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Rights groups appeal to governments over COVID-19 surveillance
Digital and human rights groups have joined in a rare worldwide appeal to governments to respect privacy when handling the COVID-19 crisis.
Watch out for the new wave of COVID-19 scams, warns IRS
If somebody promises to get your economic impact payment fast, back away: it’s just one flavor of COVID-19 scam the tax agency is seeing.
COVID-19 forces browser makers to continue supporting TLS 1.0
In one of the strangest stories of the year, the COVID-19 virus has halted plans by major browsers to drop support for the aging and insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols.
How to stay on top of coronavirus scams – and all the others too
The bad news is that you have to watch out for a plethora of new coronavirus cyberscams, as well as all the old stuff, too…
Should governments track your location to fight COVID-19?
Google Maps data could help governments track patients that a newly-diagnosed COVID-19 sufferer has been in contact with.
S2 Ep32: ZoomBombing, Android malware and the WhatsApp Martinelli hoax – Naked Security Podcast
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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.