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Mar 31, 2020 • 5min
Security News This Week: Chinese Hacking Surges Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Plus: A Windows zero day, an iOS watering hole, and more of the week's top security news.
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Mar 30, 2020 • 7min
Google Bans Infowars Android App Over Coronavirus Claims
Apple kicked Alex Jones out of the App Store in 2018. The Google Play Store has finally followed suit.
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Mar 27, 2020 • 8min
The US Army Corps of Engineers Deploys Against Coronavirus
The US is desperate for hospital beds. The USACE can build thousands of them in a matter of days.
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Mar 26, 2020 • 4min
Google Removes Adware-Laced Kids' Apps From Play Store
After over a million downloads, the Tekya-infected Android offerings are finally on ice.
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Mar 25, 2020 • 7min
How Microsoft Dismantled the Infamous Necurs Botnet
A years-long investigation and global cooperation disrupted one of the biggest botnets ever.
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Mar 24, 2020 • 8min
WhatsApp Is at the Center of Coronavirus Response
The World Health Organization is partnering with the messaging app to help disseminate trustworthy information.
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Mar 23, 2020 • 7min
Coronavirus Sets the Stage for Hacking Mayhem
As more people work from home and anxiety mounts, expect cyberattacks of all sorts to take advantage.
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Mar 20, 2020 • 7min
A Critical Internet Safeguard Is Running Out of Time
Shadowserver has helped keep the internet safe for 15 years. Unless it can raise funds fast, it's going to disappear.
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Mar 19, 2020 • 4min
Kill Chain: HBO's Election Security Doc Stresses Urgency
A new documentary makes crystal clear how little time remains to protect the 2020 election.Â
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Mar 18, 2020 • 8min
High-Stakes Security Set-Ups Are Making Remote Work Impossible
It's a rule of thumb in cybersecurity that the more sensitive your system, the less you want it to touch the internet. But as the US hunkers down to limit the spread of Covid-19, cybersecurity measures presents a difficult technical challenge to working remotely for employees at critical infrastructure, intelligence agencies, and anywhere else with high-security networks. In some cases, working from home isn't an option at all.
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