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We’re sure you’ve received it too. Letters about «expired SSL,» «urgent request from the SBU,» «immediate contract renewal,» or even that «everything will be blown up.» Some of them are so ridiculous that you can’t help but smile. Some are much more cunning and make you take a closer look. Together with the De Novo cybersecurity service, we analyze the most common cases of phishing and «happiness letters» from creative scammers.

Tens of billions of dollars per month — this is exactly the amount of money, according to Vladyslav Vlasyuk, the Presidential Commissioner for Sanctions Policy, that Russia is «driving» through cryptocurrency in order not only to circumvent the economic sanctions imposed on it, but also to purchase components for its weapons in Europe, the USA, and other countries of the Western world. This problem is very acute. How exactly are Ukraine and the EU fighting it? Vladislav Vlasyuk told about this and more in an interview with dev.ua. Also read about whether a complete «ban» of cryptocurrency trade with Russia by Europe is real, how many cryptocurrency exchanges are under sanctions, and how unknown «well-wishers» and special services are helping to unravel the chains of cryptocurrency connections.

After the start of the war in Iran, the oil market opened higher, but without the expected panic. On Monday, quotes rose to $82 per barrel, compared to $72 on Friday. This was announced by Serhiy Kuyun, director of the A-95 consulting group. According to him, investment bankers traditionally predicted scenarios of $100–150 per barrel, but the market reacted much more restrainedly.