Coordinated vulnerability disclosure is now an EU obligation, but cultural change takes time
In this Help Net Security interview, Nuno Rodrigues Carvalho, Head of Sector for Incident and Vulnerability Services at ENISA, discusses the recent CVE funding scare and what …
Basic-Fit hack compromises data of up to 1 million members
Basic-Fit, a European gym chain, disclosed that hackers breached one of its internal systems, exposing members’ personal data in several countries. The company operates more …
Seized VerifTools servers expose 915,655 fake IDs, 8 arrested
On April 7 and 8, Dutch police arrested eight suspects in a nationwide operation targeting users of the VerifTools platform as part of an identity fraud investigation. The …
Russian hackers hijack internet traffic using vulnerable routers
The Russian state cyber group APT28 has been compromising routers to hijack web traffic and spy on victims, the UK’s The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned. …
Trivy supply chain attack enabled European Commission cloud breach
CERT-EU confirmed that ShinyHunters are behind the recent breach of the cloud infrastructure underpinning websites of the European Commission, and that they stole and …
AWS, Wasabi, Cloudflare, and Backblaze go head-to-head in new cloud storage test
Cloud storage buyers rarely get vendor-provided performance data that includes the vendor’s own weak spots. Backblaze’s Q1 2026 Performance Stats report, attempts …
Second data breach at European Commission this year leaves open questions over resilience
The European Commission confirmed that a cyberattack impacted cloud infrastructure hosting its web presence on the Europa.eu platform. Authorities said the cyberattack was …
Ajax data breach exposed season tickets, supporter bans open to tampering
AFC Ajax, the Dutch football club from Amsterdam, disclosed that an unknown hacker gained access to parts of its IT systems and obtained the email addresses of a few hundred …
4chan shrugs off UK regulator, refuses to pay £520,000 in fines over online safety violations
The U.K.’s media regulator Ofcom fined 4chan £450,000 under the Online Safety Act for failing to introduce age checks to stop children from accessing pornographic content on …
EU sanctions Chinese company behind 65,000-device hack
The EU Council has sanctioned companies from China and Iran, along with two individuals, over cyberattacks targeting its member states and partners. “Those listed are subject …
Millions of UK firms on alert after Companies House data exposure
Companies House, the UK’s official company registry, said its WebFiling service is back online after being shut down on Friday to fix a security issue that may have exposed …
Hackers tried to breach Poland’s nuclear research centre
Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) thwarted a cyberattack targeting its IT infrastructure. The attempted intrusion was detected and blocked before attackers …