Beste allen,

in deze droevige Corona pandemische crisis bereikt me het nieuws dat sommige sujets hiervan profiteren om via fake links naar de originele epidemiologische updates van John Hopkins University malware te verspreiden.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/03/live-coronavirus-map-used-to-spread-malware/

Late last month, a member of several Russian language cybercrime forums began selling a digital Coronavirus infection kit that uses the Hopkins interactive map as part of a Java-based malware deployment scheme. The kit costs $200 if the buyer already has a Java code signing certificate, and $700 if the buyer wishes to just use the seller’s certificate.

“It loads [a] fully working online map of Corona Virus infected areas and other data,” the seller explains. “Map is resizable, interactive, and has real time data from World Health Organization and other sources. Users will think that PreLoader is actually a map, so they will open it and will spread it to their friends and it goes viral!”

Wellicht zijn enkel Windows computers hiervoor vatbaar.
Ik wou het toch even als caveat plaatsen, nu.

Zeker wanneer ik deze kaarten op VRT Nieuwsreportages in gebruik zie bij Corona callcentres in België.

De originele John Hopkins link zou clean behoren te zijn:
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Bestudeer alleszins even aandachtig het artikel in mijn 1ste link!

In elk geval: sterkte beste mensen!
Zorg goed voor jezelf en je medemensen!

Zuur, Bedankt voor de link.

"(...) being used in malicious Web sites (and possibly spam emails) to spread password-stealing malware."
Tja, je bent gewetenloos of je bent het niet...

in deze droevige Corona pandemische crisis...
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In elk geval: sterkte beste mensen!
Zorg goed voor jezelf en je medemensen!

"In a pandemic, self-isolation is called quarantine. In Buddhism, it is called retreat. From the cave of our home, like the meditators of ancient times, we can consciously kindle the lamp of compassion and connection."

~ Lama Willa Miller

"consciously kindle the lamp of compassion and connection"

Harvard Medical School recommends yoga, meditation to deal with coronavirus anxiety.