Sig. Ug.
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A Kremlin-linked think tank (CMACP) says Russia now meets formal criteria for a systemic banking crisis, after earlier warning of a “bad debt” crisis. It also flags rising risks of a depositor run if conditions worsen.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/02/p...
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/02/p...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 AM
A Kremlin-linked think tank (CMACP) says Russia now meets formal criteria for a systemic banking crisis, after earlier warning of a “bad debt” crisis. It also flags rising risks of a depositor run if conditions worsen.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/02/p...
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/02/p...
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The first serious piece in US media about Putin's hybrid warfare operations across Europe. It's a very big deal, but US broadcast media generally would much rather look the other way. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Inside Russia’s Secret Campaign of Sabotage in Europe
How Russian military intelligence is recruiting young people online to carry out espionage, arson, and other attacks across the Continent.
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The first serious piece in US media about Putin's hybrid warfare operations across Europe. It's a very big deal, but US broadcast media generally would much rather look the other way. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Russia’s largest cryptocurrency mining company, Bitriver, is all over the press today, and not in a good way. Unpaid debts, allegations of tax evasion, company founder allegedly under house arrest, top executives quitting.
Guess that crypto mining was not a license to print money after all.
Guess that crypto mining was not a license to print money after all.
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Russia’s largest cryptocurrency mining company, Bitriver, is all over the press today, and not in a good way. Unpaid debts, allegations of tax evasion, company founder allegedly under house arrest, top executives quitting.
Guess that crypto mining was not a license to print money after all.
Guess that crypto mining was not a license to print money after all.
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This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
Russian IR company F6 publishes its annual cyber threat report: Russia is under attack by 27 government-aligned threat groups. In 2025, the number of major leaks was down, but the volume of leaked data about Russians rose to 760 million lines. Android trojans increased sixfold.
February 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Russian IR company F6 publishes its annual cyber threat report: Russia is under attack by 27 government-aligned threat groups. In 2025, the number of major leaks was down, but the volume of leaked data about Russians rose to 760 million lines. Android trojans increased sixfold.
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Сотрудники высших учебных заведений и НИИ должны согласовывать поездки в «недружественные» страны. Это требование возникло после ареста археолога Александра Бутягина в Польше. Ученые опасаются задержания в западных странах, даже не выражая политических взглядов.
February 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Сотрудники высших учебных заведений и НИИ должны согласовывать поездки в «недружественные» страны. Это требование возникло после ареста археолога Александра Бутягина в Польше. Ученые опасаются задержания в западных странах, даже не выражая политических взглядов.
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The senators had argued Blanche’s shutdown of crypto investigations would help support drug trafficking, child exploitation and scams.
Now, they say their fears have been realized: Illicit crypto activities surged in 2025, a study found.
Now, they say their fears have been realized: Illicit crypto activities surged in 2025, a study found.
Six Senators Accuse Deputy Attorney General of “Glaring” Crypto Conflict, Cite ProPublica Investigation
The senators presented a letter demanding that top DOJ official Todd Blanche clarify the legality of his actions, pointing to ProPublica reporting that found he owned at least $159,000 in related asse...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The senators had argued Blanche’s shutdown of crypto investigations would help support drug trafficking, child exploitation and scams.
Now, they say their fears have been realized: Illicit crypto activities surged in 2025, a study found.
Now, they say their fears have been realized: Illicit crypto activities surged in 2025, a study found.
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90's / 2000's: If an attacker gets access to my OS it's game over, better protect it.
2010's: If an attacker gets access to my browser it's game over, better sandbox it well.
2020's: I'm going to install this attacker's cool AI agent and give it access to both.
2010's: If an attacker gets access to my browser it's game over, better sandbox it well.
2020's: I'm going to install this attacker's cool AI agent and give it access to both.
January 31, 2026 at 8:26 PM
90's / 2000's: If an attacker gets access to my OS it's game over, better protect it.
2010's: If an attacker gets access to my browser it's game over, better sandbox it well.
2020's: I'm going to install this attacker's cool AI agent and give it access to both.
2010's: If an attacker gets access to my browser it's game over, better sandbox it well.
2020's: I'm going to install this attacker's cool AI agent and give it access to both.
Interesting article on how the Russian IT industry helped the Putin regime centralize control over the Internet, enabling censorship and shutdowns.
doxa.team/articles/rus...
doxa.team/articles/rus...
