Washington is weighing sanctions against Russian cyber security company Kaspersky Lab as part of a wider round of measures against the Russian government, U.S. intelligence officials familiar with the matter told CyberScoop.
According to the reports, the planned measures would be a considerable expansion and escalation of the U.S. government’s...
Russian tech company Yandex, in partnership with Hyundai Motor CIS and Hyundai Mobis, will launch 100 new unmanned Hyundai Sonata vehicles on public roads in Russia and the United States in 2020. Thus, the company will double its fleet of self-driving cars, Yandex press service told TASS.
The first Hyundai...
Russia has offered to supply South Korea with a key material needed to make semiconductor chips amid an escalating trade feud between Seoul and Tokyo, Hankyoreh reported.
Citing an unnamed government official, the South Korean news outlet reported Russia had recently notified Seoul through diplomatic channels that it was willing...
The Russian government plans to impose harsher fines on technology companies that fail to comply with Russian laws, sources familiar with the plans said, according to Reuters.
The move should intensify the Kremlin’s fight with global tech giants such as Facebook and Google, the news agency reported.
Russia has introduced tougher...
Lawmakers from Russia’s ruling party are proposing legislation that would allow authorities to block individual e-mail or online messenger users who circulate banned content, Reuters reported.
Members of the Duma say the bill, which is likely to alarm advocates of internet freedoms, is needed to combat a wave of hoax...
Two suspected Russian hackers have been brought to criminal responsibility for mining cryptocurrencies through infected computers in state organizations, RBC reported on Monday.
Nikolay Murashov, Deputy Director of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents, told a press conference on Monday:
"In Russia, there have been two cases recently when people...
A mobile coastal defense anti-ship system Bastion has carried out a march to a deployment site in Crimea within the framework of an exercise being held against the backdrop of the US destroyer Donald Cook’s visit to the Black Sea, the Black Sea Fleet’s information support office said on...
A U.S. federal judge has ruled a Florida-based broadcasting company that provides Russian programs to a Washington radio station must register as an agent of a foreign government, RFE/RL reported.
In a press release Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department said that RM Broadcasting of Jupiter, Florida, was essentially providing publicity...
The Russian central bank has given the green light to a Norlisk Nickel (NorNickel) digital asset tokenization platform, Finance Magnates reports. The approval is subject to the new federal law “On Digital Financial Assets” coming into force. Currently, Russian legislation requires digital platforms to be operated by banks and...
Chinese telecom major Huawei has purchased the rights to facial recognition technology developed by Moscow-based security technology firm Vocord, according to Vedomosti.
The acquisition, which is reportedly priced at $50 million, will see employees as well as the technologies of Vocord being transferred to Igl Softlab, a new firm set...
