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USA/Indonesia – US–Indonesia relations need a reboot (Alexander R Arifianto, Yohanes Sulaiman, East Asia Forum)

Since gaining independence in 1945, Indonesia has subscribed to the principle of a ‘free and active’ (bebas aktif) foreign policy, which emphasises neutrality and non-alignment....

Cybersecurity – Russian-based DoubleVPN seized by law enforcement (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Law enforcement seized the servers and customer logs for DoubleVPN, a double-encryption service widely used by threat actors for malicious purposes. Russian-based DoubleVPN seized by...

Cybersecurity – SolarWinds hackers remained hidden in Denmark’s central bank for months (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Russia-linked threat actors compromised Denmark’s central bank (Danmarks Nationalbank) and remained in its systems for months. SolarWinds hackers remained in Denmark's central bank for monthsSecurity...

Cybersecurity – New LinkedIn breach exposes data of 700 Million users (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

A new massive LinkedIn breach made the headlines, the leak reportedly exposes the data of 700M users, more than 92% of the total 756M...

Cybersecurity – PoC exploit for CVE-2021-1675 RCE started circulating online (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Proof-of-concept exploit code for CVE-2021-1675 flaw, an attacker could exploit it to compromise Windows systems. PoC exploit for CVE-2021-1675 RCE started circulating onlineSecurity Affairs

Cybersecurity – Linux version of REvil ransomware targets ESXi VM (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The REvil ransomware operators added a Linux encryptor to their arsenal to encrypt Vmware ESXi virtual machines. Linux version of REvil ransomware targets ESXi VMSecurity...

Cybersecurity – Experts developed a free decryptor for the Lorenz ransomware (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Researchers analyzed a recently discovered threat, the Lorenz ransomware, and developed a free decryptor for the victims of this new operation. Experts developed a free...

Poland – Renewable energy is a great deal for Poland (Euractiv)

The last years brought Poland a major regulatory push to wind and solar energy, with the goal of significantly reducing the use of coal...

Europe – Air passenger rights ‘not protected’ during pandemic, EU auditors say (Sean Goulding Carroll, Euractiv, Reuters)

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) found that in virtually all cases airlines were able to sidestep rules requiring a cash refund for cancelled...

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