North Korea’s IT workers are targeting firms beyond tech, crypto, and the U.S.
North Korea’s clandestine IT Worker (ITW) program, which is long known for targeting U.S. technology firms and crypto firms, has broadened its scope to attempt to infiltrate a …
European Windows 10 users get an additional year of free security updates
Windows 10 users in the European Economic Area (EEA) will be able to receive extended security updates until October 14, 2026, without having to pay for them or to back up …
€100M crypto scam busted: Five arrested in Europe-wide operation
A cross-border cryptocurrency scam has left investors across Europe with losses of more than €100 million. Authorities in several countries worked together to shut down the …
The real-world effects of EU’s DORA regulation on global businesses
In this Help Net Security video, Matt Cooper, Director of Governance, Risk, and Compliance at Vanta, discusses the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and its …
Nearly 500 researchers urge EU to rethink controversial CSAM scanning proposal
Nearly 500 scientists and researchers have signed an open letter warning that the latest version of the EU’s Chat Control Proposal would weaken digital security while failing …
How to reclaim control over your online shopping data
Online shopping is convenient, saves time, and everything is just a click away. But how often do we stop to think about what happens to the data we leave behind, or the risks …
Noodlophile infostealer is hiding behind fake copyright and PI infringement notices
Attackers pushing the Noodlophile infostealer are targeting businesses with spear-phishing emails threatening legal action due to copyright or intellectual property …
Croatian research institute confirms ransomware attack via ToolShell vulnerabilities
The Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI), the largest Croatian science and technology research institute, has confirmed that it was the one of “at least 9,000 institutions …
Netscaler vulnerability was exploited as zero-day for nearly two months (CVE-2025-6543)
FortiGuard Labs has reported a dramatic spike in exploitation attempts targeting CitrixBleed 2, a critical buffer over‑read flaw (CVE‑2025‑5777) affecting Citrix NetScaler ADC …
WinRAR zero-day was exploited by two threat actors (CVE-2025-8088)
The RomCom attackers aren’t the only ones that have been leveraging the newly unveiled WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) in zero-day attacks: according to Russian …
Digital sovereignty becomes a matter of resilience for Europe
In this Help Net Security interview, Benjamin Schilz, CEO of Wire, discusses Europe’s push for digital sovereignty through initiatives like Gaia-X and the EU AI Act. As the …
Six months into DORA, most financial firms are still not ready
It’s been six months since the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into effect, but a new Censuswide survey shows that nearly all financial services …
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