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...

Domain, server of DoubleVPN used by ransomware gangs seized

By Deeba Ahmed US, Canada, and European authorities took part in the operation which ended up seizing cybercriminals' access to and infrastructure of DoubleVPN. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Domain, server of DoubleVPN used by ransomware gangs seized...

Data privacy: What's new in cross-border transfers? The Standard Contractual Clauses

The transfer of personal data between companies and countries is vital for smooth data processing operations. When transferring data out of the European Union, companies are required to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR which requires that any data that is transferred to a...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: Ill be part of a European Internet Forum virtual debate on June 17, 2021. The topic is "Decrypting the encryption debate: How to ensure public safety with a privacy-preserving and secure Internet?" I’m speaking at the all-online...

Report: Danish Secret Service Helped NSA Spy On European Politicians

The U.S. National Security Agency NSA used a partnership with Denmark's foreign and military intelligence service to eavesdrop on top politicians and high-ranking officials in Germany, Sweden, Norway, and France by tapping into Danish underwater internet cables between 2012 and 2014. Details of t...

Bizarro: a banking Trojan full of nasty tricks

Researchers have discovered a new banking Trojan that has been found targeting customers of European and South American banks. They have dubbed the new Trojan Bizarro. How does Bizarro spread? The Bizarro malware spreads via Microsoft Installer MSI packages. Identified sources so far have been sp...

70 European and South American Banks Under Attack By Bizarro Banking Malware

A financially motivated cybercrime gang has unleashed a previously undocumented banking trojan, which can steal credentials from customers of 70 banks located in various European and South American countries. Dubbed "Bizarro" by Kaspersky researchers, the Windows malware is "using affiliates or...

TeaBot Trojan Targets Banks via Hijacked Android Handsets

Researchers have discovered an Android trojan that can steal victims’ SMS messages and credentials and completely take over devices. The trojan, dubbed TeaBot, is aimed at committing fraud against at least 60 banks in Europe. Join Threatpost for “Fortifying Your Business Against Ransomware, DDoS ...

New Android malware TeaBot found stealing data, intercepting SMS

By Waqas TeaBot malware is in the early stages of development yet, so far, it has already targeted 60 banks all over Europe. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Android malware TeaBot found stealing data, intercepting SMS...

Major EU country hit by crippling DDoS attacks

By Waqas Over 200 Belgian Websites Become Target of DDoS Attacks. Here's what happened and which institution was hit by the DDoS attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Major EU country hit by crippling DDoS attacks...

Water Pamola Attacked Online Shops Via Malicious Orders

Since 2019, we have been tracking a threat campaign we dubbed as “Water Pamola.” The campaign initially compromised e-commerce online shops in Japan, Australia, and European countries via spam emails with malicious attachments...

Artificial Intelligence ban slammed for failing to address “vast abuse potential”

A written proposal to ban several uses of artificial intelligence AI and to place new oversight on other “high-risk” AI applications—published by the European Commission this week—met fierce opposition from several digital rights advocates in Europe. Portrayed as a missed opportunity by privacy...

Hackers Exploit Fortinet Flaw in Sophisticated Cring Ransomware Attacks

Threat actors are exploiting a Fortinet vulnerability flagged by the feds last week that delivers a new ransomware strain, dubbed Cring, that is targeting industrial enterprises across Europe. Researchers say the attackers are exploiting an unpatched path-reversal flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-13379,...

Microsoft Exchange Hackers Also Breached European Banking Authority

The European Banking Authority EBA on Sunday said it had been a victim of a cyberattack targeting its Microsoft Exchange Servers, forcing it to temporarily take its email systems offline as a precautionary measure. "As the vulnerability is related to the EBA's email servers, access to personal da...

Microsoft Exchange Hackers Also Breached European Banking Authority

The European Banking Authority EBA on Sunday said it had been a victim of a cyberattack targeting its Microsoft Exchange Servers, forcing it to temporarily take its email systems offline as a precautionary measure. "As the vulnerability is related to the EBA's email servers, access to personal da...

European Banking Authority victim in Microsoft Exchange Server hack

By Habiba Rashid European Banking Authority EBA has disclosed that it is one of the victims of the Microsoft Exchange Server Hack blamed on Chinese hackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: European Banking Authority victim in Microsoft Exchange Server hack...

How NOT to fail at PDF redaction

The heated spat between Europe and AstraZeneca over a contract has segued into an unexpected blunder that left many of us chuckling and surprised at the same time. Perhaps even feeling a bit awkward. Recently, the European Commission published a PDF version of the contract it had with AstraZeneca...

International Action Targets Emotet Crimeware

Authorities across Europe on Tuesday said theyd seized control over Emotet, a prolific malware strain and cybercrime-as-service operation. Investigators say the action could help quarantine more than a million Microsoft Windows systems currently compromised with malware tied to Emotet infections...

Telegram Bots at Heart of Classiscam Scam-as-a-Service

A new automated scam-as-a-service has been unearthed, which leverages Telegram bots in order to steal money and payment data from European victims. The scam, which researchers call Classiscam, is being sold as a service by Russian-speaking cybercriminals, and has been used by at least 40 separate...

Hackers Leak Stolen Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Data

On the heels of a previously-reported cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency EMA, cybercriminals have spilled compromised data related to COVID-19 vaccinations onto the internet. The EMA is an agency of the European Union in charge of the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products in...