Ban Pegasus spyware, urges European Union Data Protection Supervisor

The European Data Protection Supervisor EDPS has urged the EU to ban the development and deployment of spyware with the capabilities of Pegasus to protect fundamental rights and freedoms. What is Pegasus? On July 18, a group of 17 newspaper and media organizations—aided by Amnesty International’s...

Russian APT Hackers Used COVID-19 Lures to Target European Diplomats

The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT29 targeted European diplomatic missions and Ministries of Foreign Affairs as part of a series of spear-phishing campaigns mounted in October and November 2021. According to ESET's T3 2021 Threat Report shared with The Hacker News, the intrusions paved t...

Iranian state-sponsored APT group MuddyWater targeting organizations via malicious executables

THREAT LEVEL: Red. United States Cyber Command USCYBERCOM has warned of an ongoing cyber attack by Iranian state sponsored actor named as MuddyWater. This APT group is currently targeting Middle Eastern countries and has also targeted European and North American nations. The Iranian-backed...

Hackers Exploited 0-Day Vulnerability in Zimbra Email Platform to Spy on Users

A threat actor, likely Chinese in origin, is actively attempting to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform as part of spear-phishing campaigns that commenced in December 2021. The espionage operation — codenamed "EmailThief" — was detailed by cybersecurity compa...

LockBit ransomware hits French Ministry of Justice & European firms

By Waqas The LockBit ransomware operators claim to have hit business in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and United Kingdom. The… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LockBit ransomware hits French Ministry of Justice & European firms...

DDoS attacks on Minecraft event crippled the internet of a European country

By Waqas The series of DDoS attacks took place during a live online gaming event titled "SqiudCraft" inspired by Netflixs… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DDoS attacks on Minecraft event crippled the internet of a European country...

Digital COVID Certificates 信任管理问题漏洞

Digital COVID Certificates is a digital COVID certificate for the European Union, designed to help facilitate the free movement and travel of EU citizens and non-EU nationals within the EU. A security vulnerability exists in Digital COVID Certificates that stems from the product allowing the use ...

Apple’s Private Relay Is Being Blocked

Some European cell phone carriers, and now T-Mobile, are blocking Apples Private Relay anonymous browsing feature. This could be an interesting battle to watch. Slashdot thread...

The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance

Its not actually banned in the EU yet -- the legislative process is much more complicated than that -- but its a step: a total ban on biometric mass surveillance. To respect "privacy and human dignity," MEPs said that EU lawmakers should pass a permanent ban on the automated recognition of...

Career Navigator talk for IT Hub College

Last week I gave a "Career Navigator" talk for the students of the IT Hub College in Moscow. By the way, this college has a very interesting practical information security program. If it is relevant for you, check it out. Ive never talked so much about myself in public. It was like giving advises...

Rapid7 Statement on the New Standard Contractual Clauses for International Transfers of Personal Data

Context: On June 4, 2021, the European Commission published new standard contractual clauses “New SCCs". Under the General Data Protection Regulation “GDPR", transfers of personal data to countries outside of the European Economic Area EEA must meet certain conditions. The New SCCs are an approve...

FIN7 Hackers Using Windows 11 Themed Documents to Drop Javascript Backdoor

A recent wave of spear-phishing campaigns leveraged weaponized Windows 11 Alpha-themed Word documents with Visual Basic macros to drop malicious payloads, including a JavaScript implant, against a point-of-sale PoS service provider located in the U.S. The attacks, which are believed to have taken...

WhatsApp hit with €225 million fine for GDPR violations

WhatsApp was hit with a €225 million fine for violating the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR, the European Union’s sweeping data protection law that has been in effect for more than three years. The fine represents the highest ever penalty levied by the Irish Data Protection Commission,...

Level 4 Autonomous Cars Allowed on German Roads

The country is set to take a pioneering role with its latest autonomous vehicle law, temporarily bridging gaps until more concise international and European legal frameworks are set...

UNC215: Spotlight on a Chinese Espionage Campaign in Israel

This blog post details the post-compromise tradecraft and operational tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs of a Chinese espionage group we track as UNC215. While UNC215’s targets are located throughout the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and North America, this report focuses on intrusion activity...

Android Malware ‘FlyTrap’ Hijacks Facebook Accounts

Researchers have uncovered a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap, that’s spread to more than 10,000 victims via rigged apps on third-party app stores, sideloaded apps and hijacked Facebook accounts. In a report posted on Monday, Zimperium’s zLabs mobile threat research teams wrote that FlyTrap has...

The European Space Agency Launches Hackable Satellite

Of course this is hackable: A sophisticated telecommunications satellite that can be completely repurposed while in space has launched. … Because the satellite can be reprogrammed in orbit, it can respond to changing demands during its lifetime. … The satellite can detect and characterise any rog...

No More Ransom Saves Victims Nearly €1 billion Over 5 Years

To date, the No More Ransom repository of ransomware decryptors has helped more than 6 million victims recover their files, keeping nearly a billion euros out of the hands of cybercriminals, according to a Monday release. Launched five years ago, No More Ransom is maintained via cooperation betwe...

The SolarWinds Hackers Used an iOS Flaw to Compromise iPhones

Security researchers say the group exploited a zero-day in Apple’s operating system to target European government officials over LinkedIn...

Streaming Numbers Jump for European Football Tournament Delivered by Akamai

The video streaming traffic that Akamai delivered for more than 30 rights-holding customers during the July 11 Italy-England football soccer final as part of the delayed-to-2021European soccer tournament peaked at 34.9 Tbps on the Akamai edge platform. The traffic peak during the final match was...