France

French police arrest 21-year-old “HexDex” hacker over 100 alleged data breaches

AndyC 4 May 2026

A 21-year-old man suspected of conducting approximately 100 data breaches since late 2025 - including a hack of the French...

French Ministry confirms data access to 1.2 Million bank accounts

AndyC 19 February 2026

French Ministry confirms data access to 1.2 Million bank accounts Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2026 A hacker accessed data from...

The calm before the ransom: What you see is not all there is

AndyC 1 May 2026

Ransomware A breach claims the systems as well as the confidence that was, in retrospect, a major vulnerability Tomáš Foltýn 24 Apr 2026 • ,...

The calm before the ransom: What you see is not all there is

AndyC 1 May 2026

Ransomware A breach claims the systems as well as the confidence that was, in retrospect, a major vulnerability Tomáš Foltýn 24 Apr 2026 • ,...

GopherWhisper: A burrow full of malware

AndyC 1 May 2026

ESET Research ESET Research has discovered a new China-aligned APT group that we’ve named GopherWhisper, which targets Mongolian governmental institutions Eric Howard 23 Apr 2026...

GopherWhisper: A burrow full of malware

AndyC 1 May 2026

ESET Research ESET Research has discovered a new China-aligned APT group that we’ve named GopherWhisper, which targets Mongolian governmental institutions Eric Howard 23 Apr 2026...

New NGate variant hides in a trojanized NFC payment app

AndyC 1 May 2026

ESET Research has discovered a new variant of the NGate malware family that abuses a legitimate Android application called HandyPay, instead of the previously leveraged...

New NGate variant hides in a trojanized NFC payment app

AndyC 1 May 2026

ESET Research has discovered a new variant of the NGate malware family that abuses a legitimate Android application called HandyPay, instead of the previously leveraged...