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Scammers Target Yandex Users After Drone Attacks on Data Centers
Yandex warned of phishing disguised as account recovery and downtime compensation. The schemes surfaced amid outages that followed drone attacks on the company's data centers.
FSF Sponsors GNU Boot, an Open Replacement for BIOS and UEFI
The Free Software Foundation is sponsoring GNU Boot, a fully open alternative to BIOS and UEFI. The project has been in development for over three years and supports dozens of laptops and PCs, including Apple devices.
Kirill Dybko Named Head of Element Holding, With Technoimpuls as Management Company
Russia's largest microelectronics holding has a new leadership: Kirill Dybko, head of the Dynamika group, becomes president of Element, and Technoimpuls becomes its management company.
MGIMO and ArchiTech AI Sign an AI Cooperation Agreement
MGIMO and enterprise AI developer ArchiTech AI have agreed to cooperate on science and technology. The announcement gives no timeline, budget or projects.
PNRPU Researchers Use Neural Networks to Cut Gold and Copper Ore Search Time in Half
Perm Polytech says neural networks cut the time needed to find gold, copper and aluminum deposits by half. We look at what's behind the number and what is still missing.
AppSec.Registry Listed in the FinTech Association Repository as a Russian Artifact Repository
Vendor AppSec Solutions has listed its AppSec.Registry artifact repository in the FinTech Association's industry IT Solutions Repository, another step toward replacing foreign storage in finance.
Mozilla Releases Firefox Enterprise With an Admin Console for Businesses and Government
Mozilla has launched Firefox Enterprise for companies and government agencies, with a central admin console, monitoring of employee web activity and expanded access restrictions.
Trisigma to present a case study on rolling out a Russian A/B testing platform at CNews St. Petersburg
On 15 October 2026, Trisigma business partner Maria Sapelnikova will speak at CNews St. Petersburg about deploying a Russian A/B testing platform.
MTS launches QR-code payments in Colombia and Argentina via My MTS
MTS has added QR-code payments for goods and services to its My MTS app for individuals in Colombia and Argentina. Payments run through national systems.
VisionLabs connects Luna Cars to MTS office parking: camera-based access control
VisionLabs automated entry to MTS's office parking lot with Luna Cars video analytics. Project metrics are undisclosed, but the case shows where applied computer vision is heading.
Obit Launches Unified Contact Center for RKS-energo on Naumen Contact Center
RKS-energo, a guaranteeing electricity supplier, has moved customer requests into a single contact center on Russia's Naumen platform. IT solutions operator Obit carried out the project.
Chinese Laptops in Russia Cost 10% More and Are Back to 8 GB of RAM
Laptops from China cost about 10% more in Russia, and a memory shortage has manufacturers shipping 8 GB of RAM again. Apple, HP and Dell have far fewer models on sale.
Rights to Android-on-Aurora OS software put up for auction after bankruptcy
An IT company founded by a former St. Petersburg vice governor went bankrupt three years after launch. It is now selling software for running Android apps and Telegram on Aurora.
BitrixGPT in Bitrix24's BI Builder Can Now Analyze Finished Analytics Reports
Bitrix24's built-in AI assistant BitrixGPT now analyzes finished reports and dashboards directly inside the BI module, with no exports and no third-party services.
MTS Deploys Private LTE Network at Major Far Eastern Mining Site
MTS has launched a private LTE network at one of the largest deposits in Russia's Far East. For mining, it provides the connectivity backbone for vehicles, video surveillance and sensors.
VK Tech Unveils Data Catalog to Keep AI Agents in Check Inside Companies
VK Tech has released VK Data Catalog, a service that pulls corporate data descriptions into one place so AI agents work with data by the rules, not by guesswork.
Danila Dyugurov Takes Over as CEO of MWS Cloud, MTS's Cloud Unit
MWS Cloud, part of MTS Web Services, has named Danila Dyugurov CEO. What we know about the appointment and which metrics the market should watch.
Depo and TrafficSoft launch Atlas Tau appliance for load balancing and failover
Depo Computers and TrafficSoft have launched the Depo Atlas Tau appliance built on TrafficSoft ADC: traffic balancing and high application availability on Russian hardware and software.
Agrosila Builds AI Tools Into Its Holding-Wide Digital Ecosystem
Agricultural holding Agrosila is merging production, technology and corporate processes into one digital platform and adding AI tools to it. Project figures have not been disclosed.
DDoS Attacks Up 140.7% in the First Nine Months of 2026
DDoS attacks in January–September 2026 were 2.4 times more numerous than a year earlier, a 140.7% increase. What the figure may mean and how to prepare.
CTS ships 50,000 Russian-made boards for Katyusha printers and MFPs
GS Group's contract manufacturer CTS shipped the first 50,000 Russian-made peripheral boards for printers and MFPs. The high-voltage board is already in Russia's industrial products register.
SearchInform KIB and AMT-Group's InfoDiode confirm compatibility
AMT-Group and SearchInform confirmed that the KIB DLP system works with InfoDiode one-way data transfer systems. For tightly segmented networks, this removes the integration question.
Molniya Messenger Launches on RuStore and Charges 750 Rubles per Download
Passion Tech's Molniya messenger, announced in August 2025, has appeared on RuStore. The download costs 750 rubles, about a month of home internet in many cities.
Sber Launches Free GigaPlatform AI Studio for Building AI Agents Without Code
Sber has opened GigaPlatform AI Studio, a free service for testing an AI hypothesis on your own tasks and building an agent without writing a single line of code.
MTS Boosts LTE on Promyshlennaya Street in Ulyanovsk to Serve Factories
MTS has installed extra equipment on Ulyanovsk's Promyshlennaya Street, which links the city's industrial sites. The operator has not yet given any figures on the improvement.
Unknown Entity With 8.2 Billion Rubles in Capital Pays Off SR Space's Debt to the Federal Tax Service
A new creditor replaces the tax service: an entity with 8.2 billion rubles in charter capital has paid off the tax debt of bankrupt SR Space, which borrowed from Sberbank at 28.5%.
Loginet and hh.ru: TMS and WMS Rarely Appear in Logistics Job Postings
A Loginet and hh.ru study finds that specialized digital tools such as TMS and WMS rarely make it into logistics job requirements, even as the industry digitizes rapidly.
OMK's Integral Systems Raises Charter Capital by 110 Billion Rubles
The charter capital of United Microelectronics Corporation's legal entity grew 3.5 times to 154.6 billion rubles. Experts link the increase to NM-Tech and Element.
Gravitel Launches Neural-Network Predictive Dialer: Up to 10,000 Calls per Hour
Russian telephony provider Gravitel has added a neural-network predictive dialer. The claimed capacity for outbound campaigns is up to 10,000 calls per hour.
Rutube: Smart TV accounts for 75% of family content viewing time
In Q3 2026, smart TVs accounted for 75% of family content viewing time on Rutube. For the video platform, the living room is becoming the main screen.