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How hospital CIOs can prepare for the onslaught of coronavirus patients
2020-03-13 22:00

Hospital CIOs also can take steps to collaborate with healthcare providers and strengthen the technical infrastructure of their facilities. Chou recommended preparing the contact center since they are the first line of contact for appointment scheduling for patients.

Friday Squid Blogging: New Report on Squid Markets
2020-03-13 21:02

Unfortunatly cloths washing is very water and energy consuming Even very small load portable/camping washing machines need around 20-30kg of water and 46watt hours of energy peaking at 250-300watts. So 140-210kg of water a week unless you recycle the water.

Working from Home: COVID-19’s Constellation of Security Challenges
2020-03-13 20:56

"Working from home or online education programs are not new. However, a large, immediate migration of people from enterprise and university networks that are closely monitored and secured, to largely unmonitored and often unsecure home Wi-Fi networks, creates a very large target of opportunity for cybercriminals," Chris Hazelton, director of security solutions at Lookout, told Threatpost. This forgetfulness when it comes to security can be especially true for those who are not used to working or learning at home: "People working from home get easily distracted, especially if they are normally used to working in the office, and they will mix work with personal email and web browsing," Colin Bastable, CEO of security awareness training company Lucy Security, said in an email interview.

WordPress Plugin Bug in Popup Builder Threatens 100K Websites
2020-03-13 20:53

Two vulnerabilities - including a high-severity flaw - have been patched in a popular WordPress plugin called Popup Builder. The more severe flaw could enable an unauthenticated attacker to infect malicious JavaScript into a popup - potentially opening up more than 100,000 websites to takeover.

European Authorities Dismantle Two SIM Hijacking Gangs
2020-03-13 19:18

European authorities managed to crack down on two cybercrime gangs responsible for stealing millions by employing SIM hijacking. To perform SIM hijacking, hackers trick the victim's wireless operator into swapping the mobile phone number to a SIM card the attackers control.

US Surveillance Powers Set to Temporarily Expire
2020-03-13 18:53

Three surveillance powers available to the U.S. government are set to temporarily expire Sunday after a trio of senators opposed a bipartisan House bill that would renew the authorities and impose new restrictions. The three senators, longtime critics of government surveillance, said the House bill would still give the government too much power to surveil Americans.

Your data was 'taken without permission', customers told, after personal info accessed in O2 UK partner's database
2020-03-13 17:24

Hackers have slurped biz comms customers' data from a database run by one of O2's largest UK partners. In an email sent to its customers, the partner, Aerial Direct, said that an unauthorised third party had been able to access customer data on 26 February through an external backup database, which included personal information on both current and expired subscribers from the last six years.

Hey, friends. We know it's a crazy time for the economy, but don't forget to enable 2FA for payments by Saturday
2020-03-13 16:43

Saturday is the delayed deadline for UK banks and financial institutions to have implemented two-factor authentication for payment transactions. James Stickland, chief executive officer at authentication platform Veridium, said the huge growth in use of digital services made better authentication vital.

Coronavirus-Themed APT Attack Spreads Malware
2020-03-13 16:40

An advanced persistent threat group is leveraging the coronavirus pandemic to infect victims with a previously unknown malware, in a recently discovered campaign that researchers call "Vicious Panda." Researchers identified two suspicious Rich Text Format files targeting the Mongolian public sector.

Flaws in Popup Builder Plugin Impacted Over 100,000 WordPress Sites
2020-03-13 16:02

More than 100,000 WordPress websites were potentially affected by a series of vulnerabilities recently discovered and addressed in the Popup Builder plugin. Designed to help with the creation and management of promotional modal pop-ups for WordPress blogs and websites, Popup Builder also includes the ability to run custom JavaScript code when the pop-up is loaded.