Russia’s boldest moves to censor the internet began in the most mundane of ways — with a series of bureaucratic emails and forms. The messages, sent by Russia’s powerful internet regulator, demanded technical details — like traffic numbers, equipment specifications and connection speeds — from companies that provide internet and […]
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Russia arrests cybersecurity expert on treason charge
Enlarge / KAZAN, RUSSIA – JULY 9, 2020: Group-IB CEO and founder Ilya Sachkov speaks during a panel discussion with representatives of the IT industry at Innopolis’ Popov Technopark. Dmitry Astakhov | Getty Images The founder of one of Russia’s largest cybersecurity companies has been arrested on suspicion of state […]
The GoPro-ification of the iPhone – TechCrunch
Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, we talked about some sunglasses from a company that many people do not like very much. This week, we’re talking about Apple and the company 1,600 times smaller than it that’s facing similar product problems. If you’re reading this […]
Apple and Google bow to pressure in Russia to remove Kremlin critic’s tactical voting app – TechCrunch
Apple and Google have removed a tactical voting app created by the organization of jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, from their respective mobile app stores in Russia. Earlier this week Reuters reported that the Russian state had been amping up the pressure on foreign tech giants ahead of federal elections […]
Russia Influences Hackers but Stops Short of Directing Them, Report Says
WASHINGTON — Moscow’s intelligence services have influence over Russian criminal ransomware groups and broad insight into their activities, but they do not control the organizations’ targets, according to a report released on Thursday. Some American officials said there had been a lull, at least for now, in major ransomware attacks […]
Jolla hits profitability ahead of turning ten, eyes growth beyond mobile – TechCrunch
A milestone for Jolla, the Finnish startup behind the Sailfish OS — which formed, almost a decade ago, when a band of Nokia staffers left to keep the torch burning for a mobile linux-based alternative to Google’s Android — today it’s announcing hitting profitability. The mobile OS licensing startup describes […]
Biden warns cyber attacks could lead to a “real shooting war”
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo attend a plenary session of a NATO summit at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, on June 14, 2021. President Joe Biden has warned that cyberattacks could escalate into […]
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Untitled Ventures joins the scramble for Russian & Eastern European startups with a $118M warchest – TechCrunch
Sorry Mr. Putin, but there’s a race on for Russian and Eastern European founders. And right now, those awful capitalists in the corrupt West are starting to out-gun the opposition! But seriously… only the other day a $100 million fund aimed at Russian speaking entrepreneurs appeared, and others are proliferating. […]
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U.S. Will Formally Accuse China of Hacking Microsoft
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday is expected to formally accuse the Chinese government of breaching Microsoft email systems used by many of the world’s largest companies, governments and military contractors, according to a senior administration official. The United States is also set to organize a broad group of […]
Biden Warns Putin to Act Against Ransomware Groups, or U.S. Will Strike Back
Before gaining the attention of the White House, REvil accounted for less than ten percent of known ransomware victims; now it accounts for 42 percent, according to Recorded Future, a cybersecurity company. “It might feel like this problem is new but it’s been exhausting security teams for years now,” said […]