Company press releases — Security

OPSWAT's Deep CDR deep file sanitisation technology succeeded in all of more than 300 cases in a test by the Austrian laboratory AV-Comparatives. The test covered roughly 50 file formats, and the technology kept the files usable. According to the company, it is the third independent laboratory to confirm a 100% result for Deep CDR.

The organisation Arnika staged a happening to draw attention to problems with the amendment to the building act. According to Arnika, an anonymous criminal complaint about alleged banknote forgery then reached the police. Arnika calls the happening peaceful and warns against intimidation of critics. The release dated 22 October 2026 gives neither the date and place of the happening nor whether the police are examining the matter.

The St Nicholas municipal bell tower in Prague will open a new exhibition called Guardian of Safety on 6 October 2026, created by Prague artists. Visitors will learn about the tower's historical role and will be able to hear the sound of the Nicholas bell, weighing over 300 kilograms, which has called residents of the Old Town since the 16th century. The release does not mention admission fees or opening hours.

Cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies announced on October 4, 2026 the discovery of a phishing campaign exploiting trust in automatic voicemail transcripts to steal login credentials. The company says thousands of organizations are affected, but does not specify the scale of damage or the attack methods used.

The firm ComSource counted 17 documented ransomware threats in Czechia in August across healthcare, manufacturing, IT services, public administration, education and retail. It rates as most serious a leak from an unnamed healthcare provider recorded on 27 August: patient contacts and medical records, payment and insurance details and staff profiles were offered by the DataBastard group for 1,400 dollars. The most active group was Titan, with four attacks on data and IT service firms, and there was also a claim of 105,000 records leaked from an online shop.

Foundation data: 47 % of parents show off photos of their children, 51 % share information that makes a child locatable and 27 % post unsuitable or naked pictures. The RODIcheck tool, built with experts and the Czech police, analyses an uploaded photo and flags what makes it risky.

A QR code does not show where it leads until you scan it — and that is what quishing rests on: a fake code redirects to an imitation of your bank, a payment gateway, a courier or a public office and tries to extract login details.

Manchester Airports Group, operator of Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands, is dealing with a cyber incident; according to the release the attackers obtained data on roughly 8.7 million customers.

The release reports 22 documented threats across sectors. They span state administration, healthcare, energy and culture. The most aggressive campaign is said to have been run by the Titan group against IT and consulting firms, and banking vishing was added to the mix.