Cybersecurity, EU countries amass € 171.3 million in GDPR fines in 2020
A Finbold report: Last year there have been 299 violations. Italy and United Kingdom the most hit with 59.5% of all the fines.
Cyber Espionage, XDSpy hits Eastern Europe and Balkans since 2011
ESET cybersecurity experts: The targets are primarily government entities. The APT, until now undetected, exploits the XDDown malware and spear phishing.
Cybercrime, QNAP NAS devices still vulnerable to QSnatch
Joint alert by the UK NCSC and US CISA cyber security experts on the malware (aka Deker). Update the devices with the latest security fixes now!
Cybercrime, a new crypto-botnet is targeting european organizations
Yoroi ZLab cyber security experts believe is the work of the “Outlaw Hacking Group”. The malware is a variant of “Shellbot”, with new IRC server and Monero pools.
Syria, Russia eases the pressure on Turkey leaving Saraqeb
MP deployed further south in Idlib. Signal for Damascus-Ankara for the meeting in Moscow or support to SAA in the south? Erdogan still threatens the EU, but with Putin he will have to lower his head.
Cybercrime, Ukraine is working with EU to counter the threats
Kiev Cyber Police Division and law enforcement agencies are interested in improving the situation with the legislative settlement of the issue of collecting digital evidence.
Cybercrime, Turkey hackers attack Europe and Middle East organizations
According to the cyber security experts, the threat actors at lease since early 2018 exploited the DNS hijacking to infiltrate in networks and steal sensitive information.
Ireland releases the National Cyber Security Strategy 2019-2024
The country, home to over 30% of all EU data, wants to increase resilience against cybercrime and the other threats. Furthermore, it plans to develop the internal sector.
Terrorism, the US hit Isis’ financial and logistic network
Five companies and four people included in the black list, as they provided support to the Islamic State. From Syria to Turkey, passing through Afghanistan and Europe. It is a blow to Daesh.
Syria, US soldiers move from Raqqa to Hasaka
The goal is to transfer them to the west of Iraq to continue the fight against Isis. However, this will depend on Turkey behaviour and on the fact that Europe resumes its foreign Daesh fighters.