#TogetherAgainstCOVID-19

Live updated from WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC, DXY, 1point3acres, Worldometers.info, BNO, state and national government health departments,IT Industry and local media reports.

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...

careem-now

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...

shamma-alfefli

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...

Bryce-Hein

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...

the-new-york-times

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 ...

Ashraf-Sheet

Threat intelligence is the next frontier for transformation

Overburdened security personnel contend with multitude of siloed tools and deluge of alerts, leading to poor incident response and slow remediation, says Ashraf Sheet, Regional Director MEA, Infoblox. Security ...

idc

Saudi enterprises focus on cloud and security in light of Covid-19, finds IDC

More than 25% of enterprises in Saudi Arabia have plans in place to deploy a mix of on-premises and dedicated private clouds, multiple public clouds, and legacy platforms to meet their infrastructure needs. Tha...