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Cyber fraudsters are using AI-generated voices to impersonate high-ranking US officials in a sophisticated "vishing" campaign, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned, according to CNBC.

The number of hybrid attacks from the Russian Federation on our country increased in 2024, according to the activity report for last year of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) posted on the website of...

The National Directorate of Cyber Security (DNSC) warns that, as online shopping becomes more common, the fraud campaign continues using the identity of courier companies. Victims are directed to a fake website and have to pay, through Revolut,...

The Romanian presidential elections were marked by a tense climate, amplified by recent revelations about the involvement of state and non-state actors in the electoral process. The CSAT documents indicate a direct intervention by the Russian...

Cybercriminals are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to amplify their attacks, concluded cybersecurity experts attending the DevCon 2024 event in Bucharest. In the view of Ignat Korchagin, engineering manager (Linux team) at Cloudflare, not...

The National Directorate of Cyber Security (DNSC) has issued a new warning, stressing the importance of vigilance against urgent requests or requests for disclosure of sensitive data, which are increasingly common in the context of cyber attacks....

The National Directorate of Cyber Security (DNS) warns of the continuation of a campaign of "spoofed" phone calls in which the attackers present themselves as employees of public institutions or authorities. According to the institution:...

The Middle East has been in a fever of war for a year after Hamas terrorists decided to illegally enter Israel, kill the young, old and children and take several hundred people hostage, mostly civilians, to achieve their political goals ....

Bucharest will become the capital of cyber security specialists for a few days. More than 2,000 international experts are meeting in Bucharest, on November 28 and 29, at the DefCamp regional conference, to analyze the new challenges and solutions...

Cyber criminals' weapons are multiplying. In a report published by HP Inc., cybersecurity experts have revealed a malware campaign targeting French speakers that uses malicious code generated with the help of generative artificial...

Investments in the European defense industry are necessary for EU member states to have the necessary means to protect themselves and to repel any attack against them, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the Commission, said last Friday in Prague...

The wars in Ukraine and Gaza are causing excitement and concern around the world. The indisputable stars of these military conflicts are the weapons, sent to the involved parties from all areas of the world. Peace is desired, but war is fueled...

Cybercriminals have become a threat to the global economy. Cybercrime could cost companies 10.5 trillion dollars in 2025, an amount that includes the profits made by hackers through various means, according to an article published recently on the...

Infractorii cibernetici lovesc oriunde găsesc cea mai mică breşă de securitate. Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie "Carol Davila" din Bucureşti anunţă că pagina oficială de Facebook a instituţiei a fost compromisă în urma unui atac...

Cybercriminals strike wherever they find the smallest security breach. The "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest announces that the institution's official Facebook page has been compromised following a cyber...

• 1st January 

NATO member states in Europe must supplement their troops with up to 50 combat brigades to be ready to respond at any time to an aggression by the Russian Federation, Reuters said in an analysis published yesterday in which it spoke to 12...

Several European banks have been found to have serious problems in their ability to respond to a simulated cyber attack, in a benchmark test conducted by the European Central Bank (ECB), Bloomberg announces.

The budget deficit continued its decline in the second financial quarter as well, its growth being a little smoother compared to the first three months of 2024. Thus, if at the end of March the budget deficit recorded for the first quarter stood...

Cybercriminals are expanding their attack area by the day. The National Directorate of Cyber Security (DNSC) sent an alert aimed at Android users. Rafel Remote Access Tool (RAT) gives attackers the ability to remotely manage infected devices...

Donald Trump's program for NATO reform, should he become US president again in the fall, is based on two elements: a minimal American presence in Europe and support given only to allied states that allocate at least 2% of their GDP to...

The fight in the cyberspace between authorities and hackers is getting more complicated. Cloud resources have become the preferred targets for cyber attacks, with SaaS applications (31%), cloud storage (30%) and cloud management infrastructure...

Losses related to cybercrime complaints will reach $12.5 billion in 2023, up $2 billion from 2022 and more than three times the amount recorded in 2019, despite the number of complaints almost it doubled compared to 2019, according to an FBI...

The worries about the organization of the Olympic Games in Paris are increasing. The threats come not only from the offline environment but also from the online environment and they are just as big. This year's Paris Olympics are set to face...

Cybercriminals use classic methods to successfully convince potential victims. The fraudulent campaign of phone calls in which the attackers present themselves as employees of the National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC) continues, warn the...

Technology has taken us by storm and this has not happened against our will, on the contrary. One billion terminals are already connected in our country, informs the director of the National Directorate for Cyber Security (DNSC), Dan Cîmpean....

Artificial Intelligence can no longer be ignored. The Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitization, Bogdan Ivan, stated that during the Summit of the Three Seas Initiative organized in Vilnius last week, he proposed on behalf of Romania the...

• January 1st 

Social convulsions have been a constant in the first three months of the current year, with a peak in January, when almost half of the country's major cities were blocked by farmers' and transporters' protests, which lasted for three...

Authorities in Israel were preparing at the close last night to counter a possible massive drone and cruise missile attack today, Quds Friday, announced by leaders in Tehran after Israeli forces killed several Iranian military chiefs in a bombing...

Cyber security incidents are multiplying from year to year despite the measures being taken. Almost a quarter (24%) of respondents to a global study claim to have experienced one or more security incidents in the past 12 months, and of these, 37%...

The National Cyber Security Championship - RoCSC2024, the fifth edition, will start this year with the selection stage, scheduled for March 8-10, after which the final of the competition will be organized, between May 22 and 25, according to the...

The Supreme Council of Defense of the Country approved, yesterday, the strengthening of national defense through measures to strengthen the Romanian Armed Forces, including by ensuring the appropriate legal framework that meets Romania's...

The Ministry of Education has published the list of Olympiads that will be organized and will take place in the 2023-2024 school year. In the calendar of national competitions approved by the Ministry, there is, for the first time, the Cyber...

Cyber risks concerning supply chains can take many forms, from ransomware and data theft to denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and fraud. A 2022 report showed that 90% of managed service providers (MSPs) have experienced a cyber attack in the last...

Ministerul Educaţiei a publicat lista olimpiadelor care vor fi organizate şi se vor desfăşura în anul şcolar 2023 - 2024. În calendarul competiţiilor naţionale aprobate de minister se află, în premieră, Olimpiada de Securitate Cibernetică (OSC),...

Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATO, accuses former US President Donald Trump of undermining the security of allies through the recent statement made by the former White House official in which he claimed that the US will not defend...

• January 1 

The political scene in our country was awakened to reality, from the sweet sleep it had fallen into during the winter holidays, on January 9, when hundreds of farmers began to move to the Capital, dissatisfied with the fiscal measures imposed by...

In general, the attacks that hit the legislative institutions of many countries were a simple routine somewhat devoid of serious damage. These consist, overwhelmingly, of "defacement" of the website's main page (i.e. changing its...