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Summer Tokyo Olympics 2020 Postponed, But 5G Security lesson Shine

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The Summer Olympics 2020 in Tokyo was officially postponed this week amid the ongoing, pandemic spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The Olympics will be moved to 2021, but in the meantime, technological innovation around the game will continue.

More specifically, is Tokyo Olympics postponed or not, the Olympics will be the world’s greatest testbed for 5G. Read more...

Exploring Various Ways in Which Hackers Are Milking the COVID-19 Scare

Exploring Different Ways in Which Hackers are Milking the COVID-19 Scare

What is Covid-19?

• The Covid-19 virus is a member/part of the Corona-virus family 

• Spread through the droplets transmitted into the air

• Coughing or sneezing. Anyone in the surroundings can get affected if they mistakenly take in the virus through their nose, mouth, or eyes.

The Hackers were marked distributing the trojans virus-like AgentTesla, Nanocore, Emotet, and AZORULT to steal user authorization through corona-virus themed attack campaigns.
Some hackers/attackers are demanding users to download an application to keep them updated on the pandemic situation... Read more...

A new way for securing web browsers from hackers

A New Way For Securing Web Browsers From Hackers 

A powerful new approach to securing web browsers is getting its first real-world application within the Firefox browser. Developed by a team of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, the University of California San Diego, Stanford University and Mozilla, the approach shifts a variety of the browser code into “secure sandboxes” that prevent malicious code from taking up the user’s computer.

Click here to view original webpage at www.helpnetsecurity.com

Cybersecurity attacks on mobile, IoT proliferate

Cybersecurity attacks on mobile, IoT proliferate: Will 5G make it better?

Enterprises are seeing more mobile and Internet of things attacks amid broad threat surfaces and security lapses, consistent with a Verizon report.

As 5G, IoT and mobility distribution scale in 2020, mobile security is probably going to become a bigger issue. In Verizon's report, 59% of companies said they were hit by downtime with 58% losing data.

In its report, Verizon noted that innovation on the mobile front also means cybercriminals will become more creative.  

Many of the techniques to realize access to networks via mobile devices haven't changed. Read more 

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