Cyber security companies are warning of the rampant spread of Cyber Corona virus!

The coronavirus pandemic has led to the intensification of internet fraud activity, with hackers picking up on the panic surrounding the virus by sending concerned users fake emails from the ‘World Health Organization’ (WHO) containing viruses that steal personal information, Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cybersecurity and anti-virus maker, has warned.
Konstantin Ignatiev, head of Kaspersky’s web content analysis division, says the company has observed an uptick in the number of spam messages and letters on the subject of coronavirus throughout the world, with numbers estimated in the thousands per day at the moment.
One of the trends picked up by Kaspersky has been the use of phishing emails. “People are receiving fake emails supposedly from the WHO with ‘security measures which must be taken to avoid infection’. As soon as the user clicks the link, he or she is redirected to the phishing site and receives an offer to share personal information which falls into the hands of the hackers,” Ignatiev explains.
Other trends the company has observed include a campaign disguising itself as a message from the World Bank or International Monetary Fund asking for donations to be sent to victims of coronavirus.
Are health agencies like the @CDCgov and
@WHO actually sending you emails asking for personal info? @Kaspersky ’s @emm_david explains. https://t.co/brbXUSbAo4
— Igor Akhmetov (@akhmetow) March 17, 2020
“To avoid fraud, users should install a security programme on their device. It will detect and block phishing attacks before they can cause harm,” says Luis Corrons, a cybersecurity specialist from Avast.
Ruslan Suleymanov, director of information technology at ESET, a Slovakian cybersecurity company, urges users to delete unexpected emails from unknown senders without a second thought, and recommends checking where a suspicious link leads by hovering over it with your mouse. “If you see a URL from one of the short URL services (is.gd, bit.ley, etc.) don’t click on it. It probably leads to a phishing resource. The same goes for emails with attachments,” he said.
Global concerns over coronavirus, which the WHO formally classified as a pandemic last week, have given rise to hacking attacks big and small. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that the US Department of Health and Human Services had suffered a major hacking attack over the weekend, with the goal apparently being to slow down its internet services. An investigation into the attack’s possible source is presently underway.
#BeAware than scammers are using the COVID-19 virus as a new way for scams.
*Do not click on links you do not know in unsolicited emails.
*Fake emails claiming to be from the CDC. Go to the verified CDC website for updates!
*Offering “cures” that do not exist yet!
#BeSmart pic.twitter.com/d49qFZzi17
— Haralson Sheriff (@HaralsonSheriff) March 16, 2020
The US National Security Council, meanwhile, has reported an upsurge in the number of fake tweets about a national quarantine or lockdown amid the outbreak, and has urged Americans not to panic.
Text message rumors of a national #quarantine are FAKE. There is no national lockdown.
@CDCgov has and will continue to post the latest guidance on #COVID19 . #coronavirus
— NSC (@WHNSC) March 16, 2020
Earlier, US cybersecurity experts warned that hackers were generating fake versions of the popular coronavirus tracking map run by Johns Hopkins University to try steal passwords and other user information.

The Falcon 9 carrier rocket with satellites for the Starlink system will be launched on Wednesday

The Falcon 9 carrier rocket with satellites for the Starlink system will be launched on Wednesday

, private US aerospace manufacturer SpaceX said on Twitter.
"Targeting Wednesday, 18 March at 8:16 a.m. EDT, 12:16 UTC, for Falcon 9's launch of Starlink from LC-39A in Florida", it said.
Targeting Wednesday, March 18 at 8:16 a.m. EDT, 12:16 UTC, for Falcon 9's launch of Starlink from LC-39A in Florida
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 16, 2020
Initially, the launch of the rocket was to take place on Sunday but was cancelled a few seconds before the blastoff , with Space X providing no reason to explain the cancellation.
Starlink is a next-generation satellite network capable of providing the Earth with broadband Internet access. The project began in February 2018. About 12,000 satellites are planned to be launched in total. Another 30,000 satellites are expected to be put into orbit at altitudes ranging from 328 to 580 kilometres.

