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Mar 2020
17m 40s

Inside the Covid-19 cybercrime wave

Arabian Business
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In this episode of the Arabian Business Podcast, we sit down with Emad Haffar, the META head of presales for cyber security firm Kaspersky, to delve into how organised bands of cyber criminals using concerns about the  ongoing coronavirus pandemic to lure potential victims. He also reveals how the schemes work, who is behind them, and what organisations can do to protect themselves. 

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