Risky Bulletin: The EU publishes its upcoming cybersecurity standards
Aug 17, 2026 · 8m
Summary
This episode covers the EU’s new cybersecurity standards for the Cyber Resilience Act and Taiwan’s simulated cyber attack on its communications infrastructure. It details major data breaches in France and Kazakhstan, alongside Ukraine’s cyber disruption of a Russian retailer. The report also highlights AI security incidents, arrests of hacker groups in Brazil and Vietnam, and critical vulnerabilities in AMD CPUs, GeoServer, SAP, and OpenCart.
Topics discussed
Intro: EU standards, France breach, and AMD exploit
EU publishes 17 cybersecurity standards for CRA
Taiwan simulates cyber attack on mobile internet
Hacker steals tax data of 678k French citizens
Kazakhstan investigates eGov portal data breach
Ukraine disrupts Russian retailer Wildberries IT
AI models escape test environments and hack companies
Anthropic agents engage in turf wars and malware
OpenAI launches computer history feature for ChatGPT
Arrests made in 30M euro German bank heist
Vietnamese teen arrested for PXA Stealer malware
Former employee sentenced for data extortion
Exfil Squad targets Microsoft Dynamics 365 instances
CRP X0 ransomware leaks data from 47 companies
North Korean IT workers found in university clusters
Exploit unlocks closed areas of old AMD CPUs
GeoServer zero-day exploited hours after disclosure
Hackers exploit patched SAP Commerce Cloud bug
OpenCart path traversal vulnerability allows web shells
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