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    US Has 'Significant' Cyber Vulnerabilities, But a Sweeping Russian Cyberattack is Unlikely

    2022-03-16

    CNN: In the winter of 2015, computer hackers working for the Russian government attacked Ukraine's power grid and switched off the lights and heat to more than 200,000 consumers.

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    CMA: NortonLifeLock's Avast Takeover Could Lead to Worse Deal for UK Customers

    2022-03-16

    Yahoo Finance: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that NortonLifeLock’s (NLOK) £6bn ($7.8bn) takeover of cybersecurity rival Avast (AVST.L) raises competition concerns and could lead to a worse deal for UK customers.

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    German Government Advises Against Using Kaspersky Antivirus

    2022-03-15

    Bleeping Computer: Germany's Federal Office for Information Security, BSI, is warning companies against using Kaspersky antivirus products due to threats made by Russia against the EU, NATO, and Germany.

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    BNP Paribas Bars Russia-Based Staff From Computer Systems as Cyber Attack Fears Grow

    2022-03-09

    U.S. News: France's largest bank BNP Paribas has cut off its Russia-based workforce from its internal computer systems as it seeks to bolster its defences against any potential cyber attack, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

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    Goldman Analyst Warns Cyberwarfare Could Inflict Economic Costs

    2022-03-07

    BNN Bloomberg: A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst warned an escalation of Russia’s conflict with Ukraine could spark “malicious cyber activity” with the potential to inflict significant economic and social costs.

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    U.S. Treasury Warns Crypto Firms on Russia Cybersecurity Threat

    2022-03-03

    U.S. News: The U.S. Treasury Department has reached out to cryptocurrency companies about their cybersecurity controls amid concerns that Russia could wage retaliatory cyber attacks in response to Western sanctions, according to a person familiar with the situation.

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    Ukraine Invasion: Russia is a Cyber Power - Does That Mean a Cyber War is Coming?

    2022-03-03

    Sky News: Now we have a war, started by what is widely recognised as one of the most advanced cyber powers in the world, yet so far cyber has played little part in the fighting.

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    Cybersecurity is Top TMT M&A Investment Opportunity and Challenge for UK CEOs and Dealmakers, Says Datasite Survey

    2022-03-01

    Private Equity Wire: Cybersecurity is expected to be the biggest challenge and opportunity facing technology, media and telecommunication (TMT) mergers and acquisitions professionals (M&A) in 2022, according to new research by Datasite.

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    US Warns of Potential Russian Cyberattacks on Wealth Managers

    2022-03-01

    Investment News: U.S. officials have already blamed Russia for at least two rounds of attacks on Ukrainian websites in February — the largest in the country’s history — and have alerted American financial institutions to be on the lookout for increased cyber activity.

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    Tougher Telecoms Security Rules to Defend UK from Cyber Attacks

    2022-03-01

    Gov.UK: The Telecommunications (Security) Act became law in November last year and puts much stronger legal duties on public telecoms providers to defend their networks from cyber threats which could cause network failure or the theft of sensitive data.

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