Cybersecurity
Have you ever gotten a call claiming your Amazon account is compromised or a frantic email urging you to renew your nonexistent Geek Squad protection? You're not alone. Scammers constantly impersonate well-known brands to trick people into giving up personal information or money. So, which brands are the biggest targets, and how can you stay vigilant? This article explores the top 5 most impersonated brands, why they are targeted, and the best practices to shield yourself from these deceptive tactics. How Scammers Impersonate Trusted BrandsA new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rev...
IBTimes
The UN secretary general warned on Thursday that "the perils of weaponising digital technologies are growing by the year". "The misuse of digital technology is becoming more sophisticated and stealthy, malware, wipers and trojans are proliferating” and cyber operations enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) are multiplying the threat, António Guterres added. He also warned the UN Security Council that “quantum computing could break down entire systems with its ability to breach encryption". But Guterres said that digital technology advances are also "revolutionising" society, not only bringin...
Euronews (English)
An alarmingly simple scam ensnared a university student, stealing the $12,000 he saved for a student exchange trip to America in just ten minutes. Matthew Sweeney, a 22-year-old criminology and criminal justice student at Melbourne's Swinburne University of Technology, was working a regular shift at a supplement store in Braeside on Wednesday evening when the incident happened. His routine was disrupted by an unusual pop-up alert flashing on his iPhone. The pop-up displayed a message purporting to be from ANZ Plus, claiming someone had made an unauthorised $1,900 payment and urging him to clic...
IBTimes
A heavily debated decision on whether to go ahead with a voluntary certification scheme for cloud services (EUCS) has been pushed back to mid-July, two EU sources told Euronews. The scheme is set to be used by companies to demonstrate that certified ICT solutions have the right level of cybersecurity protection for the EU market, but turned into a political battle over sovereignty requirements. The delay makes an agreement under the mandate of this von der Leyen Commission more unlikely. EUCS was removed from today’s (18 June) meeting of the working group of ENISA — Europe’s cybersecurity agen...
Euronews (English)
U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron held a video call with someone impersonating former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the BBC and other media outlets reported on June 7, citing comments from the U.K.'s Foreign Office. Bolstered by the advent of new technology, deep-fakes and impersonations of public figures have become commonplace in recent years. An investigation by the Kyiv Independent in January revealed that a suspected Russian disinformation group had also posed as Poroshenko in doctored video-calls, with the apparent aim of sowing distrust toward President Volodymyr Zelensky. A ...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron held a video call with someone impersonating former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the BBC and other media outlets reported on June 7, citing comments from the U.K.'s Foreign Office. Bolstered by the advent of new technology, deep-fakes and impersonations of public figures have become commonplace in recent years. An investigation by the Kyiv Independent in January revealed that a suspected Russian disinformation group had also posed as Poroshenko in doctored video-calls, with the apparent aim of sowing distrust toward President Volodymyr Zelensky. A ...
Kyiv Independent
U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron held a video call with someone impersonating former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the BBC and other media outlets reported on June 7, citing comments from the U.K.'s Foreign Office. Bolstered by the advent of new technology, deep-fakes and impersonations of public figures have become commonplace in recent years. An investigation by the Kyiv Independent in January revealed that a suspected Russian disinformation group had also posed as Poroshenko in doctored video-calls, with the apparent aim of sowing distrust toward President Volodymyr Zelensky. A ...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Apparent cyberattacks on EU political parties are just the latest round of disruption to an election campaign that has become increasingly fractious. From 6-9 June, hundreds of millions of voters are going to the polls in one of the world’s biggest democratic exercises – after a months-long period that has been marked by both peaceful protest and, occasionally, physical violence. Pro-Kremlin hackers have claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on Dutch websites on Thursday (6 June) – the day that voters in the Netherlands went to the polls to select their 31 MEPs for the next five years...
Euronews (English)
A ransomware attack against a lab provider disrupted several hospitals and primary care doctors in London this week, delaying operations and blood tests. The attack had a “significant impact,” with the lab provider Synnovis stating it was a “harsh reminder that this sort of attack can happen to anyone at any time,” but the NHS does not know the full impact on data at this point. “All urgent and emergency services remain open as usual and the majority of outpatient services continue to operate as normal,” an NHS spokesperson said on Thursday. “Unfortunately, some operations and procedures which...
Euronews (English)
EU-related misinformation by foreign actors is surging to its highest-ever levels as the clock ticks closer to the first days of voting in the European elections. The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), an independent fact-checking network, published research on Tuesday that showed disinformation about EU policies or institutions made up 15 percent of all cases they detected in May - the highest value seen since they started tracking EU misinformation in 2023. The study comes after the Guardian newspaper reported that EU leaders had put rapid alert teams on notice to deal with a “tsunam...
Euronews (English)
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