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Nancy Faeser says Ukraine war has exacerbated German cybersecurity concerns

Simple AI tools have lowered the barriers-of-entry to cybercrime and experts claim most consumers will struggle to spot real from fake, writes Will McCurdy.

The European Union's two biggest policy-making institutions have banned TikTok from staff phones for cybersecurity reasons, marking growing concerns about the Chinese short video-sharing app and its users’ data.

With increasing tech dependency, companies are growing increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. Therefore, investors keen to invest in quality software security stocks could keep an eye on Fortinet (FTNT), Check Point Software (CHKP), and OneSpan (OSPN) this year. Continue reading….

TikTok said the ban is ‘misguided’ and based on ‘misconceptions’

The European Commission has banned Chinese short video-sharing app TikTok from its employees' corporate phones for cybersecurity reasons, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Thursday, the first EU institution to do so. Owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, Tiktok is under scrutiny from governments and regulators because of concerns that…

The European Union’s executive branch has temporarily banned TikTok from phones used by employees as a cybersecurity measure

WASHINGTON — Some of the nation’s top cybersecurity leaders are warning state and local election officials of ongoing foreign and domestic national security threats to election systems, urging them to upgrade their defenses ahead of next year’s presidential election.

Prime minister will announce plans to host a cybersecurity roundtable next week