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G Data Warns of New Rise of Emotet Botnet

19Nov

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

News, Technology

G Data Warns of New Rise of Emotet Botnet

One of the most dangerous families of malware ever has returned. It concerns the Emotet botnet, which was removed from one million computers earlier this year due to intervention by the Dutch and German police. But, unfortunately, the botnet has resurfaced and is once again on the rise. G Data SecurityLab, which specializes in IT security, warns about this. The new Emotet sample discovered bears several technical similarities to the original malware. A comparison of the source code shows similar structures, according to the security company. However, there are also differences: unlike the previous Emotet variants, the network traffic is still encrypted, but the new variant uses HTTPS with a self-signed certificate. Emotet is malware that was first discovered in 2014. The malware ...

Iraq Recalls More Than 400 Migrants from Belarus

18Nov

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Belarus, Iraq, News

Iraq Recalls More Than 400 Migrants from Belarus

Iraq collects hundreds of compatriots from Belarus. They return voluntarily because they fail to enter the European Union at the heavily guarded border with Poland. An Iraqi Airways plane takes an estimated 430 migrants, mostly Kurds, to Erbil and Baghdad on Thursday afternoon. The Iraqi government had announced the move earlier this week. Kurds from Iraq and Syria are a significant part of the group of some 4,000 migrants and refugees trying to enter Poland, Lithuania or Latvia through the forests. EU countries have accused President Alexander Lukashenko's regime of months of staging a migrant crisis in retaliation for European sanctions. People were able to fly to the country without any problems but encountered soldiers and barbed wire in the freezing cold at the border. A 3...

17Nov

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, Italy, News

Tornado Claims Man’s Life in Sicily

On Wednesday morning, a man died in a tornado in Sicily, the emergency services on the Italian island report. The man in his fifties went outside because he feared storm damage to his house in the municipality of Modica and was fatally affected by the squall, according to the ANSA news agency. The island in the Mediterranean Sea has been regularly hit by storms, thunderstorms and heavy rain in recent weeks. Tornadoes have been forming off the coast since Tuesday, scaring residents. In addition, severe hailstorms and flooding were reported. The schools are closed. At the end of October, three people were killed by severe flooding in eastern Sicily near Catania.

Warlord Haftar Wants to Become President of Libya

16Nov

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Libya, News

Warlord Haftar Wants to Become President of Libya

Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has declared himself a candidate in his country's presidential election next month. In any case, he is up against Saif al-Islam, a son of the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed ten years ago. After years of civil war, the situation in the oil-rich country in North Africa has stabilized somewhat. After international mediation, the two main warring parties concluded a permanent ceasefire more than a year ago. "Elections are the only way out of the serious crisis our country has entered," said 78-year-old Haftar in a televised speech. He officially registers as a presidential candidate later in the day in the eastern city of Benghazi. The self-proclaimed Field Marshal Haftar controls oil areas in the country's east with his Libyan National ...

EU Countries Put Migrant Carriers to Belarus on Hold

15Nov

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, News

EU Countries Put Migrant Carriers to Belarus on Hold

Travel organizations and airlines that cooperate in transferring asylum seekers via Belarus to the European Union must fear European sanctions. This threatens, among others, the EU's foreign affairs chief and the German foreign minister. The countries from which the asylum seekers leave, such as Iraq and Lebanon, are now helping to stem the influx, notes Josep Borrell, the EU's highest-ranking diplomat. But the union also has travel agencies and airlines in its sights, he warns. Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko takes migrants from the Middle East, in particular, to direct them to neighbouring EU countries Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, the EU said. If airlines do not stop cooperating with this 'state-led people smuggling', "they will have to take harsh sanctions into acco...

Kremlin Promises Gas will Continue to Flow to EU as Usual

12Nov

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, News, Russia

Kremlin Promises Gas will Continue to Flow to EU as Usual

Russia continues to pump gas to Europe and adhere to the quantities laid down in contracts. Therefore, Russia is and remains a reliable supplier, a government spokesperson emphasized. He said that after the leader of neighbouring Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko, threatened to close gas pipelines. Belarus is located between Russia and the European Union. An estimated one-fifth of the gas used in Europe this year was Russian and was funnelled west via Belarus. The spokesman said Lukashenko did not pre-align his threats with the Kremlin's views.

Major Polluters China and United States to Cooperate More Closely to Combat Climate Change

11Nov

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

China, News, US

Major Polluters China and United States to Cooperate More Closely to Combat Climate Change

China and the United States, the largest two emitters of CO₂, will cooperate more closely over the next decade to combat climate change. They announced this yesterday at the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. By 2030, they want to reduce methane emissions faster and phase out coal more quickly, although no concrete targets were mentioned. Last night at the COP26, the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow was a bit of a surprise. Suddenly there were the press conferences of the Chinese climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua and his American colleague John Kerry. Each separately, but with a common message. The two countries announced that they would work more closely together to combat climate change and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. They commit to a faster reduction of m...

Apple May Not Postpone Modified App Store Rules From Judge

10Nov

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

News, Technology

Apple May Not Postpone Modified App Store Rules From Judge

Apple cannot delay a court-mandated change to its App Store policy. So the tech company had to give app makers the option from December 9 to let their users know that they can take out cheaper subscriptions elsewhere via a website. Apple had requested a postponement because the company has appealed but is now being blunt. The obligation stems from Epic Games' lawsuit against Apple. The software company behind the popular game Fortnite found that Apple's rules for the App Store amounted to an abuse of power. For example, software makers have to pay Apple a 30 percent commission on every transaction through the App Store and are obliged to use Apple's own payment system for this. Nor may they point to cheaper ways of taking out subscriptions. Many software makers charge a cheaper ...

Poland Prime Minister Calls Crisis at Polish Border a Threat to EU

9Nov

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, News, Poland

Poland Prime Minister Calls Crisis at Polish Border a Threat to EU

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki calls the flow of migrants who want to illegally enter Poland from Belarus a threat to the entire European Union. Nearly 4,000 migrants are currently trying to enter the EU through Poland. Closing the Polish border is of national importance, but the stability and security of the entire European Union are also at stake," Morawiecki said on Twitter. "This attack by the Lukashenko regime is against all of us. We will not be intimidated and will defend peace in Europe with our partners from the EU and NATO." Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has made a policy of collecting migrants from countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan and then sending them to EU borders, according to the EU, to destabilize the EU. They would be counter-actions to ...

Chinese Communist Party Opens Door to Xi Jinping’s Third Term in Office

8Nov

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

China, News

Chinese Communist Party Opens Door to Xi Jinping’s Third Term in Office

The Chinese Communist Party's central committee wants to pave the way for a third term in office for party leader and President Xi Jinping. The party's 370 or so members gathered in Beijing on Monday for a four-day meeting to discuss a "historic resolution." It is only the third time in the party's 100-year history, after 1945 and 1981, that such a resolution will be passed. The resolution will officially describe the party's "great achievements and historical experiences." However, observers believe the document is mainly intended to strengthen Xi's position of power ahead of the party congress in the fall of 2022. Then, the third term in office becomes possible. Xi would become the first leader to start the third term since the revolutionary and founder of the People's Republi...