Europe wants to become digitally sovereign. Across the continent, governments and industry are investing billions of euros in data centres, cloud infrastructure, semiconductors and artificial intelligence. Hardly any digital strategy today is complete without the...
Cyber Security
Austria: Cyberattacks on doctors’ practices: Kutschera-Datentechnik opts for a new firewall solution
Health data makes medical facilities a target for cybercriminals. According to Kutschera-Datentechnik, medical facilities face an average of more than 2,300 attempted attacks per week. The Austrian IT provider has developed the Black Dwarf G5 firewall for doctors’...
Barracuda Threat Spotlight
Attackers set the font size to zero in phishing emails to hide random text and thus deceive AI-powered email protection systems Barracuda Research uncovers ‘text salting’ techniques in one million retail-related attacks Researchers at Barracuda have uncovered more...
AI-powered phishing affects 86 per cent of Fortune 100 companies
Dr Martin J. Krämer, CISO Advisor at KnowBe4 Phishing remains one of the most dangerous threats to businesses, and even the world’s leading corporations are not immune to it. Over the past twelve months, employee data at 86 per cent of Fortune 100 companies has been...
ShinyHunters: Medtronic notifies 3.8 million affected individuals following cyber attack
Medical technology group Medtronic is notifying around 3.8 million patients of a major data breach resulting from a cyber attack. According to the company, personal and sensitive health data was stolen, including names, contact details, dates of birth, National...
When data centres start to overheat: what the record-breaking heat means for IT
A commentary by Joeri Barbier, Global CISO at Getronics The heatwave at the end of June 2026 saw Germany break new all-time temperature records on three consecutive days, most recently reaching 41.7 degrees in Brandenburg. Whilst public attention is rightly focused on...
The 2026 World Cup and cyber security: Why global sporting events are becoming a stress test for digital resilience
The 2026 Football World Cup will set new standards in more ways than just sport. Even in the run-up to the tournament, it is already shaping up to be a case study in the growing cyber risks posed by highly networked major events. The starting point is a security...
Chinese espionage group ‘FishMonger’ steps up its activities and targets governments in Asia and Latin America
Security researchers discover two previously unknown versions of sophisticated malware A Chinese cyber-espionage group has significantly refined its digital tools for attacking government agencies. Researchers at IT security firm ESET have discovered two previously...
Phishing is evolving: new scam uses genuine Microsoft logins
Security researchers at ESET warn of a new generation of phishing attacks IT security firm ESET warns of a new attack method that marks a fundamental shift in phishing. Instead of stealing passwords or using fake login pages, cybercriminals are exploiting legitimate...
AI Regulation: Striking a Balance Between Centralisation and Federalism
The AI Act needs more than just a law – it needs effective enforcement With the adoption of the implementing legislation for the European AI Act, Germany has taken an important step forward. After months of uncertainty, companies that develop or use artificial...
