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Microsoft has taken control of domains used by APT28, a state-sponsored hacking outfit, to target institutions in Ukraine. These institutions include media outlets as well as state agencies and think tanks involved in foreign policy in the United States and Europe. Microsoft was able to seize domains used by APT28, a state-sponsored outfit run by Russian military intelligence that targeted Ukrainian institutions. Strontium — Microsoft's moniker for APT28 or "Fancy Bear," a hacking group linked to Russia's GRU — used the domains to target multiple Ukrainian institutions, including media organisations, as well as government institutions and think tanks involved in foreign policy in the United States and Europe, according to a blog post published on Thursday. "We think Strontium's goal was to establish long-term access to its targets' systems, provide tactical support for the physical invasion, and exfiltrate crucial information," said To...

Nitin Gadkari has stressed on the use of green technology in vehicles and agri-tech. He also plans to make flex-fuel engines mandatory in the days to come. Nitin Gadkari, the Transport Minister of India, has emphasized the usage of ethanol in automobiles as a cost-effective and pollution-free alternative to other fuels on Thursday. In the coming days, he continued, engines that run on flex-fuel would be made necessary. Gadkari referenced a Russian technology that can equalise the calorific value of gasoline and ethanol while speaking at a Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank event here. If this happens, all petrol stations in western Maharashtra, which is a large sugarcane belt, could be replaced by ethanol pumps, according to the road transport and roads minister. The minister encouraged the state administration to allow 100% ethanol auto-rickshaws in western Maharashtra, pointing out that there are currently three ethanol pumps in Pune. In particular, as part...