Fuhr, CTO at intcube, talks about a security cohort for public administration, where 27 municipalities hardened Windows Server and Active Directory together over 12 weeks. This Help Net Security interview covers how a […]
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Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles owner joins growing list of fashion retailers targeted by hackers 2026-10-14 at 13:48 By Sinisa Markovic People who have shopped with Phase Eight, Hobbs or Whistles will have to wait to find out whether their personal information was exposed in a cyberattack on the company behind the three UK fashion […]
Thousands of wind and solar park systems sit exposed on the internet across Europe 2026-10-09 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz Modat and NCSC-NL, the Dutch government’s cybersecurity center, found 8,547 internet-facing systems at wind farms and solar parks in 35 countries in and around the EU that should not be reachable from the internet. The […]
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ASOS confirms data breach after “hacked” app alert reaches shoppers 2026-10-07 at 12:29 By Sinisa Markovic UK fashion retailer ASOS has confirmed a data breach after a notification claiming hackers had broken into its data was sent to shoppers through its app. ASOS was founded in 2000 and has 16.5 million active customers in more […]
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MAKERphone 2: A DIY 4G phone with plug-in camera, speaker and prototyping board 2026-10-05 at 12:50 By Mirko Zorz CircuitMess, a Croatian electronics kit maker, is selling MAKERphone 2.0, a build-it-yourself 4G phone on Kickstarter that buyers program in MicroPython or Arduino C++ and extend with plug-in hardware. Insert a SIM and it makes real […]
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Europe’s technology backbone is becoming a cyber target 2026-09-24 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Disruptive attacks on public-facing services, financially motivated cybercrime and compromises of shared technology providers are increasing cybersecurity risks across Europe. ENISA’s Threat Landscape 2026 identifies cybercrime, state-linked activity, foreign information manipulation and interference, hacktivism and vulnerability exploitation as key threats. Geopolitical […]
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European AI spending is on track to reach nearly $470 billion by 2030 2026-09-22 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz European organizations will spend nearly $470 billion on AI in 2030, IDC forecasts, with spending growing at a compound annual rate of 35% from 2025. At that rate, the market more than quadruples in five years. […]
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Google hit with €403 million GDPR fine over location tracking 2026-09-21 at 15:23 By Anamarija Pogorelec Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Google €403 million (about $463 million) over its processing of users’ location data and ordered the company to bring that processing into compliance within six months. The inquiry examined Google’s practices from […]
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Spain reports first data breach involving autonomous AI agent 2026-09-17 at 11:39 By Sinisa Markovic Spain’s data protection authority (AEPD) has reported its first data breach blamed on an AI agent acting on its own, after the system reportedly logged into a company’s network, found a way to alter personal records, and pulled invoice data. […]
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EU Chief Warns of AI-Powered Hacking, Moves to Rein In Social Media 2026-09-16 at 17:15 By Kevin Townsend Ursula von der Leyen warns that advanced AI could unleash hacking on an unprecedented scale as Europe prepares new protections against social media’s “capture” of children. The post EU Chief Warns of AI-Powered Hacking, Moves to Rein […]
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Self-improving AI should slow down, von der Leyen tells EU lawmakers 2026-09-16 at 14:28 By Mirko Zorz European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants frontier AI development slowed, and said on Wednesday that she will invite the leading AI labs to discuss how the EU can support their own efforts to do that. In […]
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ENISA launched the CRA Single Reporting Platform for actively exploited vulnerabilities 2026-09-14 at 15:23 By Sinisa Markovic The EU Agency for Cybersecurity switched on the Cyber Resilience Act‘s Single Reporting Platform on 11 September 2026, the same day the law’s reporting obligations started binding manufacturers. ENISA built the tool and runs its day-to-day operations, a […]
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What we know about the Revolut data breach so far 2026-09-14 at 10:02 By Mirko Zorz Someone impersonating a government agency, using an email address on that agency’s domain, obtained sensitive customer records from Revolut. The bank confirmed the incident on Saturday, September 12. The London-based fintech told TechCrunch that a limited number of customers […]
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Berlin refuses to be blackmailed after network breach 2026-09-01 at 12:07 By Sinisa Markovic Berlin’s state government has confirmed an extortion attempt following a data theft from its administrative network in August. Governing Mayor Kai Wegner and Interior Senator Iris Spranger addressed the extortion attempt on Friday, following an emergency Senate session at the Rotes […]
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France’s tax authority admits hackers made off with data on 678,000 individuals 2026-08-17 at 17:20 By Sinisa Markovic France’s tax authority has disclosed a data breach after an attacker accessed the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) systems, saying the intrusion exposed data on 678,000 individuals and professionals. The incident came to light after an […]
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Police bust cybercrime ring accused of stealing €30 million in four-day spree 2026-08-17 at 11:08 By Sinisa Markovic German and Brazilian police dismantled an international bank fraud ring blamed for a €30 million cyberattack on a German financial institution, arresting four people in Brazil and pursuing three more suspects in Spain and Bulgaria. Brazilian police […]
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Ukrainian police raid 94 fraudulent call centers, seize $2 million 2026-08-14 at 10:56 By Sinisa Markovic Ukrainian police have disrupted 94 fraudulent call centers during a nationwide operation that involved more than 400 searches and the seizure of thousands of computers, phones, and SIM cards. Ukrainian police raid at a fraudulent call center (Source: Cyberpolice […]
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17 draft Cyber Resilience Act standards are open for comment 2026-08-14 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec A company selling a connected toy in Europe must show by the end of 2027 that the product meets the Cyber Resilience Act. The law states what manufacturers have to achieve and stops there, which leaves the toymaker to […]
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