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(Cybersecurity) Ziggy ransomware admin announced it will refund victims who paid the ransom (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Administrator of Ziggy ransomware recently announced the end of the operation, and now is promising that its victims will have back their money. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/116079/malware/ziggy-ransomware-refunds-victims.html

(Cybersecurity) New Purple Fox version includes Rootkit and implements wormable propagation (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Researchers from Guardicore have spotted a new variant of the Purple Fox Windows malware that implements worm-like propagation capabilities. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/116070/malware/purple-fox-rootkit-version.html

(UK/France/Indo-Pacific) UK and France Should Collaborate on Indo-Pacific Security (Chatham House)

Alice Billon-Galland, Hans Kundnani All European countries – many of them NATO allies – see European and Euro-Atlantic security as the top strategic priority, though...

(USA/China) US-China Technological Rivalry and Security (JIIA)

Kazuto Suzuki The most prominent issue in this context is the competition for the technological hegemony between the United States and China. https://www.jiia.or.jp/en/column/2021/03/11-us-china-technological-rivalry-and-security.html

(China) China’s Expanding External Economic Cooperation and Its “Norm” (JIIA)

Juichi Inada China's economic growth has been remarkable in recent years, and its expanding political and economic influence has become a global issue. https://www.jiia.or.jp/en/column/2021/03/02-research-reports-economy-security-linkages04.html

(Innovation/Technology) Singular is a new Paris-based VC firm with $265 million (TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet Meet Singular, a new VC firm based in Paris that just finished raising its initial fund. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/29/singular-is-a-new-paris-based-vc-firm-with-265-million/

(Innovation/Technology) UK’s Cazoo will list on the NYSE by way of a SPAC, valuing it at $7B and raising $1.6B (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden Cazoo, the UK used-car sales portal that has been on a major fundraising tear in the last year, will be next company to...

(Innovation/Technology) A Supreme Court ruling affirming Canada’s carbon tax opens the door for a startup explosion (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Last week the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the national government’s plan to tax carbon emissions was legal in a decision that could have significant...

(Innovation/Technology) Ajaib raises $65M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital, increasing the round’s total to $90M (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu Ajaib, the Indonesian investment app, has added $65 million to its Series A, bringing the round’s new total to $90 million. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/28/ajaib-raises-65m-series-a-extension-led-by-ribbit-capital-increasing-the-rounds-total-to-90m/

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