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4/7/3020 News Briefs: (1)
If you use Apple iPhone or MacBook, here we have a piece of alarming news for you. Turns out merely visiting a website — not just malicious but also legitimate sites unknowingly loading malicious ads as well using Safari browser could have let —
If you use Apple iPhone or MacBook, here we have a piece of alarming news for you. Turns out merely visiting a website — not just malicious but also legitimate sites unknowingly loading malicious ads as well using Safari browser could have let —
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— remote attackers secretly access your device’s camera, microphone, or location, and in some cases, saved passwords as well. Apple recently paid a $75,000 bounty reward to an ethical hacker, Ryan Pickren, who practically demonstrated the hack and helped the company—
— remote attackers secretly access your device’s camera, microphone, or location, and in some cases, saved passwords as well. Apple recently paid a $75,000 bounty reward to an ethical hacker, Ryan Pickren, who practically demonstrated the hack and helped the company—
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— patch a total of seven new vulnerabilities before any real attacker could take advantage of them.
— patch a total of seven new vulnerabilities before any real attacker could take advantage of them.
(2) Google has released its mobile phone users’ location data for 131 countries, hoping that the trove will show whether people are obeying the world’s various lockdowns and social distancing measures. It may be the world’s largest such data dump available to the public and —
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— covers a span from mid-February to the end of March. The results are varied. Italy for example has seen a drop in traffic to places like shopping centers and recreational areas by 94% compared to the same time last year. California though, first state in the U.S.
— covers a span from mid-February to the end of March. The results are varied. Italy for example has seen a drop in traffic to places like shopping centers and recreational areas by 94% compared to the same time last year. California though, first state in the U.S.
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— to impose a lockdown, has only seen a drop by half. Arkansas is the lowest American state, with only a 29% drop. The data also shows surges in activity at parks and grocery stores in some countries, such as the UK. Google says the info is anonymous —without names,
— to impose a lockdown, has only seen a drop by half. Arkansas is the lowest American state, with only a 29% drop. The data also shows surges in activity at parks and grocery stores in some countries, such as the UK. Google says the info is anonymous —without names,
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— locations of individuals, or other personal info hoping to allay privacy concerns. But it declined to say whether authorities had requested more info. Facebook is also sharing some location data w/researchers and governments, but has not made their findings public
— locations of individuals, or other personal info hoping to allay privacy concerns. But it declined to say whether authorities had requested more info. Facebook is also sharing some location data w/researchers and governments, but has not made their findings public
(3) U.S. farmers have destroyed millions of pounds of perishable food like tomatoes, lettuce and green beans because growers lost a vast number of customers after the coronavirus pandemic struck. “It’s a catastrophe, it really is,” said Tony DiMare, —
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— a long-time tomato grower based in Palm Beach County, Fla. DiMare said he let 10 million pounds of tomatoes rot on the farm in a region south of Miami because no market existed for them.
— a long-time tomato grower based in Palm Beach County, Fla. DiMare said he let 10 million pounds of tomatoes rot on the farm in a region south of Miami because no market existed for them.
(4) The British Open has been cancelled for the first time since World War II due to the coronavirus. The 149th Open was scheduled to take place at Royal St George’s Golf Club in Kent in July.
(5) Forest activists claimed they had observed more cases of deforestation in the Prey Lang area, in Cambodia, than before the Covid-19 outbreak. They alleged that three companies had sent workers to log and transport timber with no crackdown by the relevant authorities. An —
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— activist in Stung Treng province, told that the three firms – Think Biotech (Cambodia) Co Ltd, Angkor Plywood, and Thy Nga Co, Ltd Development – had sent workers to log and haul timber to a factory near the area before transporting the sawn wood to a major company.—
— activist in Stung Treng province, told that the three firms – Think Biotech (Cambodia) Co Ltd, Angkor Plywood, and Thy Nga Co, Ltd Development – had sent workers to log and haul timber to a factory near the area before transporting the sawn wood to a major company.—
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— “Those who transport timber from the Prey Lang forest are not afraid of virus infection. I’ve seen between 10 and 20 vans hauling timber to Angkor Plywood per day.
— “Those who transport timber from the Prey Lang forest are not afraid of virus infection. I’ve seen between 10 and 20 vans hauling timber to Angkor Plywood per day.
(6) Tonga’s Police have continued to massively target drug dealers and suppliers during the national lockdown, conducting eight drug-related arrests last week. All eight were for possession of meth and cannabis and were men aged between 26 and 49.—
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— Police seized 1.67 grams of meth, “nearly” 21 grams of cannabis as well as drug utensils and more than $US255 in cash.
— Police seized 1.67 grams of meth, “nearly” 21 grams of cannabis as well as drug utensils and more than $US255 in cash.
(7) A Hungarian tourist who died of Covid-19 in Thailand had earlier withheld details of his visits to entertainment areas, which resulted in 112 medical staff being suspended from work and placed in quarantine. Dr Chalermpong Sukhonthapol, director of Vachira Phuket Hospital,—
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— revealed the details at a meeting of provincial officials in charge of combating the disease on Monday. He said the Hungarian man was involved in a road accident on March 25. He was first treated at Chalong Hospital and then transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital.—
— revealed the details at a meeting of provincial officials in charge of combating the disease on Monday. He said the Hungarian man was involved in a road accident on March 25. He was first treated at Chalong Hospital and then transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital.—
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— The patient had numbness and weakness in all limbs. He could talk, but did not mention his activities had put him at risk of Covid-19 infection though being asked.
— The patient had numbness and weakness in all limbs. He could talk, but did not mention his activities had put him at risk of Covid-19 infection though being asked.
(8) After being admitted to the hospital over the weekend, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken to intensive care as his condition has apparently worsened dramatically overnight.
(9) The coronavirus pandemic has generated overwhelming support for the closure of markets selling illegal wildlife across Southeast Asia, an epicenter of the multi-billion-dollar trade. S.E. Asian nations as well as Hong Kong & Japan unregulated markets selling the wildlife
(10) 30,000 Boeing employees on Wed must start taking vacation or sick time, or apply for unemployment, after the region’s largest private employer decided Sun to keep its Puget Sound plants closed indefinitely. The workers had been paid during the initial two-week work stoppage—
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— that began Mar 25 but told employees Sun in an email it “is extending temp suspension of operations at all Puget Sound area and Moses Lake sites until further notice.” Boeing has roughly 70,000 in state. That decision affects about 30,000 mostly production workers.
— that began Mar 25 but told employees Sun in an email it “is extending temp suspension of operations at all Puget Sound area and Moses Lake sites until further notice.” Boeing has roughly 70,000 in state. That decision affects about 30,000 mostly production workers.
