In which industries are the most businesses closing?
6,482 companies started the process of closing down between March 2022 and November 2023. This year, on average, 479 businesses are shutting down per month. This is almost three times less than in the same period in 2021: 1290 companies closed per month then.
Only 17% of them entered bankruptcy proceedings, while the rest decided to cease operations on their own. For comparison, in 2021, the share of companies that went bankrupt was 5.1%.
The highest number of businesses closing is in Kyiv: 893 cases. Lviv region is the second worst, with 526 companies closing, and Dnipropetrovs’k region is the third worst, with 479 businesses closing.
Non-governmental organizations are the most frequently closed – 1068 companies. Wholesale trade enterprises are in second place with 826 companies, and agricultural companies are at the bottom of the list with 492 cases.
The most high-profile bankruptcy of the year was the closure of the Ukrainian airline UIA, which is associated with Ihor Kolomoisky. However, this is not the largest business that has ceased operations since the start of the full-scale crisis. The top 3 companies in the process of closure in terms of turnover are Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol, Azovstal, and one of the WOG companies.
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/bankrupts-and-closed-companies-2023
AZOVSTAL, businesses closing, process of closing, Ukrainian airline UIA, WOG
More than 19 thousand road accidents with injuries and deaths were recorded in Ukraine in ten months of 2023. The most common cause of road accidents is exceeding the safe speed limit. The number of accidents involving children has also increased significantly. Dnipropetrovska, Lvivska, and Kyivska oblasts are among the worst performers in terms of road accidents.
19,743 road accidents with fatalities and/or injuries occurred in Ukraine in 10 months of 2023. 2,492 people died as a result of these accidents, and another 24,774 were injured.
This is reported by Opendatabot, citing data from the Patrol Police Department.
The largest number of accidents with injuries and deaths was recorded in:
– Dnipropetrovska oblast – 1775
– Lviv region – 1697
– Kyiv region – 1631 accidents.
The most significant increase in road accidents with injuries and/or deaths was in Volyn – +39%. This is almost 1.4 times more than in the same period in 2021. The number of accidents also increased significantly in Chernivtsi (+27%) and Kirovohrad (+26%) regions. In contrast, accidents in Ternopil and Kharkiv regions decreased by 11% and 10%, respectively.
Top causes of road accidents in 2023
In the vast majority of cases – 38.5% – accidents occur due to speeding. The second most common cause of accidents in Ukraine is violation of maneuvering rules (22.5%). ⅔ of deaths in road accidents occur for these reasons.
In 2023, the number of accidents involving children increased significantly – by 10% compared to the same period in 2021.
At the same time, the number of accidents that, according to the Patrol Police, were caused by children increased by 1.5 times. This year, twice as many children have already died in such accidents and 2.3 times as many have been injured as in the same period in 2021.
Lviv region remains the anti-leader with 83 such accidents, while Kyiv and Vinnytsia regions show the highest growth – by 3.8 and 3 times, respectively.
NEC Ukrenergo has resumed operation of a high-voltage power transmission line necessary to supply power to the needs of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (NPP).
“At present, the plant has already switched from a backup to a normal power supply scheme,” the NEC said on Facebook on Saturday.
Ukrenergo recalled that ZNPP lost contact with the power grid overnight during another Russian attack. Two lines were damaged – 750 and 330 kV, which transmit electricity to meet the plant’s own needs.
Ukrenergo dispatchers were able to put ZNPP’s main 750 kV main power supply line back into operation. At present, the plant receives the electricity necessary for its safe operation from the unified energy system of Ukraine.
At the same time, power supply to consumers in Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk region has not stopped, reserve lines have been activated to meet their needs.
“Ukrenergo repair crews will start restoring damaged high-voltage lines as soon as the security situation permits. Thanks to the PVO for the flawless work, without which the damage in the power system could have been much larger,” – summarized in the NEC.
As reported, at 02:31 during the air alarm was de-energized line “Zaporizhzhya NPP – Dniprovska”. Due to the complete blackout ZNPP switched to supply its needs from diesel generators. The greatest safety threat in such a state exists at Unit 4.
high-voltage power transmission line, UKRENERGO, Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant
The Ministries of Justice and Finance have postponed until April 1, 2024 the introduction of the order of notification by the subject of primary financial monitoring (SPFM) of the holder of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individuals (USREOU) on the detection of discrepancies on the results of the inspection of the ultimate beneficial owners and/or ownership structure of legal entities with the information in the register.