Biggest buyers of Russian military weapons revealed as more countries line up for S400s and SU 35s

Russia signed $17 billion worth of arms contracts with foreign customers in 2019, expanding its portfolio with military deals with African countries totalling $1 billion, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation revealed on Monday.
Turkey has been named one of the five biggest importers of Russian arms for 2019, according to Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation.
Shugaev also named India, China and Egypt as the most significant buyers of Russian weapons.
The director added that Russia and Turkey have
settled nearly all questions related to the delivery of more Russian-made S-400 air defence weapons . Turkey received the first batch of the systems last summer.
The United States has demanded that Turkey cancel all purchases of the S-400, saying it expects Ankara to purchase US-made Patriot air defence systems instead. The United States also threatened to delay or cancel any deliveries of its fifth-generation F-35 jets to Turkey.
The defence systems are a crucial part of Russia's military cooperation with China and India. Russia is planning to complete S-400 shipments to China by the end of this year under a 2014 contract, which is reported to cover six regimental sets worth over $3 billion. Moscow also signed a $5 billion contract with New Delhi in October 2018 to deliver five units of S-400s.
The Sukhoi Su-35 fighter is another important aspect of military ties , with China being the first customer for the jets, while Ankara, New Delhi and Cairo are all potential buyers of the aircraft.

UEFA has decided to postpone Euro 2020 tournament until the next year amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Norwegian Football Federation said Tuesday on its website. According to the federation, the championship is now expected to be held from 11 June to 11 July in 2021.

UEFA has decided to postpone Euro 2020 tournament until the next year amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Norwegian Football Federation said Tuesday on its website.
According to the federation, the championship is now expected to be held from 11 June to 11 July in 2021.

Ex-war leader Germain Katanga is out of prison in Kinshasa, Former Commander of the Militia of the Patriotic Resistance Forces in Ituri (FRPI),

Ex-war leader Germain Katanga is out of prison in Kinshasa Former Commander of the Militia of the Patriotic Resistance Forces in Ituri (FRPI), who reached an agreement with the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), early March, brigade general, Germain Katanga, also former convicted of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is out of prison this Monday, March 2020, 16, in Kinshasa. Named Simba (the Lion, in Swahili), Germain Katanga did not want to communicate after his release have yet to be made clear. He had been recognized before the ICC guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for contributing, according to the judgement, to destroy the village of Bogoro in an attack that killed around 200 dead in 2003. The court sentenced him to 12 years in prison in March 2014. The Court ordered him to pay $ 12 million to the 297 victims of these crimes. On the other hand, Germain Katanga wished to contribute to the repair of his victims "by voluntarily making excuses". After serving his sentence on January 2016, 18 following the removal of his seven years of pre-trial detention, his sentence for good conduct and after the regrets expressed, Mr. Katanga being a general of brigade in the Loyalist army, had been kept in prison following the prosecutions of the army's general army. He was prosecuted by this prosecutor and before the High Military Court, for "war crime, crime against humanity and participation in a insurrectional movement".

The repressed Burundian nationals of Goma will be repatriated this Tuesday to Burundi

The repressed Burundian nationals of Goma will be repatriated this Tuesday to Burundi (Official)

In a statement made public this evening of March 16, the provincial minister of the interior, security and custom affairs, Lwabanji Lwasi Ngabo, reassures the inhabitants that Burundi will be repatriated this Tuesday in Burundi.
" This Tuesday, March 2020, 17, early in the morning, a group of Burundian nationals from North Kivu will be in transit in Bukavu via Kavimvira. They will be sent on board the Trucks of the Congolese National Police says the press release.
More than 1400 Burundian nationals have been repressed by the North Kivu provincial government and will be in transit to South kivu on the morning of March 17, 2020.

In just a week's time from now,Uganda will be producing sanitizers that will kill Corona virus..and it will be the first of it's kind in Africa

There seems to be a ray of hope for Ugandans in bringing the stiff giant of Covid 19 to her knees with a spray that instantly kills the virus to be co-produced in Uganda.
This was revealed by the seemingly relieved Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga this afternoon when she indicated to t Parliament that the spray that is currently being manufactured by Day international and will be made available to the Ugandan market in two weeks.
She further informed the house that an American inventor, Prof. Safraz K. Niaz, who was in Uganda over the weekend invented the disinfectant and he is at the center of the Coronavirus response in the USA.
Kadaga explained that the disinfectant killer would be made available the offer to Uganda free of charge as promised by the speaker.
Much has she emphasized that the government should not relax on the measures to prevent the Covid 19 from hitting the country, she stressed that there was hope at the end of it and treatment would start in Uganda.
Sarfraz is 70yr a USA citizen of Indian descent and a world-known expert in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and an academician. He has written books in the field of pharmaceutical sciences, biotechnology, consumer healthcare, and poetry.
The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health Diana Atwine, welcomed the move although she mentioned that the Ministry of Health, they are yet to get information in that regard.
According to Atwiine this drug will first be subjected to tests through the National Drug Authority before approval.
Parliament was today holding a special sitting where the different Ministries were presenting their Ministerial Policy statements.