Как Кремль приручал IT-бизнес и учился управлять интернетом
Как Кремль учился управлять интернетом, шаг за шагом выстраивая зависимость IT-бизнеса от госзаказов и превращая технологии контроля в экспортный товар
doxa.team
January 31, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Interesting article on how the Russian IT industry helped the Putin regime centralize control over the Internet, enabling censorship and shutdowns.
doxa.team/articles/rus...
doxa.team/articles/rus...
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New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries.
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
January 31, 2026 at 3:12 PM
New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries.
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
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@jburnmurdoch: "the US slide during Trump’s second term stands out as the most rapid in contemporary history. It outpaces the early stages of backsliding under Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán"
www.ft.com/content/b474...
www.ft.com/content/b474...
www.ft.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM
@jburnmurdoch: "the US slide during Trump’s second term stands out as the most rapid in contemporary history. It outpaces the early stages of backsliding under Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán"
www.ft.com/content/b474...
www.ft.com/content/b474...
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🇷🇺📉 #Russia has fallen significantly behind in the global race for artificial intelligence, largely due to Putin’s personal aversion to modern technology, The Times reports.
united24media.com/latest-news/...
united24media.com/latest-news/...
Putin’s Tech Paranoia Is Dragging Russia Into the Past
Russia lags in AI innovation, hindered by Putin's skepticism of technology, leading to significant global competitiveness issues.
united24media.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:07 PM
🇷🇺📉 #Russia has fallen significantly behind in the global race for artificial intelligence, largely due to Putin’s personal aversion to modern technology, The Times reports.
united24media.com/latest-news/...
united24media.com/latest-news/...
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WOW! 👏Philly DA Larry Krasner:
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.”
#ICEoffOurStreets
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.”
#ICEoffOurStreets
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 AM
WOW! 👏Philly DA Larry Krasner:
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.”
#ICEoffOurStreets
“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.”
#ICEoffOurStreets
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“Golden Age” is literally how Turkmenbashi & his enablers referred to his rule over Turkmenistan. The man was so fond of gold that he had multiple golden statues of himself erected all over Ashgabat. To hear the U.S. Secretary of Commerce use these exact words when addressing Trump is disorienting.
January 31, 2026 at 4:57 AM
“Golden Age” is literally how Turkmenbashi & his enablers referred to his rule over Turkmenistan. The man was so fond of gold that he had multiple golden statues of himself erected all over Ashgabat. To hear the U.S. Secretary of Commerce use these exact words when addressing Trump is disorienting.
Russian MVD announces search warrants were executed in Moscow, Tatarstan, Sverdlovsk and Leningrad oblasts on members of a hacking team which specialized in compromising accounts at Russian insurance companies. They earned 60 million rubles from 10 victim insurance companies.
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Russian MVD announces search warrants were executed in Moscow, Tatarstan, Sverdlovsk and Leningrad oblasts on members of a hacking team which specialized in compromising accounts at Russian insurance companies. They earned 60 million rubles from 10 victim insurance companies.
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@esetresearch.bsky.social has published a new technical analysis of the wiper malware that it discovered in a recent cyberattack on a Polish energy company: www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-rese...
ESET has tentatively attributed the malware to Russia's "Sandworm" group (part of the GRU).
ESET has tentatively attributed the malware to Russia's "Sandworm" group (part of the GRU).
DynoWiper update: Technical analysis and attribution
ESET researchers present technical details on a recent data destruction incident affecting a company in Poland’s energy sector.
www.welivesecurity.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:11 PM
@esetresearch.bsky.social has published a new technical analysis of the wiper malware that it discovered in a recent cyberattack on a Polish energy company: www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-rese...
ESET has tentatively attributed the malware to Russia's "Sandworm" group (part of the GRU).
ESET has tentatively attributed the malware to Russia's "Sandworm" group (part of the GRU).
Hahaha. Russian infosec company Positive Technologies publishes an analysis of cybercrime forums, the platform that made the Russian-speaking cybercrime community a global scourge, but goes to great lengths to not discuss the Russian hacking world, preferring foreign examples.
Киберпреступные форумы: их экономика, инфраструктура и эволюция защиты
Содержание Арихитектура и технологическая эволюция дарквеб‑форумов Технологии анонимности и защиты Автоматизация, API и экосистема ботов Экономическая инфраструктура Антиинфильтрационные меры...
habr.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Hahaha. Russian infosec company Positive Technologies publishes an analysis of cybercrime forums, the platform that made the Russian-speaking cybercrime community a global scourge, but goes to great lengths to not discuss the Russian hacking world, preferring foreign examples.
