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Cyber Innovation Panorama
The information presented in this panorama was collected from the 81 companies that applied for the award. The award is organized in partnership with Eviden (ex-Atos) and with the support of ECSO. Each year, it rewards the most innovative companies in the field of cybersecurity.
Cyber risks -
April 18, 2023
- Cyber risks
- Cyber industrial safety
- Security and Stability in Cyberspace
- Cybercrime
- Operational security
- Antifraud action
- Digital identity & KYC
- Digital Sovereignty
- Digital transition
Cyber risks
27 November 2023
The Software Defined Vehicle: a growing need for cybersecurity
In-vehicle cybersecurity is on the verge of major changes that will affect all vehicle manufacturers. Vehicles are now more connected than ever, and today’s on-board computer is a high-performance ...
16 November 2023
Artificial intelligence: the world is waking up to the risks
The past week was intense in the world of artificial intelligence (AI). In the space of a few days, five documents were published by prestigious institutions all examining the issue of AI and its ...
10 November 2023
Google’s Play Store promotes secure apps
Badge now certifies apps that pass cybersecurity test.
09 November 2023
How phishing scams utilize OSINT
Open-source intelligence may be increasing the risks posed by phishing scams. Many people aren’t aware of how much may be available about them online, but scammers do, and they’re taking ...
07 November 2023
Cyberscore: is France really taking the digital threat seriously?
The cyberscore, introduced by law on March 3, 2022, aims to do for cybersecurity what the nutriscore did for food. However, with its limited scope and modest requirements, it is not certain that it ...
04 November 2023
Ransomware: 40 countries make commitment to no longer pay ransoms
Alliance led by United States and supported by European Union seeks to dry up funding for cybercriminal groups.
Cyber industrial safety
21 October 2023
Siemens launches industrial cybersecurity analysis tool
During maintenance phases, software tests resilience of organization’s IT/OT environment.
04 October 2023
Energy: critical flaw in industrial surveillance machinery
Nozomi Networks has identified three vulnerabilities, one critical, with no available patches, in equipment widely used by energy infrastructure.
26 September 2023
State-affiliated groups are main cyber threat to industry
Energy sector accounts for 39% of cyber incidents in ICS/OT processes.
06 September 2023
Industrial cybersecurity: the need for IT/OT convergence
In an interview with Alliancy published on August 29, 2023, Jean-François Siquet, OT product manager at Air Liquide, reviewed the securing of OT processes required by digitalization. He recognizes ...
17 July 2023
Wallix raises €10.5 million
The French specialist in privileged access raised 5.5 million euros in one night only.
04 July 2023
Despite improvements, OT cybersecurity remains a problem
Fortinet’s latest report shows that 75% of manufacturers have suffered at least one intrusion in the last 12 months.
Security and Stability in Cyberspace
07 November 2023
United States: SEC sues SolarWinds
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the US stock exchange regulatory authority, filed a lawsuit at the end of October 2023, against the SolarWinds software publisher and its CISO, Timothy ...
02 November 2023
Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky for government employees
Federal administration will ban Chinese social network and Russian antivirus on government devices.
02 November 2023
Canada: Chinese disinformation campaign targets federal MPs
Attacks meant to discredit Chinese-speaking Canadian personality critical of People’s Republic of China.
31 October 2023
“We are at cyberwar!” Really?
What better than a war to mobilize everyone’s energy? Armis presents a report on perceptions of cyber warfare and how companies and public authorities are preparing to confront this threat. ...
27 October 2023
Will the Moon soon get Internet?
The new wave of lunar exploration programs that began with the Artemis 1 mission last year will be very different than the program of the 1960s. The missions that will take off in the coming years ...
26 October 2023
Why is there so much misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war on X?
Since Hamas’s surprise attack against Israel on October 7, 2023, social media has been inundated with false and misleading content, especially X (formerly Twitter). How can we explain such a ...
Cybercrime
19 November 2023
Data theft at PC cloud platform Shadow
On October 11, 2023, Shadow, the French cloud computing PC specialist, admitted it had suffered a data theft, at the end of September 2023. The scope of the attack remains unknown but cybercriminals ...
17 November 2023
Qakbot botnet still active
International police sting had dismantled infrastructure end of August 2023.
16 November 2023
Google Cloud resists unprecedented DDoS attack
With 398 million requests per second, denial of service attack most significant in history, shattering previous record.
15 November 2023
Operation Triangulation reveals vulnerabilities at Apple
At its annual Security Analyst Summit (SAS) in late October 2023, Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) revealed a number of elements about Operation Triangulation, which ...
10 November 2023
Reshipping service for goods bought with stolen bankcards falls prey to hack
Named SWAT USA Drop Service, cybercriminal enterprise employs 1,200 people in the United States.
Operational security
11 December 2023
Cybersecurity compliance: new technologies are on the rise
Companies must get to grips with RegTech, LegalTech and SupTech. The aim? To use digital tools to optimize their compliance and mitigate the risks related to their activities.
02 November 2023
United States: Joe Biden signs first executive order on AI
Scope remains limited as Congress unable to pass bipartisan bill on issue.
19 October 2023
Can generative AI help break attack chains?
