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    Taiwan takes down top piracy site

    One of Taiwan’s top movie and TV download sites, 8maple.ru, has been shut down and the assets of two engineers have been frozen on suspicion of infringing intellectual property rights. According to a statement from Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB), the site’s traffic ranks first among all piracy websites in Taiwan. Movies and TV shows were […] More

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    Zoom removes meeting IDs from app title bar to improve privacy

    Image: Boris Johnson Twitter account Video conferencing service Zoom has released an update for its Linux, Mac, and Windows apps that removes the meeting ID from the app’s title bar. The update comes after the company’s users have often leaked their meeting IDs, and even meeting passwords, when sharing screenshots of their meetings on social […] More

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    Ombudsman seeks more funding to cope with international production orders Bill

    The Commonwealth Ombudsman has said while he’s happy to perform oversight of Australia’s pending Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020, he anticipates there to be an increase in workload, which would therefore require further funding. The Bill is intended to amend the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (TIA Act) to create a framework for […] More

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    Zoom's fall: Google bans Zoom from staffers' gear

    A few weeks ago, Zoom was riding high. Zoom had become a verb. You didn’t video-conference, you Zoomed. Then came the constant drumbeat of one Zoom security problem after another, including the infamous Zoombombing. Zoom fought back with security fixes. But it may be too little too late. Today, BuzzFeed News reported Google has banned Zoom […] More

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    Over half of the calls people receive now are spam

    Although unwanted calls are nothing new, spam and scam phone calls affect thousands of people each day. Scammers claiming to work for government agencies, technical support, or asking for your health insurance information causes great concern to people in lockdown as COVID-19 crosses the US. But we are more tempted to answer the phone when […] More

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    Microsoft: Under 2% of all daily malspam uses COVID-19 lures

    You’ve probably read in many places online that cybercriminals are heavily exploiting the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to trick users into infecting themselves with malware or steal their personal information. However, in a report published today, Microsoft says that they haven’t seen any noticeable spike in malware activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company […] More

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    Hackers are scanning for vulnerable VPNs in order to launch attacks against remote workers

    The number of cyber attacks attempting to exploit the coronavirus outbreak for their own gain continues to rise as both cyber criminal groups and nation-state backed hacking operations attempt to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic for their own gain. A joint advisory published by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the US […] More

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    Box adds automated malware detection to Box Shield

    Box on Wednesday announced it’s adding automated malware detection and controls in Box Shield, the cloud content management platform’s security product. When malware is identified in Box, Box Shield will automatically alert the end user, restrict downloads and sharing of malicious files, and notify IT and security teams. The new capabilities should be available by […] More