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Poland’s energy control systems were breached through exposed VPN access

On 29 December 2025, coordinated cyberattacks unfolded across Poland’s critical infrastructure, targeting energy and industrial organizations. The attackers struck numerous …

mobile device
Mobile privacy audits are getting harder

Mobile apps routinely collect and transmit personal data in ways that are difficult for users, developers, and regulators to verify. Permissions can reveal what an app can …

DDoS arrest
Police shut down global DDoS operation, arrest 20-year-old

Police officers from Poland’s Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) have arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of carrying out global DDoS attacks targeting …

France Travail
France Travail fined €5 million for failing to protect job seeker data

France data protection authority CNIL has fined public employment agency France Travail €5 million for failing to ensure the security of personal data of job seekers. …

Microsoft Teams
French government abandons Zoom and Microsoft Teams over security concerns

France intends to phase out non-European videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams from its public administration, opting instead for a nationally developed …

Grok
EU opens new investigation into Grok on X

The European Commission has opened a new formal investigation into X under the Digital Services Act over risks linked to the deployment of its AI tool Grok in the EU. …

energy
Poland repels data-wiping malware attack on energy systems

Suspected Russian cyber attackers tried to take down parts of Poland’s energy infrastructure with new data-wiping malware – and failed. According to information shared …

key
A new framework helps banks sort urgent post-quantum crypto work from the rest

Financial institutions now have a concrete method for deciding where post-quantum cryptography belongs on their security roadmaps. New research coordinated by Europol sets out …

EU
EU tightens cybersecurity rules for tech supply chains

The European Commission has proposed a new cybersecurity package aimed at strengthening the EU’s cyber resilience, including a revised EU Cybersecurity Act designed to secure …

AI EU
A new European standard outlines security requirements for AI

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has released a new European Standard that addresses a growing concern for security teams working with AI. The …

Eurail
Sensitive data of Eurail, Interrail travelers compromised in data breach

A data breach at the Netherlands-based company that sells Eurail (Interrail) train passes resulted in the compromise of personal and sensitive information belonging to an …

AWS
AWS European Sovereign Cloud puts data, operations, and oversight inside the EU

Amazon has made the AWS European Sovereign Cloud generally available to customers across the European Union, backed by a €7.8 billion investment. According to AWS, the funding …

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