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Putin says Russia not responsible for recent global cyber attack

May 15, 2017 By administrator

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has stressed that his country had nothing to do with the recent global “ransomware” cyber attack that targeted some 150 countries over the weekend.  

“Microsoft’s management has made it clear that the virus originated from US intelligence services,” said Putin while addressing reporters in the Chinese capital Beijing on Monday.

Earlier, Microsoft President Brad Smith noted that US intelligence agencies, such as the CIA and National Security Agency (NSA), were to blame for the attack because they stockpiled malicious software code which was used by the hackers.

The NSA claims the software used in the attacks had been stolen from it.

“Once they’re let out of the lamp, genies of this kind … can do damage to their authors and creators,” said Putin. “So this question should be discussed immediately on a serious political level and a defense needs to be worked out from such phenomena,” he added.

Putin went on to stress that Russian institutions were not significantly affected in the attacks.

The Russian president also noted that last year Moscow had called on the US to engage in negotiations about dealing with cyber threats. “Unfortunately, they refused our proposal,” he said.

“The previous administration told us they were interested in reaching back to this proposal again, but nothing was actually done,” he added. On Friday, hundreds of thousands of computer systems across the world were targeted in a cyber attack.

When the ransomware virus infects a computer system, data on that system get encrypted, and images appear on monitors demanding a payment of $300 in the almost untraceable virtual currency Bitcoin.

The payment must be made within three days, otherwise the price would be doubled; and if none is received within seven days, the locked files will be deleted, according to the screen messages.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: attack, Cyber, global, Putin

Armenia hosts CTF EVN cyber security event

February 4, 2017 By administrator

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YEREVAN. – Armenia for the first time is hosting an event run by CTF EVN cyber security event.

The number of participants exceeded expectations with more than 100 registered participants and about 25 teams, said Marie Barseghyan, a representative of Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF), one of the CTF EVN organizers.

“Our organization is focused on the development of information technology, while information security is an integral part of the process all over the world. Armenia is no exception. We have several projects related to cyber security, and we were pleased to find professionals who share our interest,” Barseghyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Event is organized by Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF), 1guard Security LLC and Microsoft Armenia, in cooperation with Monitis Armenia, Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center – ISTC, Metronom.

The competition is held as a game and lasts 24 hours. Players are invited to ask questions and solve a number of problems of varying complexity. The tasks involve such aspects as the information security, cryptography, steganography, binary analysis, engineering analysis, web, mobile and network security. The results will be announced on Sunday. The best teams will receive prizes.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Armenia, ctf, Cyber, Security

Armenian Genocide Institute among Turkish DDoS competition targets

December 15, 2016 By administrator

A Turkish crime group has come up with a new scheme that will create a competitive league of groups carrying out DDoS attacks. The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan is among the targets, The Merkle reports.

This “league table” will only apply to groups using the crime syndicate’s own DDoS tools, though.

As one would come to expect, the Turkish crime group has also put together a list of target organizations. For now, this list is rather small, although it contains some prominent targets. For example, the CDU Party led by Angela Merkel, and the Armenian Genocide Institute are two potential future DDoS targets.

Relations between Germany and Turkey deteriorated after the Bundestag adopted a resolution to recognize the Armenian Genocide on June 2. Merkel’s party also backed the motion then.

Surface Defence is the Turkish crime group organizing this DDoS competition. Participants who use their tools will receive 1 point for every 10 minutes of successful attacks using the Tor-hosted Sledgehammer tool. Assuming that the participants can continue their relentless attacks for an extended period, they will track up points rather quickly.

Related links:

The Merkle. Turkish Crime Syndicate Launches Global DDoS Competition Against Prominent Targets

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Armenian, Cyber, DDoS, Genocide, terrorism, Turkish

Yerevan DigiTec Business Forum to Focus on Military, Cyber Security

June 16, 2016 By administrator

yerevan-DigitecYEREVAN (ArmRadio)—The 9th DigiTec Business Forum will be held in Yerevan from June 17-18 with an aim of contributing to the search for best technological solutions, providing the technology companies with an opportunity to meet and present themselves to potential customers. About 70 organizations have applied for participation this year.

‘Yes for Europe’ forum of European Partners and an Armenian-German business forum will be held within the framework of the event.

Modernization of military industry through application of innovative technologies will be the key topic of the forum, Karen Vardanyan, Executive Director of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE), said on Thursday.

The Armed Forces and UITE have established a joint commission to sum up the framework of issues that will be submitted to IT specialists for solution.

According to Vardanyan, three issues related to the modernization of military production are being considered today. “The short-term goal is to find solutions to counter the rival, which envisages either purchase of new weapons or modernization of old ones. The medium-term objective is to create new military industry on the basis of existing technologies. The third issue is a strategic one, we have to think of what kind of military industry we want to see in 15-20 years,” he said.

Representatives of the Armed Forces are expected to actively participate in the DigiTec forum.

Information security expert Samvel Martirosyan said the April war focused the attention on the need to ensure cyber security.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: business, Cyber, digitec, forum, military, Security, Yerevan

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