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Apr 2020
26m 21s

Cybersecurity notes during the pandemic ...

N2K Networks
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Geolocation in support of social distancing. Fixing vulnerabilities in a popular teleconferencing service. Twitter bots running an influence campaign against the Turkish government are taken down. A biotech firm reports a ransomware attack. More on attempts to compromise the World Health Organization. And a look at how cyber criminals are faring during the e ... Show More
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