“In order for all subjects of primary financial monitoring to take organizational measures necessary for the implementation of the mechanism of notification of the holder of the USREOU …”, – this reason for the postponement was given by the Ministry of Justice in a message on its website.
The introduction of the procedure for notification of such discrepancies and the SPFM, which identified them, to the specially authorized body was also postponed for the same period of time.
As reported, it was assumed that these procedures will be effective from December 1, 2023.
The Enforcement Division of the State Enforcement Service Department of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has put up a single property complex in Vinnytsia region for sale at an electronic auction on OpenMarket (SE SETAM of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine). The starting price including VAT is UAH 78,697,765.
The lot includes:
– Complex of buildings and structures.
Total area: 27,129.60 sq. m.
Location: Vinnytsia region, Trostyanets district, Trostyanets village.
– A complex of buildings and structures.
Total area: 137,70 sq. m.
Location: Vinnytsia region, Trostyanets district, Severinivka village.
– Complex of buildings and structures.
Actual area subject to additional information: 1 817.40 sq. m.
Location: Vinnytsia region, Trostyanets district, Trostyanets town.
– Land plot.
Total area: 5.5716 hectares.
Cadastral number: 0524155100:01:001:0002.
Purpose: for the enterprise of other industry.
– Land plot.
Total area: 8.8779 hectares.
Cadastral number: 0524155100:02:012:0022.
Purpose: for the enterprise of other industry.
– Land plot.
Total area: 0.0486 hectares.
Cadastral number: 0524155100:02:012:0016.
Purpose: for the enterprise of other industry.
– Land plot.
Total area: 3.3885 hectares.
Cadastral number: 0524183200:01:002:0002.
Purpose: enterprises of other industry (location of water intake).
– 421 items of movable property (equipment) and 61 units of vehicles.
A full list of the described movable property can be found in the “Attachments” column. The lot is subject to a mortgage.
“The single property complex has been re-launched for the second auction, so the lot is discounted by 15% from the first one. The lot includes not only real estate, but also specialized food processing equipment, electrical equipment, as well as working machines and equipment of the meat processing plant. You can take part in the auction on December 13 by pre-registering for the auction and paying the guarantee fee,” said Oleksandr Mamro, CEO of SE SETAM.
For more information, please follow the link: setam.net.ua/auction/537220
The OpenMarket auction (SE SETAM of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine) is a simple and effective means of selling and purchasing property via the Internet. The online auction has been operating throughout Ukraine since 2014. The total amount of sales since its launch is UAH 21.4 billion.
Together with the experts of the hosting company HostPro, we have created a material that will be useful to virtually everyone who deals with web resources: website owners and administrators, web developers, web designers, SEO specialists, marketers, and all Internet users.
After reading this article, you will be able to scan your website for viruses on your own, and you will also get effective tips on how to protect your resource from viruses and hacking.
A virus is essentially a malicious code that is installed on a website through security gaps. From our experience, we can say that statistically, most often viruses get to websites through the vulnerabilities of an unupdated CMS (80 percent of all cases), old versions of themes, plugins, installation of additional functions, use of themes and plugins downloaded from unreliable sources, and incorrect distribution of rights between administrators.
What can a virus infection lead to?
– Deletion of important files or changes to the database, which causes a breakdown in the website’s functionality;
– attackers gaining access to the content of your website or its complete administration – as a result, incomprehensible banners, phishing links to other websites, and redirects to third-party and not always legal resources may appear;
– slow loading of the website or even stopping its operation. This situation is usually caused by a high load on the server due to processes launched by malicious code (spamming, viruses, brute force attacks, mining, DDoS).
– theft from the database and leakage of confidential information of administrators and customers (names, emails, bank card details);
– if you do not notice the changes in time, the site may be sanctioned and lose its position in the search results or even stop being indexed and be blocked by the hosting or domain registrar.
How to check a website for viruses?
HostPro recommends several ways to check a website for viruses that do not require special technical skills and budgets.
– It is advisable to have an antivirus on your hosting. If infected files are detected, as well as programs whose structure is similar to those contained in the malware database, you will receive notifications with recommendations to your contact email.
A good scanner, such as ImunifyAV+, can even detect encrypted malicious code in files.
The Ukrainian host HostPro includes ImunifyAV+ antivirus in all hosting plans, you just need to activate it in the control panel or make a request to technical support, and it will be done for you.
– Google has a good tool for checking for infected files called Google Safe Browsing. Here you can check any website, even if you are not its administrator.
