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COVID-19 updates: crime, propaganda, and craziness. (Also telework.) BGP hijacking. DarkHotel sighting. Apps behaving badly. And a risk of sim-swapping.
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive a spike in cybercrime. It’s also been the occasion for various state-operated disinformation campaigns, and for some surprisingly widespread popular delusions. Zoom’s acknowledgement that some traffic was mistakenly routed through China draws more scrutiny to the teleconferencing service. A possible BGP hijack is reported. DarkHotel is said to be back. Bad stuff in Google Play. And a sim-swapping risk. Malek Ben Salem from Accenture on CISO health concerns, guest is Dr. Celeste Paul from NSA on cognitive capacity and burnout.
For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:
https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2020/April/CyberWire_2020_04_06.html
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