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• "Misguided" #COVID19 Facebook Post Lands American in Handcuffs

  09-04-2020 19:04
  "Misguided" #COVID19 Facebook Post Lands American in HandcuffsPolice in the United States have arrested a 39-year-old man for spreading false information about COVID-19 on social media. San Antonio resident Christopher Charles Perez is accused of starting a coronavirus hoax with a post on his Facebook page.A federal criminal complaint unsealed April 8 charges Perez with one count of violating 18 United States Code § 1038, which criminalizes the spread of false information and
  
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• Hackers Invited to Share Bug Bounties with #COVID19 Charity

  09-04-2020 18:07
  Hackers Invited to Share Bug Bounties with #COVID19 Charity A bug bounty platform is inviting hackers to share the proceeds of their successful bug hunts with the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.On April 8, HackerOne set up a special link on its website that lets hackers donate all or part of the bounties they earn to charity in just a few clicks. "The community has come together in some amazing ways to support COVID-19 relief efforts from Marc Rogers’ CTI L
  
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• Microsoft Buys Corp.com to Protect Its Customers

  09-04-2020 17:29
  Microsoft Buys Corp.com to Protect Its Customers Microsoft has purchased Corp.com for an undisclosed sum two months after the domain was advertised for sale at $1.7m. The domain is believed to pose a danger to Microsoft's clients because of a "namespace collision" issue that occurs when domain names intended for exclusive use by an internal company network overlap with regular internet domains.As a result of the collision, the Corp.com domain has been receiving an unending stream of pa
  
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• China’s New AG600 Amphibious Airplane Plans for Sea Trials

  09-04-2020 14:09
  
  DefenceTalkThe AG600, China’s large amphibious airplane that will be capable of covering all of the South China Sea, is preparing in Hubei Province to conduct its first maritime test flight...
  
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• US Navy Tests USS Gerald R. Ford Combat Systems

  09-04-2020 13:59
  
  DefenceTalkUSS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) recently completed testing of vital combat systems while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. These tests, conducted during Ford’s post-delivery test and trials...
  
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• French aircraft carrier heads home over virus fears

  09-04-2020 13:54
  
  DefenceTalkFrance’s aircraft carrier will be brought home early from a deployment in the Atlantic after some crew members showed coronavirus symptoms, the defence ministry said Wednesday. About...
  
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• Real-time airspace awareness and de-confliction for future battles

  09-04-2020 13:45
  
  DefenceTalkThe airspace above future battlefields is expected to be increasingly congested with large numbers of unmanned aerial systems, manned aircraft, munitions and missiles filling the skies. To...
  
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• DARPA program to build travel adapter for human body

  09-04-2020 13:39
  
  DefenceTalkWarfighters are travelers and thus suffer from travelers’ ailments including disrupted sleep cycles and limited access to safe food and water. Warfighters who have not slept well...
  
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• Pandemic delays New Zealand launch of three US Intel satellites

  09-04-2020 13:36
  
  DefenceTalkSatellite launch company Rocket Lab announced earlier this week it had been forced to delay the launch of three US intelligence satellites from its New Zealand launch facility after that...
  
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• Microsoft: #COVID19 Threats Less Than 2% of Total Daily Volume

  09-04-2020 13:00
  Microsoft: #COVID19 Threats Less Than 2% of Total Daily VolumeCybercrime levels have not increased since the start of COVID-19, and the volume of related attacks remains relatively low, according to new information from Microsoft and the US and UK governments.The joint government alert came from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).It explained what many in the industry already kn
  
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• Troubled Waters

  09-04-2020 11:40
  
  DefenceTalkUnited States Acting Secretary of the Navy (SecNav) Thomas B. Modly resigned from office on the morning of April 7th, 2020, after his mishandling of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (abbreviated...
  
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• Zoom Signs-Up Ex-Facebook CSO as Google Bans Platform

  09-04-2020 11:30
  Zoom Signs-Up Ex-Facebook CSO as Google Bans PlatformZoom has brought former Facebook CSO Alex Stamos on board to bolster a new security push, as reports emerged that Google and the US Senate have told users to avoid the video conferencing platform.As promised by CEO Eric Yuan last week, the firm has formally launched a CISO Council and Advisory Board comprising security leaders from across industries. The idea is that they’ll collaborate on new ideas to help improve security and privacy i
  
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• Half of UK Adults Exposed to #COVID19 Fake News

  09-04-2020 10:30
  Half of UK Adults Exposed to #COVID19 Fake NewsHalf of UK adults have been exposed to online misinformation about COVID-19, making access to credible news sources increasingly important, according to regulator Ofcom.Ofcom is surveying 2000 adults each week to better understand how online users are receiving information during the current pandemic.Its first report, covering the first week the country was on lockdown following government orders, revealed that 46% of respondents had come across fal
  
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