Russia is blocking more and more VPNs
The Russian government is increasingly blocking URLs linked to VPN services as part of its ongoing war efforts......»»
Japan hopes to surpass China to be data center hub of East Asia
Because of the impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, governments are reevaluating their investment areas from a national security perspective. After energy and semiconductors, the next will be data centers. Japan hopes to utilize this opport.....»»
III-V semiconductor suppliers & IC inspection labs poised to embrace LEO satellite business
With its importance significantly highlighted during the Russia-Ukraine war, low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications will usher in enormous business opportunities for III-V compound semiconductors suppliers, space electronic components analysi.....»»
Russia will use International Space Station "until 2028"
Russia said Wednesday it planned to use the International Space Station until 2028, an apparent reversal of an earlier announcement to quit the orbiting laboratory after 2024......»»
Volcano eruption in Russia"s Kamchatka spews vast ash clouds
A volcano erupted early Tuesday on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, spewing clouds of dust 20 kilometers (12 miles) into the sky and covering broad areas with ash......»»
ThreatX Runtime API & Application Protection goes beyond basic observability
ThreatX has unveiled ThreatX Runtime API & Application Protection (RAAP). This patent-pending capability goes beyond basic observability to extend threat detection, tracking and blocking to customers’ runtime environments, without slowing developer.....»»
Russia"s GAZ Group files $348M suit against VW
VW is seeking to sell its Russian operations but amid legal wrangles......»»
Microsoft fined millions for selling software to Russian firms
Over $12 million in banned sales, including over 1,200 in Russia, has landed Microsoft with a $3 million punishment......»»
Russia Is Waging War on Ukraine’s Hospitals
Missiles, mines, and supply shortages are testing the resilience of Ukraine’s medical staff, but they won’t back down......»»
Disruptions in exports of grains from Ukraine and Russia cost the world"s economy more than $1.6 billion: Study
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has struck a major blow to global markets for vital commodities—particularly grains like wheat and maize. Shortages and price increases are contributing to the food insecurity crisis in certain parts of the world, accor.....»»
Drone-on-Drone Combat in Ukraine Marks a New Era of Aerial Warfare
Antidrone technology is combatting “flying IEDs” in the air over Ukraine—with implications beyond the war with Russia.....»»
Pro-Russian hackers target elected US officials supporting Ukraine
Group tracked since 2021 exploits unpatched Zimbra servers to hack email accounts. Enlarge / Locked out. (credit: Sean Gladwell / Getty Images) Threat actors aligned with Russia and Belarus are targeting elected US offic.....»»
Corruption episodes haunt democracies for decades, study finds
The short-term effects of corruption are often obvious. Numerous sources, both in Russia and in the West, consider the military's endemic corruption one of the main reasons of the logistical problems, very low troop morale, and massive casualties of.....»»
COVID-19 causes chaos in infected cells" RNA, finds study
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hijacks parts of infected cells' vital RNA machinery, thereby blocking important functions in the cells. These damaging changes in the RNA can likely be reversed, potentially leading to new drugs against COVID-19, Unive.....»»
Exchange Online will soon start blocking emails from old, vulnerable on-prem servers
Slowly but surely, Microsoft aims to make it impossible for unsupported and/or unpatched on-prem Microsoft Exchange servers to use the company’s Exchange Online hosted cloud service to deliver email. Blocking potentially malicious emails from r.....»»
3 astronauts delayed on space station to return in September
Three astronauts who were supposed to leave the International Space Station this month will be brought back to Earth in late September, doubling their time aboard the orbiting laboratory to more than a year, Russia's space agency announced Friday......»»
Russians, American delayed in space to return in September
Two cosmonauts and an astronaut who were supposed to leave the International Space Station this month will be brought back to Earth in late September, doubling their time aboard the orbiting laboratory to more than a year, Russia's space agency annou.....»»
How blocking cell wall formation stops bacterial cell division
Researchers still do not understand exactly how antibiotics kill bacteria. However, this understanding is necessary to develop new antibiotics. And that is precisely what is urgently needed, because bacteria are currently showing more and more resist.....»»
Kazakhstan’s seizure of Russian space assets threatens the Soyuz-5 rocket
Russia has spent nearly $1 billion on the development of the new Soyuz-5 rocket. Enlarge / A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying Spain's satellite Amazonas-5 blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome i.....»»
Threat actors are experimenting with QR codes
Hackers are diversifying attack methods, including a surge in QR code phishing campaigns, according to HP. From February 2022, Microsoft began blocking macros in Office files by default, making it harder for attackers to run malicious code. Data coll.....»»
Fighting VPN criminalization should be Big Tech’s top priority, activists say
Iranian authorities increasingly targeting VPNs is part of a global trend. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) “Women, life, freedom” became the protest chant of a revolution still raging in Iran months af.....»»