NHS warns of scam COVID-19 text messages
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has warned the public about a spate of fake messages, sent out as SMS text messages, fraudulently …
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Five Eyes must ramp up fight against rising organised crime, AFP commissioner warns
Australia’s new attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, was in attendance at an event in New South Wales on Wednesday evening to hear Kershaw …
Coronavirus SMS scam offers home PCR testing devices – don’t fall for it!
A Naked Security reader in the UK alerted us to a scam they received this afternoon in a text message. The message claimed to come from the …
Leaked Downing Street video footage exposes staff laughing about party
It’s outside of the scope of this website to determine whether newspaper claims that 10 Downing Street held a booze-fuelled Christmas …
UK government’s risk planning is weak and secretive, says Lords report
“It had been advised that if there were to be a coronavirus pandemic, as a country we would suffer up to 100 deaths,” he …
Sophisticated Tardigrade malware launches attacks on vaccine manufacturing infrastructure
Security researchers are warning biomanufacturing facilities around the world that they are being targeted by a sophisticated new strain of …
Coronavirus continues to evolve: What does the future hold for the viral infection and us?
NBA: Vaccine sceptic Andrew Wiggins says he was forced to get COVID-19 jab “I guess you don’t own your …
Man charged with hack which shared COVID-19 test details in protest against vaccine pass
Police in France have arrested and charged a 22-year-old man with hacking into a “secure” file-sharing systems used by a Parisian …
QR codes could be the next target for cybercriminals — here’s how to protect yourself
QR codes are being used as a key tool for reducing touchpoints and contact tracing throughout the pandemic, enabling convenient and …
Curbing pandemic burnout: 3 steps you can take to support overwhelmed security teams
We’re a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, and burnout is hitting employees hard. Recently, Okta CEO Todd McKinnon used an …
Cassandra the Information Technology Wobbegong on real and pretend Covid apps | First Dog on the Moon
There is a not very good app for everything. Here are some we have been checking out Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog …
Australian government warned two weeks ago fake Covid check-in apps being used to by-pass contact tracing
Federal and state authorities were warned two weeks ago that an online app hosted on Russian servers was being used to generate fraudulent …
The Matt Hancock CCTV footage leak – why it’s right for the ICO to investigate
At the end of last month, The Sun newspaper had quite the scoop. Pictures (and – later released – video footage) of UK Health Secretary …
Biden says ‘we can’t wait any longer to deal with climate crisis’ in infrastructure pitch – live
The staunch U.S. ally will lobby senior officials for an extension of a five-year $6.4 billion aid package that ends next year to help …