Russia has now banned Instagram as an extremist organisation. Russia labels Meta ‘extremist organization, bans Instagram • The Register Ukraine Russia artilces on Smart Thinking Solutions
There could be a cyber storm coming – now is the time to prepare – UPDATED
This post was originally published on 10 March 2022. The Ukraine Russia conflict has been hot for a while now and there have been many column inches (or centimetres) written on how this conflict is also being fought on the internet – I have written many of them myself. Many …
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Could Russia use ransomware to circumvent sanctions?
Here is an article by Brian Stone, from TechRepublic, looking at the possibility and in the implications of such an action, following a statement by the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Russia may try to dodge sanctions using ransomware payments, warns US Treasury | TechRepublic
TLS certificates are what internet trust is built on
Russia has created it’s own TLS certificate organisation and has started issuing these security and trust certificates to Russian sites, who can no longer access issuing authorities outside of the country, because of sanctions. Moscow to issue TLS certificates to Russian websites • The Register
BNP Paribas take strong measures against a possible insider threat
EXCLUSIVE BNP Paribas bars Russia-based staff from computer systems as cyber attack fears grow | Reuters This is a worrying, but understandable, step to take to deal with a possible insider cyber security attack. The article does not say that BNP Paribas has any evidence of a probably attack – …
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