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France has requested an opinion by the Council’s legal service on the pending cybersecurity certification for cloud services (EUCS), blocking a deal among the member states, a close source has told Euronews. The country wants to know more about how adoption of the EUCS would impact the future of national schemes, according to the outcome of the European Cybersecurity Certification Group (ECCG). France has its own domestic security qualification – SecNumCloud – developed by the French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI), designed to ensure the robustness of cloud solutions with rising cyberat...
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A Finnish cybersecurity firm said on Wednesday it had discovered previously unknown malware that installs a virtual backdoor in certain Windows systems and makes them vulnerable to attack. The malware, codenamed Kapeka, could be linked to the Russian hacker group Sandworm, which is operated by the Russian military intelligence service (GRU), the company WithSecure said. Sandworm is particularly notorious for its attacks against Ukraine's power grid. WithSecure's findings were confirmed by Microsoft, which labels the malware KnuckleTouch. Rüdiger Trost, security expert at WithSecure, described ...
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Deepfake fraudulent identity verification attempts have surged by 3,000% over the past year, pointing to an emerging threat as new ways of financial scams emerge. Using false or stolen identity is the number one way of fraudulently getting into a bank account, and victims across the globe are being deprived of billions of their own hard-earned cash. Now, scammers are fooling people using the new technology of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can imitate people's voices or appearances to get access to their banks accounts. How do you know who to believe?A recent example of dee...
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By Hera Rizwan The Indian government has plugged a longstanding cybersecurity leak, which exposed vast amounts of citizens' data for over two years, after persistent complaints and follow-ups by an independent security researcher. Sourajeet Majumdar, a security researcher who brought the breach to light, told Decode numerous documents containing personal information of citizens, such as Aadhaar numbers, COVID-19 vaccination records, and passport details, were publicly accessible online. "I became aware of the breach in 2022, following which I promptly notified the authorities and sought assist...
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Ein britischer Medienbericht hat die Identität des Chefs einer mächtigen israelischen Überwachungsbehörde offengelegt. Hintergrund sei ein «peinlicher Sicherheitsfehler», schrieb die Zeitung «The Guardian». Jossi Sariel soll demnach seine Identität versehentlich online preisgegeben haben. Ein mutmaßlich von ihm veröffentlichtes Buch enthalte eine anonyme E-Mail-Adresse. Diese führe zu einem privaten Google-Konto, das auf seinen Namen laufen soll. Die angegebene E-Mail-Adresse nutze der Offizier nicht privat, auch nicht in der Vergangenheit, teilte die Armee auf Anfrage mit. Nach Angaben des «G...
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Chinese-affiliated actors are using social media and AI-generated content in an attempt to influence geopolitics, according to a new report from Microsoft. In a post published on Thursday, Clint Watts, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center's general manager, said fake social media accounts are being used to "sow division and possibly influence the outcome of the US presidential election". Chinese actors have also used AI-generated content in recent months to influence the perception of certain topics but there is "little evidence" that it has worked, Microsoft continued. Microsoft criticised fo...
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Companies could see cybersecurity certification for cloud services (EUCS) approved by April 15, after EU cybersecurity agency ENISA published a new draft text aiming to overcome a current deadlock in negotiations. Discussion has been ongoing for the past three years on a voluntary certification scheme for cloud services after the European Commission asked ENISA in 2019 to prepare such a scheme. This would allow companies to demonstrate that certified ICT solutions offer the right level of cybersecurity protection for the EU market. According to the draft text seen by Euronews, dated March 22, ...
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Only Croatia has so far officially notified the European Commission about a partial transposition of EU cybersecurity rules, designed to protect critical entities, such as energy, transport, banking, water and digital infrastructures, against major incidents. National laws implementing the Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2) should be in place in all EU countries by 17 October this year, following its approval in 2022. Some other countries, including Belgium, Finland and the Netherlands, have begun a consultation process. French lawmakers have also begun preparatory work to tra...
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The European Commission is encouraging EU member states to support a French candidate when they vote next month on a new leader for standardisation body ETSI, over fears of links between two other key contenders with foreign businesses. The commission told national representatives that “standardisation bodies are becoming more political” and therefore asked them to back French candidate Gilles Brégant, director of the French spectrum agency ANFR and a former employee of the French Economy Ministry, for the job, according to minutes of a recent meeting seen by Euronews. Also up for the job are ...
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A court in the UK is scheduled Tuesday to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gets one final appeal to challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges are due to issue a judgment in the High Court that could put an end to Assange's long legal saga or further extend it. If he fails in winning the right to appeal, his legal team fears he could be swiftly sent to the US to face charges, though they’re likely to ask the European Court of Human Rights to block any transfer. Why is WikiLeaks founder and hacker Julian Assange facing extradition to the US?Assange,...
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