A look at Estonia’s efforts to aid cybersecurity workers in Ukraine and coordinate with European and US allies to defend against Russia’s cyberattacks (Maggie Miller/Politico)

Semafor:
Sources: in January 2018, Alameda took loans worth $116M from Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and philanthropist Luke Ding, both backers of “effective altruism”  —  The big money behind Alameda Research, the sister trading firm of crypto exchange FTX, came from two influential backers …

Politico:
German, French, and Norwegian data authorities warn against Qatar’s World Cup app Hayya and infection-tracking app Ehteraz, citing privacy and security concerns  —  Two World Cup apps pose serious privacy and security risks, European privacy regulators say.

Samuel Stolton / Politico:
The UK’s CMA launches an investigation into Apple’s and Google’s dominance in mobile browsers and cloud gaming, following a survey that found a “stranglehold”  —  Apple and Google could be forced to loosen their grip on mobile systems after the United Kingdom’s competition watchdog launched …

Politico:
Experts and Western officials say the Egyptian government’s Android app for the COP27 climate summit could help spy on emails, messages, and voice conversations  —  Western security advisers are warning delegates at the COP27 climate summit not to download the host Egyptian government’s …

Politico:
A look at Huawei’s future in Europe, as sources say the company is scaling back in the UK, France, and Belgium to focus on China, following US sanctions  —  The Chinese tech giant is scaling back in Brussels, Paris and London and pivoting to its domestic market.  —  Laurens Cerulus and Sarah Wheaton

Mark Scott / Politico:
How the North Atlantic Fellas Organization, or NAFO, a group of national security experts and ordinary Twitter users, is using memes to fight Russian propaganda  —  Ivana Stradner opened her iPhone and typed a simple call-to-arms: Unleash the hounds.  —  A Washington think-tanker and an expert …