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Colombian bank victimized

Colombian bank victimized

A Colombian bank fell victim to phishing emails from unknown hackers, which contained a malicious Exel file with stolen banking data and a BitRAT trojan. Attackers obtained more than 400 thousand records with ID numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, customer names, payment history, addresses and salary information. Remarkably, this information

Happy Birthday Bitcoin!

Happy Birthday Bitcoin!

Exactly 14 years ago, at the height of the financial crisis on January 3, 2009, a genesis block, Bitcoin, was created with 50 bitcoins generated. Its hash partly consists of the text "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks". This is the title of

$250 million

$250 million

Largest pretrial bail of $250 million secured by family stock. Sam Bankman-Fried will await trial at his parents' home.

The Android Trojan Godfather

The Android Trojan Godfather

The Android Trojan Godfather is active: 16 countries, 400 different banks, cryptocurrencies, and e-wallets have already become victims. The first activity was detected in June 2021, a year later the virus subsided, and now it has started to manifest itself again with updated functionality. The problem is that it spreads

The Ministry of Finance plans to change the funded part of the pension

The Ministry of Finance plans to change the funded part of the pension

The Ministry of Finance should submit a draft law on the new voluntary funded pension system to the government by December 30 this year. The document provides the principle of voluntariness and tax benefits, as well as the transfer of pension savings frozen since 2014 to citizens. According to Aksakov,

Russians have stopped buying laptops: sales fell by 50% in Q3

Russians have stopped buying laptops: sales fell by 50% in Q3

What is interesting: the average bill for a laptop in the third quarter increased by 5% year-on-year, MTS said. Russians began to prefer powerful gaming laptops. The fall in sales is due to a lack of products due to sanctions and the renewal of the fleet of laptops during the

U.S. officials forced to roll back plan to limit Russian oil prices - Bloomberg

U.S. officials forced to roll back plan to limit Russian oil prices - Bloomberg

India and China - Russia's most important trading partners - will not participate, Bloomberg sources said. The price cap plan is still alive after all. However, the price cap will be higher than previously thought. Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen said the price ceiling could be in the range

Experiments are on the air: Burger King will start selling wine

Experiments are on the air: Burger King will start selling wine

According to RBC, in 2023 the Burger King chain will start selling still and sparkling wines at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport as an experiment. The fast-food restaurant has already received all the necessary licenses.

Tesla shares should be perceived as Chinese, Morgan Stanley believes - RBC

Tesla shares should be perceived as Chinese, Morgan Stanley believes - RBC

According to MS analysts, as Tesla receives about half of its income in China, it can be called a derivative of Chinese technology companies. And such dependence will remain until 2030. This makes Tesla dependent on the performance of the Chinese market as a whole. The growth of China's GDP

Exports are falling and imports are growing. The Central Bank of Russia has calculated the balance of payments for Q3

Exports are falling and imports are growing. The Central Bank of Russia has calculated the balance of payments for Q3

The value of exports of goods and services rose 5% y/y in Q3 2022 - a lower growth rate than in Q2. The decline in the value of imports slowed to 14% y/y in Q3 2022. The growth rate of exports fell due to the shutdown of Nord