Day: December 2, 2021

Group-IB: the number of ransomware attacks in Russia tripled in 2021 The number of ransomware attacks in Russia in 2021 increased threefold – by 200 percent. This “Lenta.ru” became aware of the report of analysts of the Group-IB company, who presented their report on the situation in the field of information security at the CyberCrimeCon 2021 conference held in Moscow. The experts also named the main reason for the hackers' success in Russia. This, according to them, was primarily influenced by the strategy of combining hacker groups working with ransomware programs and with cybercriminals who break into company networks and sell access to them. This approach allows hackers to segment the field of activity, make it narrower, and also provide high income for all attackers. Group-IB notes that administrations of hacker forums on the darknet have a negative attitude towards such coalitions. However, between October 2020 and September 2021, the

President Putin: for neglecting safety at mines, one must strictly ask according to the law Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded those who neglect the safety of workers in mines, putting them at mortal risk. He stated this during a meeting on the situation in the coal industry of the Kemerovo Region, which is broadcasted by Rossiya 24 on YouTube. life-saving equipment of workers.

Twitter has deleted 66 accounts allegedly promoting Russia's interests in the Central African Republic, Libya and Syria , “Connected with Russia” and, according to the administration of the service, promoted interests in the Central African Republic (CAR), Libya and Syria. This is reported by TASS with reference to the statement of the social network. Under the heading “Russia”, the Twitter administration noted that a group of 16 accounts had been deleted. According to the social network, the owners of these accounts tried to carry out an information operation in the CAR. In addition, 50 more accounts were deleted that “attacked the civilian government of Libya” and its supporters. “At the same time, [the group of deleted accounts] has largely expressed support for Russia's geopolitical position in Libya and Syria,” added on Twitter.

Foreign Minister Lavrov asked journalists not to shout at him and US Secretary of State Blinken Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the meeting Blinken jokingly addressed the journalists present at the event. This was reported by RIA Novosti. Related materials0: 01 – July 8 “America is looking for external enemies” Why in 150 years after the Civil War, the US was again on the verge of a split? 00: 02 – October 13 sanctions. Who makes these decisions and how? In particular, one of them concerned Washington's readiness to provide Moscow with legal security guarantees. “Don't shout at us!” – the Russian minister said with a laugh. The second face-to-face meeting of Lavrov and Blinken in a year took place on the sidelines of the OSCE ministerial meeting in Stockholm. Prior to that, the heads of the foreign affairs agencies met in May in Reykjavik during the ministerial meeting

Head of Rospotrebnadzor Popova: 14-day quarantine is introduced for arrivals from South Africa African Republic (South Africa) and neighboring countries. The head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova told about this, reports TASS. Popova said that there are not many tourists who should go to quarantine. According to the Federal Tourism Agency, several hundred Russians are now in South Africa. The head of Rospotrebnadzor said that the validity period of the PCR test, which shows the presence of the COVID-19 virus in the body, will be reduced from 72 to 48 hours. This decision, according to Popova, was made against the background of the spread of a new, more dangerous, omicron-strain of coronavirus. Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor expert Kamil Khafizov said that the omicron-strain of coronavirus would be detected in Russia. According to him, large-scale sequencing of the coronavirus genomes is being carried out for the possible detection of the omicron strain. It has