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Market volume of illegal online sales of alcohol exceeded 30 million USD in 2018 in Russia

Security Affairs

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that the market volume of illegal online sales of alcohol in Russia exceeded 30 million USD in 2018, i.e. almost 5.8 According to Group-IB, in 2018 interest in online shopping of alcohol increased by more than 35% , as can be seen with the higher numbers of search queries for “buy alcohol”.

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Cybercriminal greeners from Iran attack companies worldwide for financial gain

Security Affairs

Its source code popped up for sale in March 2020 making it available to a wider audience. The latter was downloaded from Iranian software sharing website – the Google search query in Persian language “ ?????? ??? ????? Group-IB researchers have recently observed increased activities around Dharma ransomware distribution.

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AI in commerce: Essential use cases for B2B and B2C

IBM Big Data Hub

This includes trust in the data, the security, the brand and the people behind the AI. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming commerce at an exponential pace. Ultimately, they drive significant increases in conversions driving meaningful revenue growth from the transformed commerce experience.

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It’s Not About Search Anymore, It’s About Deals

John Battelle's Searchblog

In this case, it’s on Facebook, but we all know it happens inside the Apple store as well (whoever gets top billing, gets sales). Google now appears to be acting the same way, cutting Google+ a “deal” so to speak, giving it the best real estate for all manner of search queries. But I hope not.