Tag Archives: Defenses

Russia Erects Financial Defenses as Sanctions Hit Banks, Markets

(Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Most Read from Bloomberg The Bank of Russia acted quickly to shield the nation’s $1.5 trillion economy from sweeping sanctions that hit key banks, pushed the ruble to a record low and left President Vladimir Putin unable to access much of his war chest of more than $640 billion. The central bank more than doubled its key interest rate to 20%, the highest in almost two decades, and… Source link

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North Korean Hackers Breach Windows And Chrome Defenses To Attack Security Researchers

North Korean hackers are going after the cybersecurity research community. getty North Korean hackers have been masquerading as cybersecurity bloggers in order to target researchers in the field, according to Google. They’re doing so by exploiting mysterious weaknesses in computers running the most up-to-date versions of  Microsoft Windows and Google Chrome, the tech giant warned Monday. Adam Weidemann, a researcher at Google’s Threat Analysis Group, said… Source link

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