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Microsoft has warned that hackers linked to Iran are mainly targeting Office 365 clients in defense technology firms. Researchers at Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and Microsoft Digital Security Unit (DSU) have revealed details of a new threat actor having links with Iran. This actor has launched a password spraying scheme, and the targets are […]
Tired of accepting or rejecting cookie notices on websites you visit? You can now use any of these 3 browser extensions to automatically accept or disable browser cookies notice on any website. In 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented in the European Union (EU) regulating how companies and websites control the data […]
The task force is quite similar to Washington’s newly proposed ransomware task force, but the EU’s version will coordinate current work between cyber agencies/authorities across the bloc. The European Union (EU) plans to set up a new cybersecurity task force to respond to cyberattacks across the bloc. Called the Joint Cyber Unit, the task force […]
Over 200 Belgian Websites Become Target of a Series of DDoS Attacks Including Belgian Federal Parliament and Police. Websites of over 200 Belgian organizations, including government, parliament, research institutes, scientific institutes, ministries, and universities, went offline after a large-scale DDoS attack targeted Belnet, a major ISP provider in the country. How did it start? The […]
In the Facebook vs Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek case, Europian Union’s highest court has ruled against the Silicon Valley tech giant. Under the ruling, which cannot be appealed, countries can order Facebook to take down all kinds of content (posts, comments, images, videos) on a global scale. #ECJ : #EU law does not preclude a host provider […]
Apparently, Russia has carried out several activities attributed to continuous disinformation, with the purpose of suppressing voter turnout in voting sessions, in addition to influencing their preferences. A document, released by the European Union (EU), says that Russia is using social media in an attempt to influence its elections. They have stated that the country is […]
No technology raises the outright fear like artificial intelligence. And this is not something that worries the ordinary people. Google and Facebook, have done some thorough research in AI ethics research centers. Similarly, Canada and France teamed up last year to form an international panel to debate on AI’s “responsible adoption.” Finally, the European Commission […]
The European Commission has slapped an antitrust fine of €1.49 billion on Google over its search ad brokering business, which is the company’s major source of revenue. According to the EU, Google imposed restrictive contracts on customers through its AdSense business and forced them to turn down ads from Google’s rivals. The tech giant used its dominant position to block rival […]
Germany’s competition watchdog has banned Facebook from collecting user data from WhatsApp, Instagram, and other Facebook apps, without users’ consent. The Federal cartel office ordered Facebook not to combine data from its own suite of social platforms without user consent. It also prohibited the social media giant from linking the data obtained from third-party websites using technologies like […]
The European Union (EU) will be offering bug bounty rewards for the 14 open-source products that it uses. The EU’s Member of Parliament Julia Reda announced that the European Commission will offer bounties worth of €851,000 under its Free and Open Source Software Audit (FOSSA). Bug bounty program for 14 of its open source projects […]
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has taken the world by storm, sending non-compliant firms into a panic, and causing many a board meeting, as shareholders scramble to avoid the dreaded €20 million ($23 million) fine. Since the deadline on May 25th, the business sphere has gone eerily silent on GDPR, as Europe awaits the first […]
DuckDuckGo search engine and Vivaldi browser are joining hands together to collaborate and enable a new feature that will protect users privacy like none other. According to a press release, from March 22nd, 2018, Vivaldi browser will become the first browser in the world to enable DuckDuckGo as its default search engine in its Private Windows. This means once Vivaldi users […]
Internet safety is a key concern both professionally and personally — it’s probable that the vast majority of individuals do not know how much, or what kind of, data is being held on them. Perhaps even most employees are unaware of the sort of data they collect from their customers. As data collection and Internet […]
Short Bytes: The European Union has many a times been apprehensive of the US-based tech companies, especially on the matters of privacy and data security. Now, Germany has raised concerns over the illegal data transfers from the EU to the US by the global companies like Facebook and Google. The rift between the European and American […]
Last week the Europen Union commission warned users to leave Facebook if they don’t want to be spied on – Now a Belgian Privacy Commission has also accused the social media giant of tracking individuals, including those who never had a Facebook account. Facebook tracks users even when they log out from their social media account […]
It seems that the EU citizens might have to give up their Facebook accounts if they want to protect their online privacy. The European Commission recently told that there were serious privacy issues concerning users’ data of EU citizens on Facebook. The Safe Harbour legislation does not provide for the protection of the data from […]
A European Parliament committee has approved inviting the ex-NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, to testify for US snooping on the EU leaders through a video link. The Justice and Civil Liberties Committee of the parliament voted 36-2 with one abstention in favor of seeking testimony from the US whistleblower who has sought asylum in Moscow temporarily. […]
An Indonesian defacer going with the handle of ‘Index Php’ had hacked and defaced 3 official sub-domains of European Union (EU) on 21st November, 2013. Targeted domains were sub-domains of European Union (EU), belonging to EU’s E-voting and polls, official Blog of the European Commission and EU’s web and forum tools. All 3 domains were left with a deface […]