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Phishers adapt to surge in home workers due to corona virus

Phishers adapt to surge in home workers due to corona virus

A significant increase in phishing campaigns has been observed by Mimecast Threat Intelligence, as more people worldwide are working from home. The campaigns would try to take advantage of the situation in order to capture login data by imitating services that are currently used a lot from home. ... Read more

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Tech giants release dataset for corona virus research

Tech giants release dataset for corona virus research

A group of American technology companies and organisations have published the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19). The dataset gives researchers access to popular scientific sources around the coronavirus, to support their fight against the virus. CORD-19 consists of more than 24,000 articl... Read more

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IT spendings likely much lower due to corona virus COVID-19

IT spendings likely much lower due to corona virus COVID-19

The corona virus outbreak is now officially a pandemic, and companies are obviously noticing the consequences. According to research bureau IDC, the financial consequences will specifically be noticeable in IT. IDC initially expected a 4% growth in IT spending in 2020, but due to the effects of ... Read more

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Hackers spread malware with fake coronavirus world map

Hackers spread malware with fake coronavirus world map

Cybercriminals deploy a fake world map application showing the number of COVID-19 infections worldwide. Visitors are then infected with malware that tries to steal credentials and other sensitive data. The security company Reason Cybersecurity discovered the method of spreading malware. By infec... Read more

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Coronavirus abused for phishing messages and fake websites

Coronavirus abused for phishing messages and fake websites

Hackers are just like everyone else on the Coronavirus COVID-19, but they use the hype and public concern for phishing tactics and fake websites. For example, more than 4000 domain names have been registered that had something to do with the Coronavirus. Large events are cancelled, but hackers d... Read more

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Corona virus COVID-19 abused to spread malware

Corona virus COVID-19 abused to spread malware

Cybercriminals are known to exploit hypes, trends, and concerns of the public to spread malware. Security company Sophos has discovered that the coronavirus is also being abused by criminals. In doing so, it mainly responds to people's fears. The corona virus, also known as COVID-19, causes a gr... Read more

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MWC board holds urgent meeting after Nokia cancels attendance

MWC board holds urgent meeting after Nokia cancels attendance

The GSMA board is meeting urgently to discuss what to do with the Mobile World Congress. A decision may be made today as to whether or not to cancel the MWC. Nokia announced today that it will not participate in the exhibition. Yesterday we already explained in a blog that the 2020 edition of th... Read more

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Divided GSMA decides on Friday if Mobile World Congress takes place

Divided GSMA decides on Friday if Mobile World Congress takes place

Spain's third-largest newspaper, La Vanguardia, reports that the Mobile World Congress (MWC) may be cancelled altogether this year. Opinions differ within the GSMA, the organiser, to continue with the event. There will be a GSMA meeting on Friday, and a final decision will be made. Although, it mig... Read more

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Bitcoin value benefits from corona virus: highest value in months

Bitcoin value benefits from corona virus: highest value in months

Over ten thousand dollars per Bitcoin was the cryptocurrency exchange rate last weekend. Today, the rate dropped slightly to 9857 dollars per Bitcoin, but on Sunday, the crypto currency reached its highest rate since September 2019. All thanks to the corona virus in China. Due to the corona viru... Read more

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