More than six months after its launch, Russia’s national bank card MIR is already supported by more than a hundred Russian banks, 13 of which actually issue the card, according to the Russian central bank’s subsidiary NSPC (or NSPK), which operates the MIR card. Card acceptance is not ubiquitous yet in Russia, however, if judging by the …
Russia has been ranked third worldwide in terms of the stability of its national Internet when facing possible breaches. Only the UK and U.S. networks are deemed to be more reliable. One of the main advantages of the Russian segment of the Internet, also known as RuNet, is its extensive infrastructure: there are more than …
Russia ranked 3rd worldwide in terms of Internet network stability Read More
Kaspersky Lab, the global cyber-security firm, is leading an invasion of Dublin by Russian technology companies, start-ups, programmers and developers – many of whom are looking abroad as Russia remains stuck in recession and worries grow over the political and legal environment there. The Moscow-based company, which is the fourth biggest seller of anti-virus software, is planning to open a …
Kaspersky Lab leads Russian tech invasion of Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks’ Read More
Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian Internet search company, announced today an update of its in-house browser to include a built-in domain name system protection feature – DNSCrypt. DNSCrypt is a protocol that authenticates communications between a browser requesting a DNS address of a website and a DNS server offering this address. “Provided by renowned DNS security expert, OpenDNS, …
Yandex’s browser protects users from DNS spoofing and router hijacking Read More
Last week the NATO Centre of excellence in Riga unveiled the results of research into what it claims is a “preparatory information war” in Latvia but with, it emerges, much wider repercussions. One project examined 200,000 comments posted on Latvia’s three main online news portals between 29 July and 5 August 2014. It found 1.45% of those …
Europe’s new cold war turns digital as Vladimir Putin expands media offensive Read More
Yesterday Kaspersky Lab announced a partnership with big data analytics company SynerScope “to build a unique and innovative offering in the fight against fraud and financially based cybercrime.” This new offering will combine Kaspersky Lab’s fraud prevention solutions with SynerScope’s ultra-fast big data analytics technologies. The partnership will provide cybersecurity solutions, crisis response and anti-fraud …
Put under pressure by the Russian authorities to put an end to the “total anonymity” of user exchanges, Telegram intends to keep its users’ personal data and communication fully confidential. The international instant messenger will not allow security agencies to access such content, stated Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov on his Vkontakte account. “We have not issued and will …
Presidential advisor threatens to block Telegram for “de facto helping” terrorists Read More
Russia’s Kaspersky Lab and China’s Zhongguo Wangan have signed a cooperation agreement during the second World Internet Conference, head of the Russian company, Evgeny Kaspersky told TASS on the fringes of the event. “China is paying much attention to cyber security and structures partnership with companies working in this sphere,” he said. “At the same …
Group-IB, a Moscow-based cybercrime investigation company operating globally, has just published its 2015 report on cybercrime trends in Russian and beyond. Analyzing the situation in Russia and the former Soviet Union, Group-IB’s analysts expect the following trends to play out in the next six months: Mobile users are increasingly exposed to cybercrime Following the growing penetration of mobile …
When ISIS terrorists want to hide what they’re saying, they are increasingly turning to an app called Telegram. It’s “the new hot thing among jihadists,” said Laith Alkhouri, director of Research at Flashpoint Global Partners. Telegram, an international instant messenger founded by Pavel Durov in 2013, boasts two layers of encryption and claims to be “faster and more …
Telegram is the “new hot thing among jihadists,” says cyber security expert Read More
Russian cyber security startups now have a dedicated accelerator with up to 1 billion rubles (around $15 million at the current exchange rate) potentially invested over the next two years. The effort is backed by Rostec, a major Russian state-owned tech corporation, via its subsidiary RT-Inform, systems integrator I-Teco, and the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (FRII in Russian, the country’s largest …
New accelerator to invest up to $15 million in cyber security startups Read More
Russia suffered the second-largest number of confidential data leaks in the first half of this year but company employees themselves are to blame for most of them, the Kommersant business daily reported Tuesday. The analysis center of InfoWatch, a Moscow-based online security company, said more than 262 million personal data records had been compromised as …
Russia’s online security second-worst in the world – Report Read More
