Russia

Calculate Linux: It's like Gentoo, but for businesses

Russian distro transforms source-based rolling release into stable, versioned product… theoretically

OSes04 Jan 2023 | 10

Apple accused of censoring apps in Hong Kong and Russia to maintain market access

Activists note absence of VPNs ponder whether Apple may put revenue above human rights in some markets

Security22 Dec 2022 | 35

Ukraine secures 10k more Starlink receivers with EU help

More cash will still be needed to maintain service come spring, says Ukrainian deputy PM

Networks21 Dec 2022 | 10

Ericsson sells Russian network support biz to local managers

Transfers group of employees to new owners, makes 400 other local staff redundant

Networks15 Dec 2022 | 7

Soyuz leak puts a stop to planned ISS spacewalk and work on Nauka module

Королёв, we have a problem …

Science15 Dec 2022 | 10

China reportedly bars export of homebrew Loongson chips to Russia – and everywhere else

Meanwhile, Moscow ponders a ban on offshore tech workers

Systems15 Dec 2022 | 38

Seven smuggled US military tech for Moscow, say Feds

Nuclear, hypersonic hardware is one thing, but you can probably keep the quantum computer stuff, Vlad

Cyber-crime14 Dec 2022 | 5

Microsoft: (Cyber) winter is coming as DDoS attack disrupts Russian bank

Where's the Night's Watch when you need them?

Cyber-crime07 Dec 2022 | 9

Yandex signs up Putin ally to help with restructuring

Alexei Kudrin, former head of Russia's Audit Chamber, to advise on corporate development

Off-Prem05 Dec 2022 | 6

US ends case against Huawei CFO who holed up in Canada for three years

Wanzhou Meng hasn't re-offended, so last possible charges have been dismissed

Legal05 Dec 2022 | 21

'Russian missiles can't destroy the cloud': Ukraine leader describes emergency migration

Re:Invent Urgent digital transformation in a war-torn country

Off-Prem30 Nov 2022 | 29

Sandworm gang launches Monster ransomware attacks on Ukraine

The RansomBoggs campaign is the Russia-linked group’s latest assault on the smaller country

Security29 Nov 2022 | 15

Yandex plans to break up with its Russian motherland

'Geopolitical environment' leads to spin-out of cloud, self-driving and other tech

Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 36

European Parliament Putin things back together after cyber attack

DDoS started not long after Russia was declared a state sponsor of terrorism

Cyber-crime24 Nov 2022 | 56

Russia-based Pushwoosh tricks US Army and others into running its code – for a while

Updated Russian data trackers … what could possibly go wrong?

Security15 Nov 2022 | 20

Australia to 'stand up and punch back' against cyber crims

Creates 100-strong squad comprising cops and spooks with remit to disrupt ransomware ops

Cyber-crime14 Nov 2022 | 27

Europe calls for joint cyber defense to ward off Russia

EC veep: 'Cyber is the new domain in warfare'

CSO11 Nov 2022 | 9

Australia blames Russia for harboring health insurance hackers

Crims accessed 10 million customer records and are releasing intimate medical details

Cyber-crime11 Nov 2022 | 21

TSMC: You know what would be fab? Some local neon supplies

Chipmaker tired of Putin choking the supply chain of the gas

Systems10 Nov 2022 | 8

FBI: Russian hacktivists achieve only 'limited' DDoS success

OK, so you've got a botnet. That don't impress me much

Cyber-crime08 Nov 2022 | 6

Red Cross seeks digital equivalent of its emblems to mark some tech as off-limits in war

Suggests tweaks to IP semantics as one way to identify protected tech and traffic

Security07 Nov 2022 | 25

Microsoft gives away '$400m in cloud support' to Ukraine

Freedom isn't free

PaaS + IaaS04 Nov 2022 | 12

US Treasury thwarts DDoS attack from Russian Killnet group

Yet another pathetic 'stunt' from pro-Kremlin criminals

Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 5

Ransomware cost US banks $1.2 billion last year

Up 188% on 2020 but could be because financial institutions were encouraged to report incidents

Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 2

Is it any surprise that 'permacrisis' is the word of the year?

It's enough to make you want to sploot

Off-Prem01 Nov 2022 | 33

Russia says Starlink satellites could become military targets

Urges peace in space, while also threatening to shoot western war zone internet out of the sky

Networks28 Oct 2022 | 105

Biden now wants to toughen up chemical sector's cybersecurity

Control panels facing the internet? Data stolen? You gotta keep an ion this stuff

CSO27 Oct 2022 | 6

ISS dodges space junk from satellite Russia blew up

Ground crew raised orbit and carried on like a boss

Science27 Oct 2022 | 28

If someone tries ransacking your Windows network, it's a bit easier now to grok in Microsoft 365 Defender

Blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing...