With cyberattacks on corporate supply chains on the rise, how can we stop suppliers from being the weakest link in an organization’s cybersecurity? What could generative AI bring to this ...
17 October 2023
HarfangLab raises 25 million euros
French startup wants to become European leader in cyber threat detection and response (EDR) software.
07 October 2023
Yves Bernaert, new CEO of Atos Group
Yves Bernaert leaves Accenture management to head Eviden, tech giant’s cloud, cybersecurity, supercomputer, and quantum branch.
27 September 2023
Threat detection and AI: Cisco acquires Splunk
Cisco acquisition of data analysis solutions provider for 28 billion dollars seeks to harness cybersecurity transformation brought on by AI boom.
Antifraud action
21 September 2023
Europol takes down cyber-equipped betting fraud gang
On September 15, 2023, Europol revealed a sting carried out in March 2023 against a fraudulent sporting bets gang operating from Spain and led by Romanian and Bulgarian nationals. The group stands ...
05 September 2023
Messenger to implement default end-to-end encryption
Long-awaited development in wake of illegal abortion controversy in Nebraska Fraud prevention.
04 August 2023
50 million dollars in crypto stolen from Curve
White hat hackers are said to be among the attackers of this decentralized finance platform.
01 August 2023
ChatGPT already has two evil twins
Named “FraudGPT” and “WormGPT”, two chatbots can write fraudulent messages and simple malware.
28 July 2023
United States: OpenAI under FTC investigation
The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating ChatGPT over claims of misrepresentation.
13 July 2023
Olympic Games: ANSSI argues for “healthy paranoia”
Vincent Strubel, head of ANSSI, goes over security measures for Paris 2024 Games, as well as threats the event faces.
Digital identity & KYC
14 November 2023
Interim agreement on European digital identity wallet
European Parliament and Council pass first bill to regulate measures on identification throughout European Union.
21 October 2023
UN supports digital identity for developing nations
UNDP and SIA join forces to roll out digital identification solutions, tech deemed “essential to furthering human rights.”
13 September 2023
Crypto theft linked to LastPass hack?
In late August 2023, cybersecurity researchers published an investigation connecting 150 cryptocurrency thefts over the month of December 2022, to the data leak suffered by LastPass in November 2022. ...
11 September 2023
Finland experiments with digital passports
On August 28, 2023, Finnish authorities launched a pilot project allowing Finnish citizens to use a digital version of their passport. The experiment, carried out in Helsinki airport in partnership ...
07 July 2023
European Digital Identity Wallet: text makes progress, but disagreements persist
The European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council have completed a round of negotiations on this key text for the EU’s digital transformation.
19 June 2023
The Catholic Church in France gives priests digital IDs
It is now possible to verify if priests are authorized to say Mass or hear confession, and thus make sure they are not accused of any sexual crimes
Digital Sovereignty
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08 December 2023
[2023 Montreal InCyber Forum] Thinking big: is a global data protection regulatory framework on the way?
Imposing a binding set of global regulations is unrealistic, since it would require states to give up their legal autonomy. However, the positive influences of the GDPR are spreading, inspiring ...
04 December 2023
AI Act: towards three-tiered generative AI regulation
Ongoing negotiations in Brussels could lead to requirements for AI models according to size and popularity.
22 November 2023
TikTok: an application under surveillance
The Chinese social network is under scrutiny by the American and European authorities, who want to know exactly how their citizens’ data is being used. This comes at a time when geostrategic ...
13 November 2023
Apple: must iMessage comply with the DMA?
Google and four network providers want Apple instant messaging service to comply with “gatekeeper” interoperability requirements.
08 November 2023
NIS2 on the horizon: companies need to get ready
The aim of this new European directive is to strengthen cybersecurity in Europe. It is set to replace the NIS1 directive, whose requirements are no longer up to the task of improving security, ...
04 November 2023
AI: France, Germany and Italy want to strengthen EU’s strategic autonomy
Economy ministers from three member States want to promote growth of most innovative European companies.
Digital transition
06 December 2023
Business intelligence faced with generative AI: overcoming fears
The current use of generative AI in the business intelligence sector raises a number of fears. These may be overcome by educating professionals.
04 December 2023
Digital assistants: a new team member joins manned flights
Space, almost by definition, is undoubtedly the most technological sector that exists. While early space-age machines, including the first manned capsules, didn’t even have on-board computers, ...
23 November 2023
How AI is shaking up intellectual property
On August 3, 2023, The New York Times changed the legal notice on its website. The US daily now requires its written consent for an AI to use its data for training. It’s a sign that generative ...
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22 November 2023
[InCyber Forum Montreal] Generative AI: reinventing copyright
Widespread access to generative artificial intelligence is shaking up how we work and create. However, the growing use of this technology has quickly raised two considerable legal issues: how to ...
22 November 2023
“Ex Machina”: a film that explores the (intimate) relationships between humans and machines…and much more
This science fiction movie, directed by Alex Garland, is a “No Exit” that examines the possibilities of human empathy toward an artificially intelligent system. Moreover, it uses ...
20 November 2023
Corporate cryptocurrency cashflow: balancing flexibility and security
The rise of cryptocurrencies is being felt in the business world. Companies’ adoption of this technology raises specific issues of governance and security. Here is a guide to the topic.