Russian Interior Ministry reports the arrest of a 21yo man in Perm for running a group of drops (some of them minors) to support his online service processing financial transfers. They allege he moved more than 5 million rubles for online casinos.
January 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Russian Interior Ministry reports the arrest of a 21yo man in Perm for running a group of drops (some of them minors) to support his online service processing financial transfers. They allege he moved more than 5 million rubles for online casinos.
After a review of 700 installations, infosec regulator FSTÈK finds that only about a third of Russian critical infrastructure providers have even a basic level of network security.
The reasons are mostly the same as in every country.
Kommersant.ru/doc/8380028
The reasons are mostly the same as in every country.
Kommersant.ru/doc/8380028
Уязвительное — рядом
Только треть критической инфраструктуры достигла минимального уровня киберзащиты
Kommersant.ru
January 30, 2026 at 1:59 PM
After a review of 700 installations, infosec regulator FSTÈK finds that only about a third of Russian critical infrastructure providers have even a basic level of network security.
The reasons are mostly the same as in every country.
Kommersant.ru/doc/8380028
The reasons are mostly the same as in every country.
Kommersant.ru/doc/8380028
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#BREAKING #ESETresearch provides technical details on #DynoWiper, a data‑wiping malware used in a data‑destruction incident on December 29, 2025, affecting a company in Poland’s energy sector. www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-rese... 1/5
www.welivesecurity.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:29 AM
#BREAKING #ESETresearch provides technical details on #DynoWiper, a data‑wiping malware used in a data‑destruction incident on December 29, 2025, affecting a company in Poland’s energy sector. www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-rese... 1/5
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Attribution to Dragonfly instead of Sandworm was quite a plot twist! cert.pl/en/posts/202...
Energy Sector Incident Report - 29 December 2025
CERT Polska presents a report on the analysis of an incident in the energy sector that occurred on 29 December 2025. The attacks were destructive in nature and targeted wind and photovoltaic farms, a ...
cert.pl
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Attribution to Dragonfly instead of Sandworm was quite a plot twist! cert.pl/en/posts/202...
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It's been over five hours since Trump claimed Putin agreed not to fire on Kyiv and various cities for a week.
Right now, Russian forces under Putin's command are attacking towns and cities in eight regions of Ukraine, using kamikaze drones.
Right now, Russian forces under Putin's command are attacking towns and cities in eight regions of Ukraine, using kamikaze drones.
January 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM
It's been over five hours since Trump claimed Putin agreed not to fire on Kyiv and various cities for a week.
Right now, Russian forces under Putin's command are attacking towns and cities in eight regions of Ukraine, using kamikaze drones.
Right now, Russian forces under Putin's command are attacking towns and cities in eight regions of Ukraine, using kamikaze drones.
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"In theater." Referring to folks as "civilians" (pejorative or dismissive). The SF geardo cosplay.
The increasing militarization of law enforcement is a cancer. It attracts all the wrong sorts of recruits and encourages an us-vs-them culture meant to dehumanize neighbors.
The increasing militarization of law enforcement is a cancer. It attracts all the wrong sorts of recruits and encourages an us-vs-them culture meant to dehumanize neighbors.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"In theater." Referring to folks as "civilians" (pejorative or dismissive). The SF geardo cosplay.
The increasing militarization of law enforcement is a cancer. It attracts all the wrong sorts of recruits and encourages an us-vs-them culture meant to dehumanize neighbors.
The increasing militarization of law enforcement is a cancer. It attracts all the wrong sorts of recruits and encourages an us-vs-them culture meant to dehumanize neighbors.
Russia will do what it has always done: claim sovereign right to investigate crimes on its own territory. “Give us the evidence and we will conduct the investigation of the supposed cybercrime.” You can guess the result of the investigation.
The new U.N. Cybercrime Convention may create new avenues to hold Russia - and all states parties - accountable at the International Court of Justice writes Isabella Brunner:
www.justsecurity.org/127739/un-cy...
www.justsecurity.org/127739/un-cy...
UN Cybercrime Convention to Bring Russia to Justice?
The new U.N. Cybercrime Convention may create new avenues to hold Russia - and all states parties - accountable at the International Court of Justice.
www.justsecurity.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Russia will do what it has always done: claim sovereign right to investigate crimes on its own territory. “Give us the evidence and we will conduct the investigation of the supposed cybercrime.” You can guess the result of the investigation.