Tag: Prevention
Alphabet’s Verily launches its California COVID-19 test screening site in a limited pilot
Alphabet -owned health technology company Verily has launched the COVID-19 screening site that was first misrepresented by President Trump as a broadly focused coronavirus web-based screening and testing utility developed by Google . After a flurry of blog posts by Google and Verily over the weekend, as well as a…
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CDC issues new guidance against gatherings of 50 or more people for the next 8 weeks
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance (also available in full below) regarding large group gatherings and events in light of the ongoing effort to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country. The new CDC guidance recommends against holding any events or group gatherings…
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Legal services giant Epiq Global offline after ransomware attack
Legal services giant Epiq Global has been hit by a ransomware attack. The law firm, which provides legal counsel and administration that counts banks, credit giants, and governments as customers, confirmed the attack hit on February 29. “As part of our comprehensive response plan, we immediately took our systems offline…
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A security mishap left Remine wide open to hackers
Security is all too often focused on keeping hackers out and breaches at bay. But in the case of Remine, a real estate intelligence startup, it left its doors wide open for anyone to run rampant. Remine is a little-known but major player in the real estate analytics and intelligence…
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