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European Commission Demands Law Enforcement Access to DataThe European Commission’s ProtectEU strategy aims to overhaul internal security, proposing law enforcement access to encrypted data by 2026 and a roadmap to explore lawful encryption backdoors and enhanced intelligence-sharing between EU member states and agencies to combat rising cyber threats.
By using fake references and building connections with recruiters, some North Korean nationals are landing six-figure jobs that replenish DPRK coffers.
Inside North Korea’s IT Scam Network Now Shifting to EuropeNorth Koreans posing as remote IT workers have spread to Europe, where one Pyongyang fraudster assumed at least 12 personas to target companies in Germany, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Western companies have grappled for years with the prospect of unintentionally hiring a North Korean national.
Chinese-Speaking Operators Have Made Lucid a 'Primary Source' of PhishingSecurity researchers say they expect a surge this year in text message smishing fueled by a phishing-as-a-service platform operated by Chinese-speaking threat actors. Lucid already is a primary source of phishing campaigns targeting users in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Google has found a significant increase in North Korean actors attempting to gain employment as IT workers in European companies, leading to data theft and extortion
With help from UK operatives, because it’s getting tougher to run the scam in the USA North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.…
North Korea's IT workers have expanded operations beyond the United States and are now increasingly targeting organizations across Europe. [...]
The funding will go to several projects within the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) work program for 2025 to 2027