[COVID-19] - News & Discussion

[bob3160]

[Asyn]

Garry on Lockdown – Episode 1
Special guest Avast CTO Michael Pechoucek joins Garry to discuss remote working, AI, and the controversy of being tracked
https://blog.avast.com/garry-on-lockdown-episode-1-avast

[polonus]

Most cyber-incidents caused through human errors and by technical system failures.

A new tool out to proof that: https://www.enisa.europa.eu/topics/incident-reporting/cybersecurity-incident-report-and-analysis-system-visual-analysis/visual-tool

pol

[bob3160]

Most cyber-incidents caused through human errors and by technical system failures.

A new tool out to proof that: https://www.enisa.europa.eu/topics/incident-reporting/cybersecurity-incident-report-and-analysis-system-visual-analysis/visual-tool

pol

How is this related to COVID-19 ?

[polonus]

Hi bob3160,

Corona-COVID-19 will lead to a total reset, and cybersecurity is part of that what they call the 4th Industrial Revolution -
re: https://www.weforum.org/platforms/shaping-the-future-of-cybersecurity-and-digital-trust

The World Economic Centre is now thinking of how our world is gonna look after the virus has been gone.

polonus

[bob3160]

Hi bob3160,

Corona-COVID-19 will lead to a total reset, and cybersecurity is part of that what they call the 4th Industrial Revolution -
re: https://www.weforum.org/platforms/shaping-the-future-of-cybersecurity-and-digital-trust

The World Economic Centre is now thinking of how our world is gonna look after the virus has been gone.

polonus

My question related to the tool you posted about.

[Asyn]

Garry on Lockdown – Episode 2
Author and Lecturer Molly McKew joins Garry to explain misinformation, disinformation, and how to stem the flow of each
https://blog.avast.com/garry-on-lockdown-episode-2-avast

[Jon225]

Thanks God we are returning to an almost normal life

[Asyn]

Remote access at risk: Pandemic pulls more cyber‑crooks into the brute‑forcing game
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/06/29/remote-access-risk-pandemic-cybercrooks-bruteforcing-game/

[polonus]

But there are also positive solutions, that work.

Seems that NSO Group's Niv, Shalev & Omri just need access to your mobile number to achieve this.

Read here: : https://www.nsogroup.com/fighting-the-covid-19/

polonus

[DavidR]

But there are also positive solutions, that work.

Seems that NSO Group's Niv, Shalev & Omri just need access to your mobile number to achieve this.

Read here: : https://www.nsogroup.com/fighting-the-covid-19/

polonus

Not even sure if this is allowed to be disseminated or not.

I know one thing for sure despite their protestations about anonymisation, etc. with your mobile number there are many things that they can track.  I certainly wouldn't give mine.

[bob3160]

[Asyn]

Microsoft takes legal action against COVID-19-related cybercrime
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/07/07/digital-crimes-unit-covid-19-cybercrime/

[Asyn]

Garry on Lockdown – Episode 3
It’s the FREE SPEECH episode! UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh joins Garry to explain free speech in America at this unprecedented moment in history
https://blog.avast.com/garry-on-lockdown-episode-3-avast

[Asyn]

Early Covid-19 tracking apps easy prey for hackers, and it might get worse before it gets better
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/06/coronavirus-tracking-app-hacking-348601