CSO26 Oct 2022 | 6

SAP struggles to exit Russia after sale of support unit stalled

Datacenters, cloud services shut down but keep maintaining DBs for the nation's businesses

Databases25 Oct 2022 | 5

Germany stands down cyber boss over Russian ties

Involvement with lobby group that welcomed Putin's pals presses buttons

Security19 Oct 2022 | 14

Upstart Ransom Cartel linked to REvil veterans

Lesser of two REvils? There’s a relationship, say infosec bods, but not enough to say one evolved into the other

Cyber-crime18 Oct 2022 | 4

Imagine surviving a wiper attack only for ransomware to scramble your restored files

Then again, imagine being invaded by Russia

Security18 Oct 2022 | 4

China dumps dud chips on Russia, Moscow media moans

What? Sanctions-busting sellers aren't interested in your complaints? That's a shame

On-Prem18 Oct 2022 | 93

Musk says Starlink will keep providing free service to Ukraine

'Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $'

Networks17 Oct 2022 | 25

Starlink, shot by both sides in Ukrainian fracas, lives to fight on

Opinion Jam today, jam tomorrow?

Networks17 Oct 2022 | 44

Extreme Networks fesses up to selling kit to Russian hypersonic missile maker

Buyer Avangard's ordnance has reportedly been used against Ukraine

Networks13 Oct 2022 | 21

China could use Digital Yuan to swerve Russia-style sanctions

GCHQ spy boss talks up threat of east's tech dominance, says Putin has 'badly misjudged' Ukraine attack

Security11 Oct 2022 | 27

Samsung's Ukraine headquarters damaged by Russian missile strike

R&D Center focuses on autonomous AI, otherwise known as On-Device AI

AI + ML11 Oct 2022 | 22

Reds on the beds: Putin's war sparks Chinese chip boom, starting with electric blankets

As energy prices rise, so does demand for the kind of low-end chips China cranks out

Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 29

Pro-Putin goons claim responsibility for blowing US airport websites offline

Updated How's that boot taste?

Security10 Oct 2022 | 27

Nvidia finally pulls shutters down on its Russian offices

Remaining employees can continue work in different countries, though they'll struggle to get a flight out

Systems04 Oct 2022 | 3

Japan taps industry to build safer, more secure nuclear energy future

Project with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries marks shift in policy since Fukushima disaster over a decade ago

Science29 Sep 2022 | 30

UN's ITU election may spell the end of our open internet

Updated Russia, China believe in more national control, maybe baked into standards. Resistance is fierce - and was victorious!

Networks29 Sep 2022 | 67

How one Ukrainian software maker planned for survival as invaders approached

Set priorities, expect confusion, keep emergency instructions simple – that's just for starters

Off-Prem28 Sep 2022 | 30

Russia's Facebook-like VK removed from Apple App Store

Apps still available on Google Play, digital ministry says it's investigating

Applications28 Sep 2022 | 1

Ukraine fears 'massive' Russian cyberattacks on power, infrastructure

Will those be before or after the nuke strikes Putin keeps banging on about?

CSO27 Sep 2022 | 13

NSA super-leaker Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship

He always wanted to fight in the military – are his draft papers on the way?

Bootnotes26 Sep 2022 | 77

Newly discovered cyberspy crew targets Asian governments and corporations

Worok uses mix of publicly available tools, custom malware to steal info, gang active since 2020

Security06 Sep 2022 |

OneWeb takes $229m hit from satellites not returned by Russia

Launch postponements also a part of the writeoff as company pins hopes on SpaceX

Networks05 Sep 2022 | 31

77% of security leaders fear we’re in perpetual cyberwar from now on

In brief Also, Charming Kittens from Iran scrape email inboxes, France could fine Google again, and more

CSO27 Aug 2022 | 32

Russian military uses Chinese drones and bots in combat, over manufacturers' protests

Testimonials from Russian generals not welcomed by DJI or Unitree Robotics

Security17 Aug 2022 | 46

It's 2022 and there are still thousands of public systems using password-less VNC

Let alone the ones with 123456 to login. How sophisticated do attackers really need to be?

CSO16 Aug 2022 | 8

Russian invasion has dangerously destabilized cyber security norms

Black Hat The inside scoop on the Ukrainian IT army, and what could happen next

Security11 Aug 2022 | 33

Northrop Grumman to use Firefly Aerospace tech in its de-Russianized Antares

SpaceX to pick up the slack while the rocket is updated yet again

Science09 Aug 2022 | 10

This is what to expect when a managed service provider gets popped

MSP should just stand for My Server's Pwned!

Cyber-crime30 Jul 2022 | 11