On 26 February, EDRi and its partners Global Witness, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte and Bits of Freedom have submitted a complaint to the European Commission regarding a potential infringement of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Specifically, we have raised concerns that LinkedIn, a designated Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the DSA, infringes the DSA’s new prohibition of targeting online adverts based on profiling using sensitive categories of personal data such as sexuality, political opinions, or race.
Officials handling security and defense issues were the target of phone hacking, internal email says.
ThreatFabric said the campaign has evolved since last year, employing sophisticated methods and mainly targeting Samsung devices
Insikt Group has observed TAG-70 leveraging cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities against Roundcube webmail servers in Europe, targeting government, military, and national infrastructure.
La Cour européenne des droits de l’homme a donné raison à un utilisateur de l’application Telegram visé par une demande du FSB, le service de sécurité intérieure russe. La décision pourrait avoir un impact sur certaines lois en cours de discussion en Europe.
the European Commission will open an investigation into TikTok in the coming weeks over concerns that changes the firm made to comply with the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA) were not enough to protect under-age users, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
TikTok has not received notice from the European Commission of an investigation and is in regular dialogue with European Union authorities, a spokesperson told Reuters when asked about the Bloomberg report. The EC declined to comment.
Porsche's best-selling model will be discontinued from markets within the European Union in spring of 2024
Les négociateurs du Parlement et du Conseil européens sont parvenus à un accord concernant la réglementation de l'intelligence artificielle. L'approche basée sur les risques, à la base du projet, est confirmée. Des compromis sont censés garantir la protection contre les risques liés à l’IA, tout en encourageant l’innovation.
The European Union agreed on terms of the AI Act, a major new set of rules that will govern the building and use of AI and have major implications for Google, OpenAI, and others racing to develop AI systems.
A Chinese hacking group exploited a bug in Microsoft’s cloud email service to spy on two-dozen organizations, including some government agencies, the tech giant said late Tuesday.
European court to decide key liability issues over data breach but question mark hangs over HSE liability for ‘non-material’ damage such as stress
Plusieurs noms de domaine de l'Union européenne ont été utilisés par des malfaiteurs pour promouvoir des sites de streaming gratuits. Ces liens sont en réalité des pièges pour dérober des informations bancaires. Le vrai défi d'un piratage réside dans la manière de présenter le piège à la victime. Plutôt que d'envoyer
The decision is one of the most consequential issued under the E.U.’s landmark data-protection law and creates a new business headwind for the social media giant.
Today, the US government published an executive order, allegedly limiting US surveillance. This is a first statement by noyb.
The executive order will give EU citizens redress for intelligence collection that violates U.S. laws.
This work is the result of a collaboration with EU DisinfoLab an independent non-profit organization focused on tackling sophisticated disinformation campaigns targeting the EU.
EU DisinfoLab has during the past three months been investigating a large disinformation campaign targeting western audience with pro-Russian propaganda. While our partner has focused on the actual disinformation being spread, Qurium has looked into the technical infrastructure in use to better understand how the campaign has been setup and operated.
The complete report from EU Disinfo Lab can be found here: Doppelganger.
Below follows the results of Qurium’s digital forensics investigation and a list of more than 50 domains used in the disinformation campaign.
Le Haut Commissariat aux droits de l’homme des Nations unies a publié vendredi un nouveau rapport extrêmement alarmant sur les menaces des nouvelles technologies de surveillance quant au respect de la vie privée et des droits humains. Les usages dénoncés font largement écho à la situation en Suisse.
‘Democracy and rule of law are at stake,’ says MEP Saskia Bricmont.
As civil society and media organisations expose EU Member States' use of the Pegasus commercial spyware, one of the most high-profile spying scandals of recent years is coming to light in Europe.
RECALLS the relevant conclusions of the European Council1 and the Council2, ACKNOWLEDGES that state and non-state actors are increasingly using hybrid tactics, posing a growing threat to the security of the EU, its Member States and its partners3. RECOGNISES that, for some actors applying such tactics, peacetime is a period for covert malign activities, when a conflict can continue or be prepared for in a less open form. EMPHASISES that state actors and non-state actors also use information manipulation and other tactics to interfere in democratic processes and to mislead and deceive citizens. NOTES that Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine is showing the readiness to use the highest level of military force, regardless of legal or humanitarian considerations, combined with hybrid tactics, cyberattacks, foreign information manipulation and interference, economic and energy coercion and an aggressive nuclear rhetoric, and ACKNOWLEDGES the related risks of potential spillover effects in EU neighbourhoods that could harm the interests of the EU.
