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2022-02-27 10:33:23 Ransomware is being used as bait in data destruction attacks targeting Ukraine

International security researchers have issued a warning about a new type of data erasure malware that is currently being deployed in destructive attacks against Ukraine’s network infrastructure. In many cases, the attacks are accompanied by GoLang-based ransomware. The Symantec security team said today that it has found a malicious wiper malware program called HermeticWiper that…

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2022-02-27 10:20:13 Ukraine urges Apple to block Russian users from App Store

In an open letter published on the afternoon of February 25 (local time), Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, called on Apple to stop providing products and services to Russian users. In the letter posted on Twitter, Mr. Fedorov wrote: “I urge you to stop providing Apple services and products to the Russian Federation,…

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2022-02-27 10:11:52 Twitter is ‘severely restricted’ in Russia

As the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict entered its third day, Russia blocked access to Twitter, and the move was criticized as ‘blocking the flow of information. Specifically, starting on Saturday morning, February 26 (local time), internet monitoring group NetBlocks recorded the inability to access Twitter on all major Russian telecommunications providers, including Rostelecom, MTS, Beeline, and…

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2022-02-27 10:07:36 Russia bans Facebook for ‘violating basic human rights’

Russia’s Federal Communications Service, Roskomnadzor, has restricted Facebook’s activities in the country after Facebook restricted the accounts of four Russian media outlets: Zvezda TV channel, RIA Novosti news agency, Lenta pages .ru, and Gazeta.ru. According to Neowin, Roskomnadzor said such an account ban is a violation of Federal law No. 272-FZ “on measures affecting the…

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2022-02-27 10:01:55 Some Russian companies are banned from participating in the MWC 2022 exhibition

trade shows technology when a number of Russian companies have been banned by the GSMA from exhibiting at MWC 2022, which begins on February 28. According to Engadget, although the wireless technology association did not say which companies were barred from attending, it said there would be no Russian pavilion to display the country’s mobile…

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2022-02-27 09:56:22 NVIDIA suffered a cyber attack, massive damage estimated

NVIDIA is the next big name to be targeted by hackers in 2022. According to a report from the Telegraph, the US computer hardware maker seems to have suffered a serious attack, possibly affects the majority of its business worldwide. In its exclusive report, The Telegraph reported that the attack against NVIDIA took place at…

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