– If you are the site owner, you can simply check for notifications about dangerous content in your email or in your Google Search Console account ⇨ Security and manual measures ⇨ Security issues.
– There are also online services that can check for viruses on a website, such as Sucuri SiteCheck or VirusTotal. The method is simple and affordable, but the scan is superficial. Such tools usually do not scan the core of the site, so even simple viruses can slip through.
How do you know if your website is infected?
Here are some “symptoms” of your website being infected with malicious viruses:
– users report that they cannot access the site because it is blocked by their browsers and/or security programs;
– the website has been added to a database of malicious URLs;
– you see a significant change in traffic and/or a sharp deterioration in search engine rankings;
– the site displays errors; is slow or unavailable at all (please note that this may also be a sign that your domain or hosting has expired);
– users are redirected to another resource when they visit the site or follow internal links;
– additional content has appeared on the website: ads or pop-ups;
– virus notifications from the hosting provider;
– confidential data has been leaked from the website;
– new administrators have appeared in the admin panel to whom you did not grant access;
– the index file or other site files contain third-party code, it can be contained in the [iframe][/iframe] tags, as well as after [BODY] or [HTML].
Checklist for effective website protection against viruses and hacking
1. Install an SSL certificate on your website. Then your resource will work over a secure HTTPS connection. All information sent from your website will be encrypted, minimizing the chances of it being intercepted.
If you don’t have SSL installed on your site, users will see a notification that the connection is insecure instead of the content they need.
Some hosting companies resell SSL certificates, so you can ask your provider about the availability of this service. For example, HostPro can generate one for you and connect it to your website for free.
1. Come up with something more complicated than admin1 or QWERTY – you can use special services such as password generators. A strong password should not be related to words or dates from your biography, but should contain letters, numbers, and special characters. It’s a good habit to change your passwords every month.Also, try to ensure that each resource (e.g., website/blog/billing) and each site administrator has a unique password.
2. Restrict access to the login page for all IPs except those from which you and your colleagues work.
3. Monitor traffic from time to time, if it has dropped sharply, there is a possibility that users are being redirected from your site to another resource or that browsers or security systems simply do not allow access to your resource.Conversely, if traffic has increased, but the number of visitors and operations on the site has not changed, this is also a characteristic sign of a virus infection.4. Keep plugins, themes, and CMS systems up to date. If possible, you can enable auto-updates.
5. Do not install themes and plugins from unverified sources.Download them only from official repositories and reliable marketplaces.6. Host your website with a reliable hoster with antivirus in the tariff and DDoS protection. If you are not satisfied with the level of security on your current hosting, you can always migrate to reliable servers for free.
– Control what data users upload to your website. If customers need to upload files, specify the allowed extensions and the maximum allowable file size. Also, do not neglect scanning uploaded files as they may contain malware.- Install Git, a console utility that will track file changes in your project.If you need to “cure” the site from an infection, you can simply roll back the system in the SSH console to a clean version and deploy a database backup.
You can take a backup of your website from your hosting provider. You can also monitor it manually, but some viruses can change the date of file editing or simply hide so well that it is very difficult to find them on your own.
We advise you to choose a hoster who makes backups of all the sites on the server at least once a day, preferably for free. With HostPro, for example, you can get any archive of your site for the previous 30 days.
In conclusion.
The inability of a business to protect its website from viruses can have negative financial, reputational, and technical consequences and affect its long-term competitiveness.
There are universal recommendations that you can follow to significantly reduce the risk of viruses getting on your website, including installing an SSL certificate, periodically updating CMS, themes, and plugins (because developers eliminate vulnerabilities in each new version that existed in previous versions), and choosing a reliable hosting provider with an antivirus in the tariff.
We also recommend installing Git on your website to be able to deploy a backup of your site data in case of emergency, and to give preference to hosting providers that make automatic backups of websites every day.
If it has already happened that malicious code has been injected into your website:
1. Change the passwords for logging in.2. Temporarily restrict access and rights to files and folders.3. Scan for malware with an anti-virus scanner, view a security report in Google Search Console, or contact your host’s support team for help and follow the instructions sent to you by email.
4. Check the .htaccess file in the root folder to see if there are any redirects configured.If a redirect to a third-party site is found, delete the section starting with RewriteEngine On and save the changes.
5. Roll back the system to a clean version using Git and deploy database backups (you can take them from the hosting control panel).
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Google Safe Browsing, Google Search Console, HostPro, SSL certificate, Sucuri SiteCheck, VirusTotal.
