According to the results of the second quarter of 2024, the Central Bank recorded the expansion of remote lending channels by microfinance organizations (MFIs): the share of loans issued online in the total volume of loans grew from 81% to 84% during the quarter, it follows from reports of the Central Bank. Online loans are … Read more
The Central Bank in the “Financial Stability Review” described the risks associated with the development of digital platforms and ecosystems in the Russian financial market, the debt of the four largest players (who they are, it is not reported) evaluated 900 million rubles. In 2024, the strengthening of the role of digital platforms and ecosystems … Read more
Analysts of “Rosatom Infrastructure Solutions” (RIR, part of “Rosatom” State Corporation) studied the state and growth prospects of the Internet of Things (IoT) market in Russia; According to research, the scope of IoT technology application is currently 30% higher than in 2021, experts note a surge in demand for IoT technologies in almost all sectors … Read more
Solar Group, the architect of comprehensive cyber security, presented the analytics of the external digital threat monitoring center Solar AURA for the first three quarters of 2024. According to the results of nine months of this year, experts recorded 569 incidents (reports of leaks, including cases of publication of databases of Russian companies) – this … Read more
As analysts of the Solar4Rays Cyber Threat Research Center note, in the first half of 2024, in 50% of successful cyber attacks, attackers used compromised accounts of company employees and hacked accounts of contractors and subcontractors (supple chain hip). Solar inRights experts (the IdM system of Solar Group) found out which factors in infrastructure access … Read more
Cryptocurrency activity has reached an all-time high. As of September 2024, there are 220000000 active addresses that have used the blockchain for transactions at least once. This is three times more compared to the end of 2023. Contributing to this growth is the Solana blockchain (100 million addresses), followed by NEAR Protocol (31 million), Base … Read more
Windows 10 users show an unprecedented reluctance to upgrade their operating system despite the fact that support for their OS ends in October 2025 – almost a billion people have not switched to Windows 11, writes on Friday Forbes. Over the past year, 130 million people have switched to Windows 11, and about 900 are … Read more
The countries of the European Union with the support of the European Commission and the European Agency for Network and Information Security of the European Union (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, ENISA) published the first report on the level of security and stability of the EU electricity and telecommunications sectors, informed on Wednesday digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu. The … Read more
The majority (64%) of consumers oppose the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by companies in support services, wrote on Tuesday The Register, citing survey data from research company Gartner. In addition, 60% of respondents believe that AI technology will make it even more difficult to contact a human (via customer service), 42% of respondents … Read more
The total value of assets locked in the Optimism Protocol (OP) fell to a 9-month low. Let’s figure out what’s going on and how a token may be affected by ETF launch on ETH Optimism (OP), leading second level scaling solution built on the blockchain Ethereum, Faced with the outflow of capital from the network. … Read more