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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 …

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. …

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 …

Russia, UK
Pro-Russian hacktivist campaigns continue against UK organizations

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre reports ongoing cyber operations by Russian-aligned hacktivist groups targeting organizations in the UK and abroad. NoName057(16) …

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 …

PC blue screen
Fake Booking.com emails and BSODs used to infect hospitality staff

Suspected Russian attackers are targeting the hospitality sector with fake Booking.com emails and a fake “Blue Screen of Death” to deliver the DCRat malware. The …

AI EU
What European security teams are struggling to operationalize

European security and compliance teams spend a lot of time talking about regulation. A new forecast report from Kiteworks suggests the harder problem sits elsewhere. According …

EU
Europe’s DMA raises new security worries for mobile ecosystems

Mobile security has long depended on tight control over how apps and services interact with a device. A new paper from the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law warns that …

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