Asokan is a U.K.-based senior correspondent for Information Security Media Group's global news desk. She previously worked with IDG and other publications, reporting on developments in technology, minority rights and education.
The United Kingdom should augment its cryptocurrency asset seizure abilities as part of an effort to combat ransomware and other cybercrime, a parliamentary panel heard. The rate of seizures is not commensurate with the level of crypto adoption, said Aidan Larkin, CEO of Asset Reality.
A European effort to wrest greater control over the infrastructure underpinning internet encryption has some security experts warning about degraded website security. The European Union is on the cusp of requiring web browsers to honor web certificates known as QWACs.
A North Korean backdoor targeting Linux desktop users shares infrastructure with the hacking group behind the 3CX software supply chain hack. Cybersecurity firm Eset analyzed the backdoor and connected it with a Pyongyang fake job recruiting campaign generally known as Operation Dream Job.
Ukraine should brace for more Russian wiper and ransomware attacks, concluded a panel of cyber threat intel experts and government officials in a report assessing the cyber dimensions of Moscow's ongoing war of conquest against its European neighbor.
The global commercial spyware market will expand over the next five years as demand for advanced surveillance tools by governments surges, says a new report from the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Center. The NCSC assesses that at least 80 countries have purchased advanced spyware apps.
Britain's National Cyber Security Centre said Russian hacktivists have ambitions of becoming a larger threat to Western critical infrastructure. "Disclosing this threat is not something we do lightly," said U.K. Cabinet Office Secretary of State Oliver Dowden.
Major internet chat platforms are urging the United Kingdom government to reconsider a bill intended to decrease exposure to online harms but which opponents say would open the door to massive government surveillance. Proponents say online platforms should have a duty of care to protect users.
The French and Spanish data privacy watchdogs have launched separate probes into ChatGPT over potential data privacy violations. European scrutiny of the chatbot mounted after the Italian data protection agency announced a temporary ban on ChatGPT in March.
Members of a European Parliament committee heard Thursday an assessment warning them that a bill intended to fight child sexual abuse material would instead weaken online security. The Child Sexual Abuse Material proposal faces a barrage of opposition from industry and civil liberty groups.
A Russian hacking campaign is targeting European embassies and diplomats as part of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at stealing Western government intelligence on the war in Ukraine, according to a joint alert by the Polish CERT and Military Counterintelligence Service.
A crew of English-speaking European teenagers with a variety of skills and knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology are likely behind an up-and-coming cybercrime group called FusionCore. Group leader "Hydra" in March shared a screenshot of a malware dashboard set to display Sweden time by default.
Spanish National Police on Friday arrested a teenager hacker who allegedly stole the sensitive data of more than half a million taxpayers from the national revenue service and boasted in an online podcast about having access to personal data of 90% of the population.
A British government agency added to TikTok's reputational woes by finding it failed to protect children's privacy. TikTok is playing defense in multiple Western countries against concerns it collects massive amounts of data it could use for surveillance or information operations.
Italian regulators announced Friday an effective ban on ChatGPT after determining that artificial intelligence firm OpenAI likely engaged in a massive illegal collection of personal data. The agency gave OpenAI until April 19 to address its concerns or potentially face fines.
Facebook is asking Ireland's High Court to quash a 265-million-euro fine levied by the country's data watchdog after the phone numbers of more than half a billion users appeared online. A user of the now-shuttered BreachForums in April 2021 posted data scraped from 533 million profiles.
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