Cryptography

The Council of the Eropean Union has announced that it has adopted new rules against the misuse of identity papers. It introduces better security for EU citizens' ID cards and residence permits issued to foreigners.

53% of Bulgarian consumers worry that switching to biometric identification in online payments will dramatically increase the number of identity frauds. This is shown in a survey of the Paysafe payment solution provider.

According to data, 81% of respondents in Bulgaria still prefer traditional payment passwords online due to security concerns with new biometric options.

Members of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) visited yesterday the warehouse where voting machines were delivered to inspect their number, storage and security.

The single number 1911, through which Romanian citizens, legal entities and public institutions will be able to report the cyber security incidents they have found, was officially launched on Thursday, the cost of the project being one million euro, covered by European funds through the Connecting Europe Facility program.

75% of young people in Europe openly say they can not distinguish fake from real news. This is also true for Bulgaria, so the team of EU Commissioner for Digitalisation Maria Gabriel is already working on media literacy to be included in the Bulgarian education system.

The Greek Police (ELAS) on Thursday launched a tender to create a new electronic system that will issue new, more secure identity cards in Greece that will meet the standards and technical specifications of the European Union.
Apart from the new IDs, the Integrated Information System for Security Documents will also provide new secure driving licenses and upgrade existing passports.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange woke up in a British jail on April 12 at the start of a likely lengthy extradition battle after a dramatic end to his seven-year stay in Ecuador's London embassy.

The Business Statistics Information System is working again, the National Statistical Institute announced today, as access to it was again limited today.

The annual activity reports of the companies are submitted in the system. It accounts for over 600,000 individuals and legal entities.

A 39-year-old Russian national suspected of bitcoin fraud and wanted by three countries on Wednesday lodged an appeal with a Piraeus court for his release or extradition to Russia for humanitarian reasons.

Each time we face a new security challenge, a defense or security contractor is waiting in the wings to sell us a solution. In the case of hybrid threats, there is no one-size-fits-all solution nor new system we can just buy to mitigate them.