France
French government announces $4.3 billion plan to support startups
As France and entire Europe is struggling to contain the spread of Covid 19 pandemic, financial experts suggest that the chances are ripe for the next recession to emerge by August this year. So, under such circumstances, the government of France has announced a $4.3 billion support package for companies that are struggling with revenue […]
France to launch cyberattacks on hackers in retaliation
France law enforcement authorities are planning to hit out at the cyber assailants who have targeted Rouen Hospital with ransomware on November 15th of this year. “As the hackers are still active in targeting more agencies in France, we are planning to digitally target them in retaliation”, said Guillaume Poupard, the head of National Cyber […]
French Police destroyed botnet server controlling 850,000 Microsoft Windows PCs
A specially formed cyber team from the France police has reportedly conducted a special operation in August this year to destroy a botnet server which was suspected to be controlling over 850,000 viruses-infected Microsoft Windows Computer systems. Yes, you’ve have read it right! C3N which happens to be a special judicial unit of the National […]
Varenyky malware hits French Orange Customers
Varenyky malware which is new to the online world is found to be infecting French Orange customers for now and is said to have already victimized more than 1400 people so far through phishing email attacks. Security researchers at ESET have revealed that the said malware has the potential to take S#$tortion to a new […]
Cyber Attack simulation by G7 Countries
Group of Seven Nations shortly referred to as G7 countries are all set to simulate a cross border cyber attack on the financial sector of France early next month. The cyber attack will be in the form of a malware which will be reportedly infected onto the technical components of the financial sector. “French Central […]
France imposes 50M Euros penalty on Google for targeted advertising
France data watchdog has imposed a hefty fine of 50 million Euros on Google for making it difficult to users to understand and manage preferences on how their personal information is being used and how they are being targeted by ads. CNIL or the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty is said to have imposed […]
No Cyber Attacks on FIFA World Cup 2018
Just a few hours ago the final match of FIFA World Cup 2018 was conducted in Russia’s Luzgniki Stadium between France and Croatia and it was France which bagged the World Cup Football 2018 title for the second time. No doubt the game was thrilling even though most of the time the ball was shuffled […]
Russia spied on French President with 2 dozen Facebook accounts
Intelligence material released by two US Congressmen reveals that Russia spied on French president with over 2 dozen Facebook accounts early this year. Sources which gave the briefing said that the objective behind this espionage was to spy on President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign and sink his political career. As per the report briefed by […]
Trend Micro confirms Cyber Attack on French Elections
US segment of Trend Micro has confirmed that the recently held French elections were hacked by a group of hackers from Russia. The cyber security firm which has its head office in Japan said that attack was launched just 36 hours before French voters went to polls in a May 7th’17 runoff between Macron and […]
Cyber Attack on Cloud Computing Company makes France news websites go dark
A Cyber Attack launched by some state-sponsored hackers on a Portland-based Cloud Computing Company named Cedexis resulted in a bunch of news websites going dark. And as per Bloomberg, the knocked off news sites were most popular in France and had a very good reader base and bounce rate. The hack took place at 7 […]
