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FBI warns of fake FIFA World Cup websites

The World Cup starts in two weeks. Criminals are taking advantage of the opportunity and forging the FIFA website for phishing purposes, for example.

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UK visa portal: Major data leak due to incorrect ETA application page

An unofficial application page for the UK entry permit ETA has left applicants' data openly accessible online.

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2026 World Cup: Discussing The World’s Biggest Game’s Attack Surface

The 2026 World Cup presents major cyber risks from ransomware groups, state-aligned actors, and other groups targeting critical infrastructure. Learn more here. The post 2026 World Cup: Discussing The World’s Biggest Game’s Attack Surface appeared first on Unit 42.

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Wired Security49d05/28

Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks

Customer data from more than 350 hotels around the world may have been accessed as part of realistic reservation-hijacking scams.

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EU Commission Press Corner49d05/28

Daily News 28 / 05 / 2026

European Commission Daily news Brussels, 29 May 2026 Commission takes action to ensure complete and timely transposition of EU directives The European Commission is taking action against several EU Member States t...

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Bundesregierung News49d05/28

Chancellor Merz congratulates the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Janša

Dear Prime Minister, I warmly congratulate you on taking office again. The economies and societies of our countries are deeply interconnected, and our bilateral relationships are characterized by mutual trust. I look forward to further intensifying this together with you - also within the framework of the EU and NATO. I wish you a lot of strength and success in the tasks that lie ahead of you. Kind regards, Friedrich Merz Chancellor

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Dark Reading49d05/28

BTMOB RAT Spreads Across Brazil, LatAm via MaaS Model

An advanced remote access Trojan is propagating online. Notably, it's delivered via an operator licensing model and features a no-code malware-development interface.

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Malware alert due to supply chain attacks

CISA is currently warning about the recently observed supply chain attacks on TanStack, Daemon Tools and Nx Console, which distributed malware.

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C# 16: Microsoft plans stricter rules for unsafe code

Microsoft is revising C#'s unsafe model along the lines of Rust. The goal: fewer memory errors and therefore fewer security gaps.

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Budget Committee travels to the USA

A delegation of the chairmen of the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag is traveling to the United States of America from May 31 to June 6, 2026. The trip's stops include San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The delegation, led by acting chairwoman Lisa Paus (ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS), also includes MPs Inge Gräßle (CDU/CSU), Florian Oßner (CDU/CSU), Thomas Ladzinski (AfD), Thorsten Rudolph (SPD), Sebastian Schäfer (ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS) and Die

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IBM software such as HTTP Server is vulnerable to DoS and malicious code attacks

Attackers can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in IBM HTTP Server, License Metric Tool, WebSphere Application Server. Patches provide a solution.

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Audit Committee travels to Finland and Lithuania

A delegation from the Audit Committee of the German Bundestag is traveling to Finland and Lithuania from June 1st to 5th, 2026. In addition to an exchange on questions of budget control and its parliamentary support as well as on the work of the courts of auditors in both countries, the focus will be on topics of fiscal and debt policy as well as findings and conclusions from audit results. To this end, the MPs are holding discussions with, among others, the auditing and auditing bodies

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Economic Cooperation and Development Committee travels to Cambodia and Laos

A delegation from the Bundestag Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development will be traveling to Cambodia and Laos from May 31 to June 6, 2026 for discussions with political decision-makers and experts and to visit development cooperation projects. The committee would like to take a look at the status of current cooperation using the example of two classic partners in German development cooperation. It is also about how the two major projects d

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Cono Sur States Parliamentary Group visits Chile and Argentina

From May 30th to June 7th, 2026, a delegation from the Cono Sur States Parliamentary Group will travel to Chile and Argentina for talks with governments and MPs. Meetings are planned in Chile with the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ricardo Óscar Cifuentes Lillo, the President of the German-Chilean Parliamentary Group, the Friendship Group and Governor Magallanes Jorge Flies Añón. There are also discussions with representatives of other institutions, such as political foundations, etc

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Notepad++: Gaps allow malicious code and commands to be introduced

Some highly risky security gaps in the powerful text editor Notepad++ allow attackers to inject malicious code and commands.

Dark Reading49d05/28

Nordic CISOs Handle Rising Cyber Threats Remarkably Well

Artificial intelligence notwithstanding, the vast majority of CISOs in northern Europe say they're facing no more serious cyberattacks than they did two years ago.

Kaspersky Securelist49d05/28

Pirates in the crosshairs: how one cybercrime gang has been infecting book, movie, and TV show fans for years

Our experts continue to track attacks targeting consumers of pirated content, both books and movies. 2026 saw the discovery of new target sites with tens of millions of visitors, while the miner gained a RAT module.

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Netzpolitik (DE)49d05/28

Criminal complaint: Journalist defends himself against state trojan attack

Defends himself against state trojan attack: journalist Trung Khoa Lê. – CC-BY-SA 4.0: Trung Khoa LêA German-Vietnamese journalist was attacked with the state trojan Predator. Now he is filing a criminal complaint together with the GFF. The public prosecutor's office should investigate the perpetrators and protect fundamental rights. What's particularly spicy is that not only the victim comes from Germany, but also the providers and customers.

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Microsoft patches high-risk SharePoint vulnerability

Microsoft closes a security leak with updates for SharePoint servers. The closed gap allows malicious code to be smuggled in.

Palo Alto Unit4249d05/27

Out of the Crypt: The Evolving Cyber Extortion Economy

Unit 42 explores trends in data theft and extortion, outlining key strategies for organizations as frontier AI models advance. The post Out of the Crypt: The Evolving Cyber Extortion Economy appeared first on Unit 42.

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EU Commission Press Corner49d05/27

Video message for roundtable discussion on LNG & Shipping organised by CBS Alumni Club and Columbia Global Energy Centre

European Commission Speech Brussels, 04 May 2026 Ladies and gentlemen, I have been asked to present the EU perspective on the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. But first, allow me to welcome that finally after ...

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Dark Reading49d05/27

Ransomware Actors Show Up In Person to Steal Law Firm Data

The FBI warned that the extortion gang Silent Ransom Group is targeting law firms and social-engineering its way into servers and databases.

TechCrunch Security49d05/27

UK Visa Portal exposed thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies — then called the lawyers on us

The third-party website exposed passports, selfies, and the location data of applicants who submitted their documents as part of the U.K. visa application process. Instead of fixing the issue, the website sent attorneys.

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Cloudflare Blog49d05/27

Iran's Internet is partially restored, Cloudflare Radar data shows

Cloudflare Radar data confirms early indications of a partial Internet restoration in Iran, nearly three months after the shutdown began. Traffic spikes and DNS queries have risen, but network activity is currently just 40% of pre-shutdown levels.

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TechCrunch Security49d05/27

CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target open source software developers

Cybercriminals used the Glassworm botnet to infect open source software projects with malware, and in turn hack the developers and companies that use that software.

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Dark Reading49d05/27

Latin American Cybercriminals Hoover Up Government Data

A purported leak exposing 5.8 million records of Uruguayan citizens is the latest incident where cybercriminals targeted government agencies to monetize citizen data.