The US threatens penalties against European companies, like Mistral and Spotify, if the EU does not roll back regulations and lawsuits targeting US tech giants
bsky.app/profile/tech... [embedded post] Simonetta Vezzoso / @wavesblog : “With support from the U.S. tech industry, the Trump administration has taken an aggressive posture against other government'...
Google plans to begin verifying the identities of developers who distribute Android apps, even outside the Play Store, rolling out in phases from September 2026
Stop this shit Google. If I want to sideload an app, I should be able to sideload an app. — www.androidauthority.com/android- deve... @natanael : This is what Apple got sued for and lost over in EU...
The UK plans to ban public sector and key infrastructure organizations from paying ransoms to ransomware gangs and require others to notify the UK if they pay
targets ‘public sector bodies and operators of critical national infrastructure’ Nidhi Singal / CSO : Interlock ransomware threat expands across the US and Europe, hits healthcare and smart cities Chr...
The US and the UK sanction seven people based in Russia, with likely FSB ties, connected to the Conti and Ryuk ransomware gangs and the Trickbot banking trojan
on par with terrorism and military crisis between states. Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk : Russian Cybercrime Gang Trickbot Sanctioned by US, UK Maggie Miller / Politico : U.S., U.K. sanction Russian hacke...
Experts say Russia could use cryptocurrency tools to lessen the impact of US sanctions, including a forthcoming digital ruble and spoils from ransomware attacks
or Russia Allison Morrow / CNN : Financial sanctions are easier than ever for Russians to evade. Thank Bitcoin Jessica Sier / Australian Financial Review : Russia could use crypto to evade sanctions B...
DOJ establishes the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team to investigate illegal schemes run by criminals and countries like North Korea and Iran
Friday, February 18, 2022 // (IG): BB //Weekly Sponsor: ISG Jamie Lowe / Protos : Attorney who kept Ross Ulbricht in prison to lead DoJ crypto task force Catalin Cimpanu / The Record : DOJ appoints of...
Microsoft starts blocking VBA macro scripts by default in Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, and Word, after years of security experts requesting the change
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Meta CFO says Apple's ATT privacy changes will cost the company $10B in revenue during 2022 and that Google “faces a different set of restrictions from Apple”
High ARPU coastal users have churned; TikTok is eating their lunch 2—They can't acquire because of antitrust scrutiny 3—They can't build because founders don't want to be there 4—IDFA killed their abi...
Report: Chinese regulators have not approved any new video games since July, resulting in about 140K gaming-related companies shutting down in the country
Regulators have not released a list of approved new video game titles since the end of July, marking the longest suspension since … Tweets: @zhugeex and @campuscodi Tweets: Daniel Ahmad / @zhugeex : 1...
CISA creates a catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities, including in Apple and Google products, and orders federal agencies to patch within timeframes
Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01 establishes timeframes for mitigation of known exploited vulnerabilities and requires improvements in vulnerability management programs: https://www.cisa.gov/...