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Tag Archives: coronavirus
Hijacked Twitter accounts used to advertise face masks
The accounts were used to advertise a site selling products made scarce by COVID-19: face masks, forehead thermometers and toilet paper.
Your unused computer could help find a COVID-19 cure
Put it to work for the Folding@Home distributed computing project to uncover how the virus’s spikes latch on and how they can be blocked.
Hackers target WHO in phishing attack
A cyberattack that targeted the World Health Organization is probably just the tip of the iceberg according to experts reacting to the news this week.
Battling the global COVID-19 scammers and fake news hawkers
Europol seized 34K fake surgical masks, while the office of NY’s AG wants registrars to explain how they’re battling the sale of lies.
Facebook Messenger may ban mass-forwarding of messages
Facebook has done this before: it did it with WhatsApp, following an outbreak of lynchings sparked by viral social media hoaxes.
Feds shut down bogus COVID-19 vaccine site
A vaccine for $4.95!? Nah, we didn’t think so, either. Shuttering the alleged rip-off site is the DOJ’s 1st takedown of COVID-19 flimflam.
Trolls ZoomBomb work-from-home videocall with filth
Trolls have been joining videoconferencing calls to expose meeting participants to disturbing videos.
COVID-19 disruption delays release of Chrome version 81
It’s the COVID-19 shortage nobody expected – not toilet rolls, tinned goods or headache pills this time but Google software engineers.
‘Dirty little secret’ extortion email threatens to give your family coronavirus
…And it’s got your password as “proof”.