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CYBER3d agoFrench Socialist party primary vote extended due to cyberattackThe first round of France's Socialist Party's primary has been extended until 6pm on Sunday after a cyberattack slowed down proceedings, organisers said. An investigation is underway.RFI [en]
CYBER3d agoDrivers warned car smart features could be used to spy on youThe Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) called for “awareness of espionage risks around modern vehicles”birminghammail · united kingdom
CYBER3d agoIndian man sentenced in Paris over a global Discord ring accused of abusing childrennewindianexpress · india
CYBER4d agoASOS Breach Reveals the Risks in Customer-Facing SaaSThe attack on the British retailer shows that compromising a single identity can lead to much deeper penetration of the corporate network.Dark Reading
CYBER4d agoWhy A Starlink Test In Italy Has Iran’s Internet Censors WorriedA Starlink trial on an Italian hilltop connected an ordinary smartphone to the Internet without mobile coverage, a satellite dish, or an external antenna. The demonstration quickly drew attention in Iran, where Internet access remains heavily filtered and authorities imposed a near-total blackout during the January protests. As Hannah Kaviani from RFE/RL's Radio Farda program Negah-e-Farda (Iran Tomorrow) explains, for many Iranians the test raised a provocative possibility: getting online without relying on infrastructure the state can control or switch off.RFE/RL
CYBER4d agoThree in four EU workers face suspicious emails and links, report findsPhishing remains the most common cyber threat — only one in two respondents say they are able to spot a deepfake video.EuroNews [en]
CYBER4d agoUkraine strikes Russian tech giant’s data centresFinancial Times
CYBER5d agoEU cyber and science researchers are testing Chinese AI modelsThe EU's cyber agency ENISA and the Joint Research Centre confirm for the first time that they are testing Chinese open-source AI models.Politico Europe
CYBER5d agoFire rages at Yandex data centre after Ukraine drone attackEuroNews [en]
CYBER5d agoPro-Russian hacker group NoName targets Italian Foreign Ministry websiteChecks are under way on the websites of Italian embassies and consulates abroad following a suspected similar cyberattack by pro-Russian hackersEuroNews [en]
CYBER5d agoUAC-0099 Targets Ukrainian Government Personnel With ASHVEIN RAT Hiding Commands in HTMLThe Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0099 has been attributed to a previously undocumented .NET infostealer and remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed ASHVEIN. According to TrendAI, the malware has been put to use in attacks targeting Ukrainian government personnel. The cybersecurity company is tracking the cluster under the name Earth Sirrush (previously SHADOW-EARTH-065). ASHVEIN,The Hacker News
CYBER5d agoWebsites of major Russian news outlets stop loading after Ukraine’s attack on Yandex data centerMeduza [en]
CYBER5d agoFormer head of German intelligence may have passed information to ChinaNOS Buitenland
CYBER5d agoAs Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian data centers, could Ukraine soon be offline?DW News [en]
CYBER5d agoWazza Phishkit Targets Banking, Government, and Manufacturing Across the US, EU, and AustraliaPhishing kits are no longer limited to copying a familiar login page and waiting for a victim to enter credentials. Attackers are increasingly building filtering, session management, and traffic controls into the infrastructure that delivers the phishing page itself. ANY.RUN has identified Wazza, a new phishkit targeting banking, manufacturing, and government organizations across the US, EuropeThe Hacker News
CYBER5d agoUK, Germany to launch partnership to counter cyberattacks as Burnham visits BerlinBritain ⁠and Germany ​will launch a joint partnership to ​counter sabotage and cyberattacks as Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor Friedrich Merz meet ​in ‌Berlin on Thursday, shortly ⁠after both leaders warned of the hybrid threat ‌from Russia. France 24's Nick Holdsworth has the latest from Berlin.France 24 [en]
CYBER5d agoDenmark introduces bill to protect people’s faces and voices from deepfakesThe bill follows a broad political agreement reached in June 2025 but would still allow satire, parody and political or social criticism unless it constitutes misinformation posing serious dangers to others.EuroNews [en]
CYBER5d agoUK and Germany to launch security pact against Russian sabotage and cyber attacksThe prime minister’s trip comes amid an intelligence scandal that has rocked GermanyThe Independent World
CYBER6d agoFrance and US shut down platform selling sexual images of women and girlsA joint French-US operation against an online platform that sold private sexual content stolen from over 17,000 women worldwide led to the arrests of two brothers in northern France and the seizure of over €700,000 in bitcoin.Le Monde [en]
CYBEROct 6Europol's AI reinforcements raise privacy protection concernsL’agence européenne de coopération des services de police devra faire face à la fois aux cybercriminels et aux défenseurs de la vie privée.Politico Europe
CYBEROct 6Milan court rules against Google in right to be forgotten caseOnline search giant will appeal rulingANSA [en]
CYBEROct 6I am Giorgia Meloni: The Italian Prime Minister wants to register her voice as a trademark to protect herself from deepfakesGiorgia Meloni a saisi lundi 5 octobre l’office européen des marques pour mieux défendre sa voix contre les imitations par IA.Le Figaro International
CYBERBREAKINGOct 6Fashion site Asos possibly hacked, customers receive strange notificationDe Britse modesite Asos is mogelijk gehackt. Gebruikers van de app ontvingen vanochtend een cryptische notificatie op hun telefoon, waaruit kan worden opgemaakt dat het kledingbedrijf is gehackt. Op sociale media delen klanten screenshots van de notificatie. Het bericht is gericht aan het beveiligingsteam van Asos. "We hebben de Snowflake-omgeving volledig in onze macht", luidt de tekst. Snowflake ontwikkelt software voor bedrijven en biedt ook een dienst aan voor het opslaan en analyseren van data. Onder meer de Britse krant The Independent schrijft over de mogelijke hack. Volgens de krant isNOS Buitenland
CYBEROct 6MEP Lena Schilling describes ‘immense shock’ after finding nude deepfakes of herselfGreen MEP Lena Schilling has described nude deepfake images of herself and several other MEPs as “unacceptable”, saying their creators tried to take her “dignity away”.EuroNews [en]