Posts Tagged ‘NIS2’
EY Third-Party Data Breach: 15 Days Inside Helpdesk
EY third-party data breach: attackers spent 15 days inside a support-ticketing platform used by Ernst & Young’s tax practice, walking out with client tax filings, Social Security numbers and financial account data before anyone noticed — the firm’s third vendor-side security failure in under three years. What Happened This EY third-party data breach ran from…
Read MoreTop 5 Cybersecurity News Stories July 17, 2026
The five stories in this week’s Cybersecurity News Stories July 17, 2026 share a structural property that distinguishes them from the opportunistic exploitation patterns that characterised earlier months of this year: in each case, the compromised or exposed component is one the organisation has placed into a category other than “security risk.” A remote-access appliance…
Read MoreEnergy Sector Cybersecurity: Recent European Cyberattacks Highlight the Risk
Energy sector cybersecurity has long been a point of strategic leverage in Europe. In recent years, that leverage has extended beyond physical infrastructure into the digital systems that support generation, distribution, and coordination across the grid. Recent cyber incidents have brought this into sharper focus. While each attack appears isolated, they collectively point to a…
Read MoreNIS2 Compliance in Practice: Lessons from Belgium’s First Year
NIS2 compliance has long felt like an approaching deadline rather than a lived reality for many organisations across Europe. That is beginning to change. As member states move from transposition to enforcement, the directive is shifting from policy language to operational impact — altering reporting practices, governance expectations, and supply chain dynamics. Belgium offers one…
Read MoreFaster Ransomware Attacks: How to Break the Attack Chain
Faster ransomware attacks are no longer an emerging concern — they are the new baseline. The traditional sequence — initial access, lateral movement, privilege escalation, exploration, and finally encryption — once gave defenders an imperfect but workable window to detect and respond. That window is narrowing. Recent data indicates that attackers are now moving to…
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