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EU study maps financial scams on online platforms
A study for the European Commission, published on 20 October 2026, sorts online financial scams into six categories and finds investment and romance scams the most common in Europe.
Source: European Commission
Europe
Europol: digital forensics is struggling to keep pace
Europol's report "Digital forensics: gap analysis", published on 16 October 2026, finds that tools, resources and expertise lag behind the volume and forms of digital evidence.
Source: Europol
Europe
Eurojust trains Western Balkan prosecutors on cross-border e-evidence
Two Eurojust projects, WBCJ and SIRIUS, held a workshop in Montenegro on 8 and 9 October 2026 on obtaining electronic evidence held by service providers abroad.
Source: Eurojust
Europe
ENISA 2026: public administration absorbs a third of EU incidents
The EU agency's yearly assessment, covering 2025, finds ideologically driven DDoS behind most attacks on public bodies and names ransomware the most damaging threat in the short term.
Source: ENISA
Europe
EU Cyber Resilience Act: vulnerability reporting is now mandatory
From 11 September 2026, manufacturers of products with digital elements must report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents through ENISA's new Single Reporting Platform.
Sources: ENISA · European Commission
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