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Russia-Backed Brute-Force Campaign Targets Microsoft Infrastructure in EU

Nathan Eddy | July 29, 2024 | brute force, Cloud, eu, iam, MFA, Password, Russia

The European Union (EU) is currently confronting a significant surge in cyberattacks, primarily originating from Russia and these brute-force assaults are targeting corporate and institutional networks ...

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EU Aims to Ban Math — ‘Chat Control 2.0’ Law is Paused but not Stopped

Ongoing European Union quest to break end-to-end encryption (E2EE) mysteriously disappears ...

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EU Court of Human Rights Rejects Encryption Backdoors

Bruce Schneier | February 19, 2024 | backdoors, encryption, eu, Human Rights, Uncategorized

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that breaking end-to-end encryption by adding backdoors violates human rights: Seemingly most critically, the [Russian] government told the ECHR that any intrusion on private ...

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X/Twitter Under Investigation by EU in First DSA Move

Richi Jennings | December 18, 2023 | Digital Services Act, Elon Musk, elon musk twitter, eu, European Commission, European Governments, European legislation, European Security, European Union, European Union (EU), Margrethe Vestager, SB Blogwatch, Schrems, Stupidity of Twitter, Thierry Breton, Twitter, X

DSA VLOP Sinks In. Manipulation, deception, transparency: “We will make full use of our toolbox,” promises Europe ...

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EU Wants Details from Meta, TikTok About Disinformation Measures

Jeffrey Burt | October 23, 2023 | disinformation, eu, Hamas, israel, X

The European Union is putting more pressure on social media companies to crack down on disinformation that has been spreading rapidly on their platforms since the start of fighting between Israel and ...

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Cybersecurity and Open Source Experts Up In Arms About the CRA

Ericka Chickowski | October 11, 2023 | breach disclosure, CRA, Cyber Resilience Act, Cybersecurity, eu, open source

Provisions in the EU's proposed Cyber Resilience Act drew more fire from high-profile cybersecurity and open source technology advocates ...

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Why I’m in Favor of the EU Cyber Resilience Act and You Should Be Too

Matthew Rosenquist | October 5, 2023 | Business, Cybersecurity, eu, government, regulation

I like the EU Cyber Resilience Act! There, I said it! Yes, this will make companies nervous in the short term, but this regulation is a watershed moment that will fundamentally shift ...

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Biden Admin. Adds ‘Mercenary Spyware’ Firms to Ban List

Richi Jennings | July 19, 2023 | android spyware, Biden administration, Commerce Department, Cytrox, Department of Commerce, Entity List, eu, Europe, European Union, European Union (EU), Intellexa, iOS spyware, Malware Spyware, Predator spyware, SB Blogwatch, spyware

European cousins Intellexa and Cytrox essentially banned by Commerce Dept. — Predator/ALIEN not welcome in U.S ...

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As Goes GDPR, So Goes AI: EU Leads With Proposed AI Law

Teri Robinson | June 27, 2023 | AI, Data Privacy, Data Security, eu, European Union, , legislation, pii

The EU has proposed legislation that would govern the use of AI and could be used for a blueprint by other countries looking to put guardrails around the technology ...

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