cybersecurity
Updating your password to be longer and contain a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols can increase the time it takes a hacker to crack it even as password encryption measures improve, according to the IT firm Hive Systems. The company released its 2024 password table which displays the time needed to hack a password using the best consumer-accessible hardware. The table is updated every year. Many websites currently require a password of at least eight characters with a mix of letters, numbers, or symbols, but we might be due for an upgrade, experts say, as a longer password offers a signific...
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The breach, dating back to early 2024, was uncovered two weeks ago as the European Parliament intensified efforts to reinforce its cybersecurity in preparation for the upcoming European elections in June, a press officer from the European Parliament told Euronews. The compromised application which has now been taken offline is called 'PEOPLE', and collated sensitive information related to around 8,000 candidates for temporary positions (including parliamentary assistants and contractual agents) and provided them with details about the recruitment process. "All active or past users potentially ...
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France’s request for legal clarification on the pending cybersecurity certification for cloud services (EUCS) has been rebuffed by the EU Council, a spokesperson told Euronews. The request by the French, sent mid-April, blocked a deal among the national governments on the certification scheme drafted by EU cyber agency ENISA which would allow companies to demonstrate that certified ICT solutions offer the right level of cybersecurity protection for the EU market. France wanted clarification on how adoption of the EUCS would impact the future of national schemes. The country has its own domesti...
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Cyber security defenders are preparing for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games. The so-called cyberwarriors have studied and analysed potential hackers' strengths, tactics and weaknesses. Threats could be anyone from teenage show-offs and ransomware gangs to Russian military hackers with a track record of malicious cyberattacks that threaten to paralyse the IT systems vital for the sporting contest. But unlike the 10,500 Olympians who will converge on France’s capital in July, the cybersecurity engineers behind the Games hope to stay out the spotlight. For them, the equivalent of a medal will be ...
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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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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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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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