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March 17, 2020

New Website Aims to Help People Access COVID-19 Testing

Project Baseline, a new website to facilitate screening and testing of people potentially infected with the COVID-19 virus, became available on Sunday. Verily, a company owned by Google parent Alphabet, launched the site.

3 Things the Tech Industry Could Do to Mitigate Pandemic Problems

While the technology market could be devastated by COVID-19, there are several things tech players could do to mitigate the damage. This week, TechNewsWorld columnist Rob Enderle covers the top three from his perspective. Not things that every company can do, and many already are doing, like having people work from home and stand six feet apart. Instead, he focuses on aggressive steps the industry could take to mitigate the first manageable pandemic.

Microsoft Leaves Necurs Botnet in Shambles

Microsoft and partners have disrupted the Necurs botnet group blamed for infecting more than 9 million computers globally. There are 11 botnets under the Necurs umbrella, all apparently controlled by a single group, according to Valter Santos, security researcher at Bitsight, which worked with Microsoft on the takedown.

COVID-19 and Computer Security, Part 1: Telecommuting Risks

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has urged agencies to prepare to allow federal employees to telework -- that is, work remotely. TechNewsWorld spoke with numerous cybersecurity experts to get tips on how to stay safe while staying healthy.

Report: Open Source Vulnerabilities Rampant in Popular Projects

Open Source vulnerabilities rose by nearly 50% in 2019 over the previous year, based on a report released Thursday. Common vulnerabilities rated as high or critical severity were found in all of the most popular open source projects, according

to the WhiteSource 2020 annual report,

"The State of Open Source Security Vulnerabilities." The vulnerability rate is expected to continue rising.

Coronavirus Nerves: Whoa Horsey!

What will be funny about our era? Perhaps it will have something to do with overreacting to the situation by reordering society, as some have suggested. Those suggestions include, but are not limited to, ending tradeshows, scrapping office cubicles, installing industrial strength HVAC systems to sterilize office air, and imposing untold additional torture on those who still agree to sit in airline seats. I am not so sure.

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VPN, Ad Blocker Provider Caught With Hand in the Data Jar

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