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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JSP webshells being dropped on unpatched PTC Windchill instances 2026-06-29 at 19:18 By Zeljka Zorz The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a vulnerability (CVE-2026-12569) in Windchill and FlexPLM, two product lifecycle management software platforms developed by PTC, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Entries in the KEV catalog don’t contain links […]
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Thieves can pull off keyless car theft in under a minute and here’s how to stop them 2026-06-05 at 09:24 By Mirko Zorz A keyless car can be stolen in under a minute. Two people, a pair of cheap radio amplifiers, and a fob sitting on a hallway table inside the house. That is enough. […]
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Police take down relaunched criminal marketplace with 22,000 users, €3.6 million in revenue 2026-05-11 at 16:48 By Sinisa Markovic German authorities shut down a relaunched version of the criminal marketplace Crimenetwork and arrested its suspected operator. The domain seizure notice (Source: BKA) A special unit of the Spanish National Police arrested the suspected 35-year-old German […]
Germany Suspects Russia Is Behind Signal Phishing That Targeted Top Officials 2026-04-28 at 14:02 By Associated Press Federal prosecutors have been conducting a preliminary investigation since mid-February 2026 into alleged cyberattacks on Signal accounts. The post Germany Suspects Russia Is Behind Signal Phishing That Targeted Top Officials appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]
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German Police Unmask REvil Ransomware Leader 2026-04-07 at 12:55 By Ionut Arghire Shchukin is accused of extorting more than $2 million as the head of the GandCrab and REvil ransomware operations. The post German Police Unmask REvil Ransomware Leader appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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State-backed phishing attacks targeting military officials and journalists on Signal 2026-02-06 at 16:53 By Zeljka Zorz German security authorities are warning that a likely state-backed hacking group is engaged in attempts at phishing senior political figures, military officials, diplomats, and investigative journalists across Germany and Europe via Signal. The authorities also noted that while these […]
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Cryptomixer crypto laundering service taken down by law enforcement 2025-12-01 at 16:57 By Zeljka Zorz German and Swiss law enforcement agencies have taken down Cryptomixer, an illegal cryptocurrency mixer service, and have confiscated over 25 million euros (approximately $29 million) in Bitcoin. The Cryptomixer seizure banner As part of Operation Olympia, and with support from […]
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Germany takes first step toward quantum-secure national ID cards 2025-11-11 at 16:59 By Industry News Since its introduction in 2010, Germany’s national ID card with its built-in online identification feature has set a high standard for security. The next generation must now withstand potential quantum-computer attacks, covering both hardware and software, as each card will […]
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North Korea’s IT workers are targeting firms beyond tech, crypto, and the U.S. 2025-10-01 at 17:24 By Zeljka Zorz North Korea’s clandestine IT Worker (ITW) program, which is long known for targeting U.S. technology firms and crypto firms, has broadened its scope to attempt to infiltrate a variety of industries worldwide, including finance, healthcare, public […]
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Vodafone Germany Fined $51 Million Over Privacy, Security Failures 2025-06-05 at 09:50 By Eduard Kovacs Germany fined Vodafone $51 million for failing to protect user data from partners and unauthorized third-parties. The post Vodafone Germany Fined $51 Million Over Privacy, Security Failures appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]
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German Authorities Take Down Crypto Swapping Service eXch 2025-05-12 at 13:22 By Ionut Arghire German authorities seized the servers of crypto-swapping service eXch for laundering approximately $1.9 billion in fraudulent assets. The post German Authorities Take Down Crypto Swapping Service eXch appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Cybercrime forums Cracked and Nulled seized, operators arrested 2025-01-30 at 18:50 By Zeljka Zorz Law enforcement from Germany, Australia, Spain, Greece, Romania, Italy, France and the USA have seized and shut down Cracked and Nulled, the two largest cybercrime forums in the world. The takedown notice (Source: German Federal Criminal Police Office) “The websites “nulled.to” […]
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Configuration files for 15,000 Fortinet firewalls leaked. Are yours among them? 2025-01-16 at 13:03 By Zeljka Zorz A threat actor has leaked configuration files (aka configs) for over 15,000 Fortinet Fortigate firewalls and associated admin and user credentials. The collection has been leaked on Monday and publicized on an underground forum by the threat actor […]
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European companies hit with effective DocuSign-themed phishing emails 2024-12-18 at 14:07 By Zeljka Zorz A threat actor looking to take over the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure of European companies has successfully compromised accounts of multiple victims in different firms, according to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers. The phishing campaign The attack started earlier this […]
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Organizations are changing cybersecurity providers in wake of Crowdstrike outage 2024-09-23 at 15:46 By Zeljka Zorz More often than not, a cyber attack or a cyber incident that results in business disruption will spur organizations to make changes to improve their cybersecurity and cyber resilience – and sometimes that means changing cybersecurity providers. The recent […]
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Vulnerability in Cisco Webex cloud service exposed government authorities, companies 2024-06-05 at 22:33 By Zeljka Zorz The vulnerability that allowed a German journalist to discover links to video conference meetings held by Bundeswehr (the German armed forces) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) via their self-hosted Cisco Webex instances similarly affected the Webex […]
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Cisco Patches Webex Bugs Following Exposure of German Government Meetings 2024-06-05 at 13:02 By Eduard Kovacs Cisco has released a security advisory after researchers discovered that the German government’s Webex meetings were exposed. The post Cisco Patches Webex Bugs Following Exposure of German Government Meetings appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]
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Deutsche Bank joins Singapore’s asset tokenization project 2024-05-14 at 16:03 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Deutsche Bank joined Singapore’s tokenization project soon after reiterating skepticism about transparency about the world’s largest stablecoin, Tether. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Blockchain adoption in healthcare faces serious obstacles in Germany 2024-05-13 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Veronika Rinecker Blockchain technology could enhance healthcare digitalization, but privacy concerns are hampering adoption. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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