UK unveiled new cyber action plan to tackle threats and strengthen public services

New measures will be introduced to make online public services more secure and resilient, so people can use them with confidence – whether applying for benefits, paying taxes or accessing healthcare. Backed by over £210 million, the Government Cyber Action Read More …

Hackers use ‘Blue Screen of Death’ malware to target victims

Russian cybercriminals are trying to deploy backdoors and infostealers on people’s computers through a new ClickFix campaign – but this one comes with a sinister twist. ClickFix attacks are usually centered around pop-ups – the victim gets an error message, Read More …

France: Ten people found guilty of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron

A Paris court has found ten people guilty of cyberbullying France’s first lady Brigitte Macron. All defendants were handed a variety of sentences, ranging from cyberbullying awareness training to eight-month suspended prison terms. The French court pointed to “particularly degrading, Read More …

France’s postal and banking services disrupted by suspected DDoS attack

France’s national postal and banking services were knocked offline by a suspected distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Monday, according to an announcement by La Poste. The postal service called the attack “a major network incident” that was disrupting “all of Read More …

Romania: Around 1,000 systems compromised in ransomware attack on water agency

Romania’s cybersecurity agency confirms a major ransomware attack on the country’s water management administration has compromised around 1,000 systems, with work to remediate them still ongoing. Administrația Națională Apele Române (Romanian Waters) says its geographical information system applications servers, database Read More …

UK Foreign Office was victim of cyberattack

The UK Foreign Office was hacked in October, a minister has admitted, raising fears that thousands of confidential documents and data may have been compromised. While ministers are “pretty confident” that visa applicants’ details have not been accessed, they have Read More …

UK: NHS GP software supplier hit by cyber attack

DXS International which provides healthcare technology for the NHS has disclosed a cyber attack, which has led to data being stolen. The UK-based company provides software that helps to reduce costs for doctors and primary care physicians and is used Read More …

Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud

Airbus is preparing to tender a major contract to migrate mission-critical workloads to a digitally sovereign European cloud – but estimates only an 80/20 chance of finding a suitable provider. The aerospace manufacturer, which has already consolidated its datacenter estate Read More …

Denmark blames Russia for cyberattacks on water utility and local government websites

The Danish government has accused Russia of being behind two “destructive and disruptive” cyber-attacks in what it describes as “very clear evidence” of a hybrid war. The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) announced on Thursday that Moscow was behind a Read More …