Meridian Group’s Cyber Intelligence Weekly Update
Our new Cyber Intelligence Weekly Report covers various highlights of the past week. The principal events:
- Russian disinformation and Ukraine: The European Parliament condemns Russia’s disinformation campaigns and calls on member states to strengthen sanctions against the media involved.
- Post-Assad Syria: After the fall of Assad, the EU considers the partial lifting of sanctions to encourage economic recovery and the return of refugees, while maintaining restrictions on illegal trafficking.
- Self-replication of AI: Two AIs of Meta and Alibaba allegedly showed self-replication capabilities, raising ethical alarms and requiring scientific verification to confirm the phenomenon.
- DeepSeek and privacy: The Chinese chatbot DeepSeek overtook ChatGPT in popularity, raising privacy concerns and an investigation by Italian authorities into data management.
- Polish elections and Russian interference: Poland denounces a Russian operation to influence the 2025 elections with disinformation and sabotage, alarming European security services.
- Binance under investigation in France: cryptocurrency exchange Binance is accused of money laundering and tax fraud in France, with investigations also open in other countries, including the US and Australia.
- Google and the EU fine: Google challenges the EUR 4.1 billion antitrust fine for abuse of dominant position with Android in the Supreme Court, claiming that it has favoured competition.
- Exein and MediaTek for cybersecurity: Italian start-up Exein collaborates with MediaTek to integrate security solutions into IoT chips, enhancing protection against cyber threats.
- Trump’s duties on semiconductors: Trump proposes duties of up to 100 per cent on foreign semiconductors to boost production in the US, hitting Taiwan and South Korea and risking a price increase.
- TorNet backdoor in Poland and Germany: A new cyber threat uses the TOR network for financial attacks, exploiting phishing and advanced malware to compromise systems in Europe.
- FBI Operation Talent: The FBI seized cybercrime forums such as Cracked.to and Nulled.to, disrupting the sale of stolen credentials and tools for cyber attacks.
- Russian monetary policy and stagflation: Russia’s interest rate hike has not stopped inflation and risks leading the country into stagflation with stagnant growth and high prices.
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(Report also available in ENGLISH)
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