A new and dangerous wave of infections is sweeping the globe. But instead of coughs and sneezes, it’s spread via clicks and emails. Now, with more people working from home, hackers are having a field day targeting our hard drives.
That’s according to Nikolay Murashov, the Deputy Director of Russia’s National Co-ordination Center for Computer Incidents. Addressing an IT conference on Thursday, the digital watchdog said that “the epidemic has contributed to an increase in tensions in the information space.” Online bandits, he said, are taking advantage of “insufficiently protected remote access channels and exploiting software vulnerabilities used in remote-working conditions.”
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