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UN: ‘Landmark collaboration’ to make COVID-19 testing and treatment available to all

The virtual launch of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, saw participation from all corners of the planet to boost commitment and support for the production of  diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccin...

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WHO: Global leaders unite to ensure everyone can access new vaccines and treatments

Heads of state and global health leaders today made an unprecedented commitment to work together to accelerate the development and production of new vaccines, tests and treatments for COVID-19 and assure equita...

cyber-attack

WHO reports fivefold increase in cyber attacks, urges vigilance

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO has seen a dramatic increase in the number of cyber attacks directed at its staff, and email scams targeting the public at large. This week, some 450 active WHO ema...

Dr-Mike-Lloyd

What do learnings from COVID-19 and cybersecurity have in common?

In my travels, I have met cybersecurity professionals from many different backgrounds. That is not so surprising – it is a relatively new profession only recently taught in universities, and it takes on the ord...

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On-demand grocery delivery service in Dubai through Careem NOW app

Careem has launched its grocery delivery service in Dubai through the Careem NOW app as a way to help customers during this challenging period. The on-demand service supports customers with the delivery of groc...

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Health Hero Match, marketplace for hospitals workers wins NYUAD hackathon

NYU Abu Dhabi, NYUAD, announced that Health Hero Match, a website that connects medical workers with hospitals currently facing staffing shortages, has won first place at the 2020 Annual NYUAD International Hac...

IATA

IATA calls on governments to assist through slow recovery for air transportation

The International Air Transport Association, IATA, called for governments to work with the industry on confidence-boosting measures in the face of an anticipated slow recovery in demand for air travel. An IATA-...

Virender-Aggarwal

How Covid-19 is transforming biometric scanning

Beyond the work-from-home orders to millions of office workers around the world, another major shift has impacted work trends following the Covid-19 health scare. And that is the sudden avoidance and even aband...

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SANS survey finds key gaps in enterprise security during shift to remote work

ExtraHop has announced the results of a SANS Institute survey, Network Visibility and Threat Detection. According to the report, more than 64% of respondents reported suffering at least one successful attack wi...

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FireEye finds Vietnamese hackers are targeting Chinese govt for Covid-19 data

From at least January to April 2020, suspected Vietnamese actors APT32 carried out intrusion campaigns against Chinese targets that Mandiant Threat Intelligence believes was designed to collect intelligence on ...