Free? Kaspersky? Methinks Kaspersky is ready to go belly up. Russia is going to lose a cash cow. Russia is going to lose a backdoor where every sucker installed Kaspersky products. Russia is going to lose a huge intelligence collection tool/offensive weapon. This is Kaspersky’s death knell, agonal respiration, the last gasp. Bye bye, Kaspersky. </end… Continue reading Russia’s Kaspersky Lab Launches Free Antivirus Software Worldwide
Russia’s Kaspersky Lab Launches Free Antivirus Software Worldwide
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Rostransnadzor found it dangerous to travel on Moscow trains
Rather than find the cause and fixing the problem, Russia says traveling by train can be dangerous and leaves an investigation like that. </end editorial> MOSCOW, July 26 (Itar-Tass) – RIA Novosti. Rostransnadzor found that traveling on Moscow electric trains carrying about 540 million passengers a year can be dangerous, writes the newspaper Kommensant on Wednesday . The April… Continue reading Rostransnadzor found it dangerous to travel on Moscow trains
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The UN Security Council blocked a statement by Russia on the bombardment of the embassy in Damascus
Yes, so? </end editorial> 03:37 07/26/2017 WASHINGTON, July 26 – RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky. The statement on the shelling of the Russian embassy in Damascus is blocked by the UN Security Council, the permanent mission of Russia to the international organization said in a press release. “The Russian Permanent Mission to the UN has distributed to the… Continue reading The UN Security Council blocked a statement by Russia on the bombardment of the embassy in Damascus
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Fake News: RIA – The court ordered the SBU to institute criminal proceedings against Poroshenko
Top story beside the headline about Sanctions, on the front page of RIA.ru, the flagship page of RIA Novosti, there is an attention grabbing headline that the President of Ukraine is being arrested for High Treason. According to RIA Novosti, Poroshenko personally financed the “Russian Army”/insurgency in Donbas. 07/26/2017 KIEV, July 26 – RIA Novosti. Pechersk… Continue reading Fake News: RIA – The court ordered the SBU to institute criminal proceedings against Poroshenko
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Russia’s Parliament Went on a Censorship Binge
Posted 21 July 2017 20:51 GMT Russia’s lower house of parliament approved a spate of censorship laws today, voting for legislation that will prohibit messaging services from allowing users to communicate anonymously, outlaw the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), proxies, and other anonymizers, and require search engines to hide links to blocked sites. In the last week before its summer recess, the State Duma passed an… Continue reading Russia’s Parliament Went on a Censorship Binge
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Russia: Crossing In Plain Sight
Russia is openly and blatantly violating the Minsk Agreement on a daily basis and is increasing the volume of violations. No repercussions, no punishments, and there are seemingly no F’s given. Russian military presence builds just east of Ukraine, now estimated at three Army’s. Once again an agreement signed by Russia is not worth the… Continue reading Russia: Crossing In Plain Sight
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Kremlin Watch Monitor: Russian influence means more than cyber-attacks and fake news
Kremlin Watch Monitor ǀ July 26, 2017 Kremlin Watch Monitor: Russian influence means more than cyber-attacks and fake news Weekly Update on the Kremlin Disinformation Efforts While the question whether Donald Trump’s administration colluded with the Russian government grows more serious and complicated every week, the Chairman of the United States’ House Science Committee Lamar Smith and… Continue reading Kremlin Watch Monitor: Russian influence means more than cyber-attacks and fake news
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Speed, Volume, and Ubiquity: Forget Information Operations & Focus on the Information Environment
Michael Williams July 26, 2017 What is Information Operations (IO)? This short response to the question posed by The Strategy Bridge should be as short and simple as lifting a sentence from U.S. military doctrine. Alas, it isn’t, and this paper could easily extend for hundreds of pages and be just a description of the debate itself.[1] Part… Continue reading Speed, Volume, and Ubiquity: Forget Information Operations & Focus on the Information Environment
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Russia / Strategy Media Update – 26 July 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s further expands its aerial harassment from the Baltics to the Black Sea. Multiple propaganda attacks on Lithuania – payback to Pres. Grybauskaite. Monuments war continues with more Russian threats. Nezavisimaya Gazeta polling indicates Russin public confidence in Russian media, i.e. willingness to be zombified, declining strongly. With collapse… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 26 July 2017
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Here’s how DoD organizes its cyber warriors
By: Mark Pomerleau This is part one of a series exploring the differences between military cyber forces, capabilities, mission sets and needs. The Defense Department is posturing itself to fight and win wars and conflicts in all domains, especially cyberspace. At the top level, DoD, along with the contributions of the services, is continuing to build… Continue reading Here’s how DoD organizes its cyber warriors
