Russia

Gov’t Agencies No Longer Able To Use Kaspersky Lab Products
Gov’t Agencies No Longer Able To Use Kaspersky Lab Products
December 13, 2017  |  Safety and Security

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation that bans the use of Kaspersky Lab software within the U.S. government. According to Reuters, this is...

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US, Russian Banks Targeted By Hackers In ATM Scam
US, Russian Banks Targeted By Hackers In ATM Scam
December 12, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Moscow-based data security firm Group-IB reported Monday (Dec. 11) that a group of Russian hackers stole close to $10 million from several largely U.S. and...

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Russian Hacker Hit With Nine-Year Jail Sentence For Targeting UK Companies
Russian Hacker Hit With Nine-Year Jail Sentence For Targeting UK Companies
December 05, 2017  |  B2B Payments

A Russian hacker who was able to steal more than $2.7 million from businesses in the U.K. has been sentenced to nine years in jail,...

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Uber and Yandex Merger Gets Nod From Russian Regulators
Uber and Yandex Merger Gets Nod From Russian Regulators
November 27, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Uber and Yandex’s ride-sharing businesses got the nod on Friday (Nov. 24) to merge operations in Russia. Reuters reported that Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS)...

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Russian Fake News Seen By 126M Americans On Facebook
Russian Fake News Seen By 126M Americans On Facebook
October 30, 2017  |  International

They came. You saw.  They conquered … the election. (Maybe.) Turns out that as many as 126 million Americans, accounting for a third of the nation’s...

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Bank Bailouts Haven’t Spooked Russian Corporates From Staying Local
Bank Bailouts Haven’t Spooked Russian Corporates From Staying Local
October 30, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Russian companies are providing the nation’s banks with much-needed support amid a time of turmoil for the industry, according to news from Reuters last week. Central bank...

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McAfee Won’t Let Foreign Governments Review Their Code
McAfee Won’t Let Foreign Governments Review Their Code
October 27, 2017  |  Safety and Security

McAfee, the security software company, is no longer allowing foreign governments to look over the source code of its products, stopping a practice that security...

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Taiwan Says Bitcoin Should Be Added To AML Alert System
Taiwan Says Bitcoin Should Be Added To AML Alert System
October 26, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Taiwan is the latest country to make comments about bitcoin regulation, according to news from Reuters. Governor Perng Fai-nan of Taiwan’s Central Bank said on Wednesday...

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‘BadRabbit’ Malware Targets Russia
‘BadRabbit’ Malware Targets Russia
October 25, 2017  |  Safety and Security

A new malware campaign dubbed “BadRabbit” infected computer systems in Russia and other countries on Tuesday (Oct. 24), reported Reuters. According to the news report,...

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