Day: November 30, 2021

Rostelecom-Solar: to protect data, you must use backup Rostelecom-Solar expert Alexei Kubarev told how protect personal data from online fraudsters. The expert gave advice to the Russians in an interview with RIA Novosti. First of all, the expert urged not to install applications from unverified sources, as there is a risk of downloading a malicious program. “The situation when a program requests access to a media library, microphone or camera, but this is not required to perform functions, should alert,” Kubarev warned. The expert also recommended setting up automatic software updates. He noted that application developers fix security problems in almost every update. “The community of hackers is closely monitoring this, because if a patch is released that covers a vulnerability, then you can attack those who did not have time to update and are still vulnerable,” he said. Kubarev explained that most cyber attacks contain phishing elements. For example,

BBC News: A third of Australian parliament staff have been sexually harassed More than a third of Australian parliament staff have been sexually harassed. This became known from the report of the Commissioner for Combating Sex Discrimination Kate Jenkins, reports BBC News. The author of the report said that the victims of harassment were mostly women. “Such an experience leaves a devastating trail for individual citizens and their teams and undermines the work of our parliament to the detriment of the country,” she concluded. According to the publication, the investigation began after the former employee of the Australian parliament Brittany Higgins announced the rape in the office of the country's defense minister. According to the report, 51 percent of workers were victims of bullying, sexual harassment or attempted sexual assault. On November 22, it was reported that the New York City Judiciary Assembly found former Governor Andrew Cuomo guilty of

Bloomberg: Senegal's Plastic Ban Threatens Women's Jobs under threat. Bloomberg reports. The new anti-pollution rule could affect access to clean drinking water and the number of jobs for women, many of whom make a living filtering, packaging and reselling tap water in plastic bags. About 30 thousand female employees may be unemployed due to new measures to save the planet. “We need time to find a solution,” the union said. The ban on single-use plastic should take effect in the African country from December 31st. Senegal's Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development says the business has had ample time to find a replacement for the packaging. Plastic water bags were supposed to be banned back in January 2020, but manufacturers were given a respite due to the coronavirus pandemic hitting the economy. Now that markets are gradually recovering from the crisis, the ban must be fully respected. Women and girls

In Voronezh, a court sentenced a criminal authority to 10 years for status and extortion , having found him guilty of occupying the highest position in the criminal hierarchy and extortion. This was reported to “Lente.ru” in the press service of the regional prosecutor's office. The convicted person will serve a sentence of 10 years in a strict regime colony. According to the investigation, From 2018 to 2021, using the highest position in the criminal hierarchy among convicts in Voronezh colony No. 9, he gave them orders and subordinated them to his will. Three facts of extortion of money from prisoners have been established: they were forced to pay for criminal protection. The money went to the common fund. In the Tula region, crime boss Andrei Voznesensky, nicknamed “The Hobot”, was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for extortion of 19 million rubles. He challenged the verdict. The man spent

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov: all strains of coronavirus are unpleasant for the economy According to the head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov, difficulties are easier to overcome when there are a large number of vaccinated people. His words are quoted by the Izvestia newspaper. “All strains of the virus, of course, are unpleasant for the economy. But we have already gone so much, have learned to overcome all these difficulties. The most important thing is vaccination, “Siluanov said. Earlier, Presidential Aide Maxim Oreshkin named possible scenarios for the impact of a new strain of coronavirus on the Russian economy. According to him, there are three possible scenarios for the development of events. The first scenario – negative – implies that the omicron strain will spread faster, and the disease itself will be difficult. Oreshkin called the second scenario a “false alarm” and explained that new strains appeared before,