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The EU prepares ground for wider data retention – and VPN providers are among the targets
By Chiara Castro last updated
With the Chat Control bill entering its final stage, the EU Council has been busy thinking about what a new data retention framework could look like.

Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
By Chiara Castro published
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK

Holidays 2025: retailers face a perfect storm of traffic, threats, and customer pressure
By Christian Reilly published
For retailers, the holiday season continues to be the biggest, most unforgiving moment in the calendar.

Your email app isn't the weak link but your cloud configuration probably is
By Michal Bürger published
If you’re blaming email for breaches, you’re missing the misconfigurations attackers actually exploit.

Notorious Russian cybercriminals return with new ransomware
By Sead Fadilpašić published
But encrypted files can easily be decrypted because someone forgot about a hardcoded artifact.

Smishing’s evolution: from consumer scam to enterprise threat – how industry is fighting back
By Samantha Kight published
Criminals exploit SMS vulnerabilities with advanced tools, turning consumer scams into business-critical risks.

Threats to watch this year: from data theft and extortion to EDR killers
By Gavin Knapp published
Threat actors have shifted behaviors, refined their tooling and adapted tactics; here's what you need to know.

Chat Control: EU Commissioner backs Parliament line on targeted monitoring
By Chiara Castro published
As the trialogue negotiations are set to begin on Tuesday, December 9, the debate on the controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) flares up.

pdfFiller review
By Steve Paris last updated
PdfFiller is an online PDF document management system that lets you edit PDF forms on the go and collaborate with others.

"A disaster waiting to happen" – The privacy tech world reacts to the new Chat Control bill
By Chiara Castro published
While an agreemnet on "voluntary" chat scanning has now been reached, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, and the Netherlands are still against the compromise. And privacy experts aren't celebrating.
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