Biden administration supports controversial UN Cybercrime Treaty
Giving the despots a hand
The Biden administration plans to support a controversial cybercrime treaty at the United Nations this week, despite concerns that it could be misused by authoritarian regimes.
Google fined a $100 trillion in Russia
How dare you censor Tsar Putin’s chums?
The very nice Tsar of all the Russia’s Tsar Vladimir [this land is my land] Putin has fined Google the astronomical sum of around $20 decillion for YouTube's blocking of Russian media channels tied to sanctioned entities.
Russia smuggles high-tech servers through Indian loopholes
Sanctions, what sanctions?
The very nice Tsar of all the Russia’s Tsar Vladimir [this land is my land] Putin has worked out a way to evade US technology sanctions by ordering an Indian takeaway.
Foreign powers stepping up cyber attacks on US
Trying to influence the US election
Software King of the World Microsoft has noticed an uptick in the amount of attacks by foreign powers trying to influence the US elections.
Kaspersky shuts down British office
Will work through the channel instead
Cyber security giant Kaspersky has shut its UK office and laid off dozens of workers.
Yandex sold to Russia for half price
Dutch go dutch
The Dutch owners of Yandex, the Russian tech giant, have flogged their search engine and other services to a bunch of Russian bosses and oil firm Lukoil for a measly $5.21 billion.
Ukraine hackers nick Russia's military secrets
All your bases are belong to us
A Ukraine hacking group, linked to its top spy agency has pinched building plans for more than 500 Russian military sites, Ukraine's military spooks, the GUR, said.
Russia to ban VPNs
Expects internet to surrender in three days
Tsar Vladimir Putin has unleashed his communications watchdogs on VPNs in a desperate bid to make sure no one sources their news from anyone other than him.
Russia’s special operation on the moon failed
Luna 25 a smear on the surface
That nice Mr Putin’s attempt to show Russian technological superiority by returning to the moon while fighting an unpopular war seems to have gone the same way.
Kremlin staff told to get rid of their iPhones
Security risk
In a move that has been greeted with horror by the Tame Apple Press, that very nice Mr Putin has declared a "special military operation" on Apple and its products.