The accounts were used to advertise a site selling products made scarce by COVID-19: face masks, forehead thermometers and toilet paper.
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Lees meerIn a bid to blunt the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. lawmakers have proposed a program of direct relief payments to citizens. The first payments are expected sometime in April 2020, though the specifics are still undetermined. How…
Lees meerTwo old WhatsApp hoaxes are back, with a grain-of-truth story in the middle to add a veneer of believability. Don't spread this stuff!
Lees meerCisco has patched a clutch of high-priority vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN routes and their management software.
Lees meerThe dead drops were very James Bond: once, the data mule taped the SD card to the underside of a desk in a hotel.
Lees meerA comment from one buyer of data purportedly from Brooks International: "It even has credit card number & a password. lol !!"
Lees meerHeads up, Firefox users who rely on FTP: the browser is eliminating support for this venerable protocol.
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Lees meerThe world is changing so fast that it can be hard to keep up. This week on the Checklist, we’ll take a look at how life is going to be different in the weeks and months ahead — and what you can do to stay safe, productive … and happy. Security and p…
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Lees meerTrolls have been joining videoconferencing calls to expose meeting participants to disturbing videos.
Lees meerOnline exchange rate data provider Open Exchange Rates has exposed an undisclosed amount of user data via an Amazon database.
Lees meerIt’s the COVID-19 shortage nobody expected - not toilet rolls, tinned goods or headache pills this time but Google software engineers.
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