Cyber Security and Compliance News Direct Difference, Inc May 2020
May 2020
Hackers use fake coronavirus maps to infect visitors...
Hackers are once again taking advantage of concerns of COVID-19 by using fake coronavirus maps to infect visitors with malware. Detailed Monday by cybersecurity researcher Shai Alfasi from Reason Cybersecurity Ltd., the fake maps were founded to...
Notorious malware Trickbot has been linked to more COVID-19 phishing emails than any other, according to new data from Microsoft. The Microsoft Security Intelligence Twitter account made the claim on Friday. "Based on Office 365 ATP data,...
OCR Permits Business Associates to Share Patient Data...
The Office for Civil Rights will waive penalties for HIPAA noncompliance against providers or business associates over the good faith use and disclosure of protected health information during the Coronavirus, or COVID-19 pandemic.
The Value and Ethics of Using Phone Data to Monitor Covid-19
and Facebook are considering efforts to analyze the collective movements of millions of users to determine how the deadly novel coronavirus is spreading across the US, and to gauge the effectiveness of calls for social distancing. The results...
Telemedicine enables a forward triage of possible COVID-19 cases, allowing patients to be sorted before they arrive at an emergency department and protecting patients, clinicians and the community from exposure, write physicians Judd Hollander and Brendan Carr. Automated screening algorithms and local epidemiologic information can be built into the intake process, and automated logic flows, or bots, can refer patients to nurse triage lines and schedule video consultations with health care providers. Full Story here
Want To Get Screened For Coronavirus By Verily? You'll...
If you want to use Verily - a new testing portal for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus - you'll need a Google account. This is a prerequisite for the site, which was touted by President Donald Trump as a major part of the...
