Russian passport details exposed by database leak

A leaked database thought to belong to the Russian airline Aeroflot has left the details of more than a million people accessible to the public putting them in danger of cybercrime, a report from the Cybernews research team has discovered. The team made the discovery during a routine investigation using open-source intelligence (OSINT) methods, coming…
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Babbel launches free language courses for Ukrainians via app

Babbel to launch language courses for Ukrainians to learn German, Polish and English Courses range from beginner to intermediate levels, focussing on fast learning Free courses are available via Babbel’s app and web platform  Babbel, the online language learning platform, has announced the launch of FREE Ukrainian language courses. The courses offer native Ukrainian speakers…

9 in 10 cyber attacks targeting Russia or Ukraine

According to recent findings by the Atlas VPN team, 89% of cyberattacks worldwide are targeting Russia and Ukraine.   In particular, a significant amount of cyberattacks are directed at financial services businesses with Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks making up 90% of all cyberattacks.   Cybercriminals launched 70% of cyberattacks on Russia. A total of 5 billion attacks…

VPN demand in Russia surges in wake of war

According to in-house aggregated Atlas VPN user data, Virtual Private Network (VPN) installs in Russia have surged by 1,906% in the last few days. "VPN demand surged in Russia as authorities restricted Facebook and Twitter over the weekend in a bid to control the flow of information from its invasion of Ukraine," Top10VPN told Reuters.  Russia banned…