Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

One of the project’s top goals is stitching together an international, quick response coalition of governments, businesses and civil experts for AI-related threats. The post French nonprofit starts global intelligence and research hub for AI cyber threats  appeared first on CyberScoop.

Also, France Probes Tchap Breach, M&S Cancels Bonuses, June Patch TuesdayThis week, CISA tightened patching rules, hackers provoked AI scanners. An accused Russian intel hacker appeared in court. Microsoft warned of AI-themed attacks. M&S canceled bonuses. France probed a Tchap breach. NHS trusts disclosed stolen data and a Telegram campaign targeted Russian troops.

TCS to Build and Deploy Custom AI Models Using Mistral ForgeTata Consultancy Services struck a strategic partnership with Mistral AI, making it the first global systems integrator to deliver Mistral Forge to enterprise clients, the Indian and French companies announced this week. The deal hands TCS access to Paris-based Mistral's frontier models.

France's Mistral Makes Digital Sovereignty Case for a European MythosThe European Central Bank added to mounting warnings sent to financial institutions that they must urgently act to protect their systems from artificial intelligence-enabled cyberattacks. British experts warned that gains in AI models' cyber capabilities appear to be accelerating.

French Vendor's QShield Offering Protects Edge Systems From Reverse EngineeringAircraft manufacturer Airbus plans to acquire 100-person French cybersecurity vendor Quarkslab to strengthen sovereign European defenses by protecting aerospace and defense software, data and edge systems from AI-driven reverse engineering and exploitation.

PLUS: Unpatched Ivanti boxes under attack; 0APT might not be a scam; AI gets better at helping cyber-scum; And more Infosec In Brief An unknown attacker accessed the French government’s database listing every bank account in the country and made off with 1.2 million records.…

Also: Coinbase's Agentic AI Wallets, $1M Fraud IndictmentThis week, Paxful's $4M AML penalty, Coinbase's agentic AI wallets, a $1M fraud indictment, a 20-year $200M Ponzi sentence, laundering from the $200M Mixin hack, a Binance France home invasion attempt, insider betting charges in Israel and lost seized bitcoin in South Korea.

PLUS: OpenClaw teams with VirusTotal; Crypto kidnappings in France; Critical vulns at SmarterMail; And more Infosec In Brief So-hot-right-now AI assistant OpenClaw, which is very much not secure right now, has teamed up with security scanning service VirusTotal.…

French prosecutors have raided X's offices in Paris on Tuesday as part of a criminal investigation into the platform's Grok AI tool, widely used to generate sexually explicit images. [...]

Unknown threat actors are abusing Milesight industrial cellular routers to send SMS messages as part of a smishing campaign targeting users in European countries since at least February 2022

Also: Ukrainian Hackers Find Evidence of Russian Child AbductionThis week, a Chinese duo arrested in Los Angeles for illegal artificial intelligence chip exports back to China, France extradited an accused Nigerian hacker, Ukraine hacked Crimean servers, Florida prison email leak, Tea App clone exposed users’ IDs.

We suspect Philippe Salle will need it, not to mention staff and customers If at first you don't succeed, transform, transform, and transform again is the corporate motto at Atos these days. The lumbering French-based megacorp has created another blueprint to return to its glory days, and it includes job cuts, offshoring and... AI.…

Official at AI Summit Says Framing AI as a Solution for Every Issue is ProblematicAI poses "profound" privacy risks, Signal President Meredith Whittaker said during the French AI Action Summit. Big tech should refrain from framing AI as the solution for every problem, "where it is a hunger for data, and the companies push for billions of dollars in investment," she said.

Summit to Focus on Open-Source, AI Governance and DevelopmentThe historic presidential Élysée Palace in Central Paris will host world leaders, tech CEOs and researchers for the French AI Action Summit, a two-day event that will commence on Monday. U.S. Vice President JD Vance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Google's Sundar Pichai will be on hand.

U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity agencies have published a new advisory attributing an Iranian cyber group to targeting the 2024 Summer Olympics and compromising a French commercial dynamic display provider to show messages denouncing Israel's participation in the sporting event

5th Nation to Investigate Software Firm Imposes Largest GDPR Penalty, Bans UseThe Dutch data regulator is the latest agency to fine artificial intelligence company Clearview AI over its facial data harvesting and other privacy violations of GDPR rules, joining regulatory agencies in France, Italy, Greece and the United Kingdom.

Also: Catching Up With Spain's Most Dangerous HackerThis week, the FCC OK'd cybersecurity labeling, DarkGate exploited Google, Fortinet patched a bug, cyberattacks hit the French government and employment agencies, Google restricted Gemini AI chatbot and paid bug bounties, Microsoft had Patch Tuesday, Marine Max was attacked, and Alcasec moved on.

Microsoft Announces $16.3 Million Investment in French AI FirmThe European competition regulator will examine a partnership between Microsoft and French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI for potential anti-competitive effects. Microsoft announced Monday that it has entered a $16.3 million, multiyear partnership with the firm.

Also: A Widespread Linux Bootloader VulnerabilityThis week, the U.S. banned AI robocalls, researchers discovered a Linux bootloader flaw, France investigated health sector hackings, the feds offered money for Hive information, Verizon disclosed an insider breach, Germany opened a cybersecurity center, and cyberattack victims reported high costs.

The deal is expected to give the French vendor a larger presence in the application and API security markets, as well as in North America.