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Foreign Agents Take Center Stage In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
July 26, 201710:01 AM ET BRIAN NAYLOR A senior FBI official said Wednesday the nation is “under relentless assault” from foreign adversaries, as the Senate Judiciary Committee continued its probe into Russia’s interference with last year’s presidential election. Bill Priestap, assistant director of counterintelligence at the FBI, painted a bleak picture of efforts — both… Continue reading Foreign Agents Take Center Stage In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
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State Department Criticism of RFE Polish Broadcasts in the 1960s and 1970s
A Case of Localitis? July 24, 2017 By A. Ross Johnson State Department Criticism of RFE Polish Broadcasts in the 1960s and 1970s In early 1957 Frank Wisner, CIA Deputy Director for Plans, penned a memorandum on the implications of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution for Radio Free Europe (RFE) broadcasts to Poland. He wrote that Soviet communism was… Continue reading State Department Criticism of RFE Polish Broadcasts in the 1960s and 1970s
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Senate passes Russia sanctions bill on 98-2 vote
Published: July 27, 2017 6:55 p.m. ET The Senate approved new sanctions to punish Russia for its alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election on an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote Thursday, gaining tentative support from the White House before its passage. The measure, which also imposes sanctions on North Korea and Iran, passed the Senate on a… Continue reading Senate passes Russia sanctions bill on 98-2 vote
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Russia Orders U.S. Embassy Staff Cuts in Sanctions Retaliation
July 28, 2017 — 13:10 Russia has ordered the United States to reduce its diplomatic and technical staff at its Embassy in Moscow and diplomatic missions in other Russian cities in response to a U.S. Senate vote to impose tougher sanctions on Russia, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. “We kindly ask the U.S. to adjust the headcount of its diplomatic and technical staff by September to exact parity with the… Continue reading Russia Orders U.S. Embassy Staff Cuts in Sanctions Retaliation
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European Court of Human Rights hints Russia responsible for Donbas damages
2017/07/27 – 23:49 On 25 July, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) passed its first judgment in a case related to the loss of control over the part of the territory in Luhansk Oblast. The Court concluded that Ukraine had done all it could to ensure the right to a fair trial within a… Continue reading European Court of Human Rights hints Russia responsible for Donbas damages
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The Morning Vertical — July 28, 2017
THE MORNING VERTICAL by Brian Whitmore 28.07.2017 On My Mind This week, Russia’s official name officially became a fiction. This week, the Russian Federation ceased to be anything remotely resembling a federation. This week, a decades-old agreement granting Tatarstan limited autonomy — including control over its resources, budget, and special status for the Tatar… Continue reading The Morning Vertical — July 28, 2017
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GAO: Internet of Things: Status and implications of an increasingly connected world
VIEW REPORT (PDF, 78 PAGES) What GAO Found The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the technologies and devices that sense information and communicate it to the Internet or other networks and, in some cases, act on that information. These “smart” devices are increasingly being used to communicate and process quantities and types of information that… Continue reading GAO: Internet of Things: Status and implications of an increasingly connected world
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GCIG: Cyber Security in a Volatile World
GCIG Research Volume Five Series: GCIG Research Volumes PUBLISHED: JULY 26, 2017 AUTHOR: GLOBAL COMMISSION ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE Download PDF The global digital economy, democracy and the public sphere now completely depend upon the stability and security of cyberspace. Encryption technologies are necessary to protect data privacy, authenticate websites and secure online transactions. Security problems such as… Continue reading GCIG: Cyber Security in a Volatile World
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MEET MIA ASH, THE FAKE WOMAN IRANIAN HACKERS USED TO LURE VICTIMS
Meet Mia Ash, the Fake Woman Iranian Hackers Used to Lure Victims ANDY GREENBERG 07.27.17 10:00 AM MIA ASH IS a 30-year-old British woman with two art school degrees, a successful career as a photographer, and plenty of friends—more than 500 on Facebook, and just as many on LinkedIn. A disproportionate number of those friends happen to be… Continue reading MEET MIA ASH, THE FAKE WOMAN IRANIAN HACKERS USED TO LURE VICTIMS
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Majority of Young Russians Watch Kremlin-Funded News
The main target of Russian propaganda is domestic. It seems they are succeeding. </end editorial> July 28, 2017 — 11:48 State-run television is the principal source of news for a majority of young Russians, the independent Russian television channel Dozhd reported Friday. Fifty-four percent of Russians aged between 18 and 24 watch government-funded Channel One news casts, Dozhd reported citing a poll produced by the independent… Continue reading Majority of Young Russians Watch Kremlin-Funded News
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