Cyber law

Culture news

French activist Shanley Clemot McLaren on fighting cybersexism

Shanley Clemot McLaren received an award for her fight against cybersexism at the Young Activists Summit - held at the UN on 19 November - alongside four other activists aged under 30 years old.

20/11/2024

Tech News

European companies anxious over non-implementation of EU cyber rules

Critical sectors are concerned about the lack of clarity and preparedness for cybersecurity rules in most EU member states.

17/10/2024

Tech News

Council denies French request for legal opinion on cyber certificate

A deal on the pending EUCS scheme could come at the earliest at the end of May.

06/05/2024

Tech News

France requests legal opinion on cyber certificate, postponing deal

An agreement could come in the next expert meetings in May or June.

19/04/2024

Tech News

Croatia alone partially adopts new cyber rules for critical entities

The rules to protect the energy, banking and transport sector need to be in place by 17 October this year.

27/03/2024

Tech News

UK man first to be jailed for ‘cyberflashing’ under new legislation

The 39-year-old was convicted for new crime “cyberflashing” after sending photos of his erect penis to a 15-year-old girl and a woman.

19/03/2024

Tech News

Lawmakers and capitals back cyber hubs to detect security incidents

The rules add to cybersecurity measures already in place, such as the Network Information Systems (NIS2) directive.

06/03/2024

Tech News

Commission evaluating role of ENISA amid deadlock over cyber certificates

The assessment comes as EU countries cannot agree on voluntary cybersecurity certification schemes.

20/02/2024

Tech News

Will the EU's landmark bid to regulate AI fall at the last hurdle?

Negotiators are due to finalise the world's first set of rules regulating artificial intelligence (AI) but a wobble this week could set it back years.

04/12/2023

Business

Why do businesses need to protect themselves from cyberattacks?

Cyberattacks pose grave risks to businesses, threatening finances, data, and reputation.

17/10/2023

Hacker Hunter

How European authorities want to tackle child hacking

A co-production with Kaspersky

Countries in Europe are looking into new ways to address underage hacking, increasingly favouring rehabilitation and prevention programmes.

12/06/2023

Culture news

Pornography in France: A new initiative to block access for minors

"2023 is the end of access to pornographic sites for our children," said Jean-Noël Barrot, the French Minister for Digital Affairs.

06/02/2023

Tech News

Why is crime fighting agency Interpol creating its own metaverse?

“In order for police to understand the metaverse, we need to experience it” said Interpol’s executive director of technology.

20/10/2022

Work

Colonial Pipeline: How hackers are making millions from cyber threats

With cyber-attacks on the rise, we take a look at how and why they happen and what we can do to protect ourselves.

11/05/2021

Partner content

New hacking scams - Here's how to avoid them

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

Ethical Hackers explain how cyber scams have become more sophisticated since lockdown. Online safety is important, here are tips on how to remain safe.

21/12/2020

World News

EU agrees on tighter rules for surveillance tech exports

Under the new rules, European companies will have to apply for government licenses to export certain products and they'll have to meet criteria that have been beefed up to include requirements to consider whether the sale poses a risk to human rights.

09/11/2020

World News

How safe is TikTok? Euronews asks the experts

Concerns over the way the China-based app store our data. Are they all justified? Here is what to know when downloading and using TikTok.

15/07/2020

The Cube

Romania criminalises cyber harassment as a form of domestic violence

Domestic violence will now include a provision specifically for "cybernetic violence" which intends to "shame, humble, scare, threat, or silence the victim".

09/07/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The UK ICO’s modified approach to data regulation during COVID-19 is welcome but risks remain ǀ View

Businesses and organisations may draw some comfort from the ICO’s position during the current health emergency, but they would be wise to maintain data protection standards wherever possible and not to see the regulator’s approach as a “free pass.”

29/04/2020

Norway

Grindr, OKCupid and Tinder dating apps 'leak personnal data'

There are "serious privacy infringements", according to a consumer association.

14/01/2020