A letter written by Satan has been deciphered after 300 years

After 300 years of darkness, light have finally been shed on a letter which was claimed to be written by the devil.

 A Sicilian nun woke up one day with ink all over her body and she had a letter which she claimed was written by the devil as he possessed her. 

 This letter was not deciphered until recently when a software found on the dark web decrypted the message. 

When the letter was written by the possessed nun as she claimed, it could not be deciphered so it was passed down for centuries. 

A team in Silcily deciphered the message and found it to be devilish. The letter clearly says “God thinks he can free mortals.” It also mentioned that god is a human creation, stating “this system works for no one.” 

The River Styx which is the separation between the living and the underworld in Greek mythology was also mentioned. It says “perhaps now, Styx is certain.”

NATO spying vessels cannot manage spying on Russian coastal warships electronic warfare systems

The US and its Western European allies regularly send warships to the Black Sea, with other NATO countries bordering the body of water including Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey maintaining a sizable permanent presence in the regionw but these sailing near Russia’s borders in the Black Sea around the Crimean peninsula are virtually incapable of carrying out any useful reconnaissance thanks to the Russian military’s powerful coastal electronic warfare systems, a source in the region’s security apparatus has said.

Commenting on the alliance’s “attempt to penetrate” the region’s “communications and digital networks,” the source indicated that this was made impossible as a result of the deployment and real-world testing of the latest electronic warfare countermeasures.

“As a result [of these measures] NATO warships turn around and leave,” the official said.

According to the source, Russia’s electronic countermeasures are powerful enough not only to make snooping impossible, but to screw up warships’ navigation systems, resulting in false readings on their current coordinates.

Murmansk-BN radio-electronic warfare systems of the same type deployed in Crimea

The US and its NATO allies have substantially increased their reconnaissance patrols along Russia’s borders in recent years, deploying dozens of warships in the Black Sea and sending hundreds of drones and spy planes on intelligence-gathering missions around Crimea, the home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

Late last month, the US deployed the USS Ross guided-missile destroyer into the body of water for drills. The Russian Navy assured observers that it had the capabilities to monitor warship activities. Earlier this month, the Russian military reported detecting 25 foreign aircraft egaged in reconnaissance activities near the country’s borders, with fighters scrambled twice to prevent illegal entry into Russian airspace.

Moscow has repeatedly condemned the US and its NATO allies over their maritime exercises, drone and spy plane flights and bomber drills near Russia’s borders, warning that such behaviour only serves to stoke tensions. The alliance has so far ignored these objections.

Corona virus related Cyber attack hits a USA Corona virus testing facility in Czec

Czech Republic’s second-largest hospital in Brno has suffered a cyber attack. The same hospital is currently home to the country’s Coronavirus Testing Facility – On the other hand, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the United States has also suffered Coronavirus related cyber attack.
Who could have imagined cyber criminals will use Coronavirus pandemic to steal data and make quick money? A couple of days ago
There was a report on how a website was tricking unsuspecting users into downloading a Coronavirus tracking app on their Android phones which in reality was CovidLock ransomware.
Now, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the United States has suffered a massive cyberattack on Sunday, authorities have revealed. It is being reported that the attack was to halt Coronavirus response in the country.
According to reports, it is unclear what type of cyber attack hit HHS, sources have revealed that “the attempt was to slow down operations.” Apparently, the attack aimed at flooding HHS servers with millions of requests over the course of several hours – Simply put: it can be a DDoS attack .
Czech Republic’s Main Coronavirus Testing Facility targeted with Cyberattack (possibly ransomware)
Amidst all the tumult caused by coronavirus outbreak around the world, where normal people are trying every possible thing to protect themselves and their loved ones,
cybercriminals are busy launching attacks against healthcare facilities where patients are being treated.
According to reports, the second largest hospital in Brno, a city located in South Moravian, Czech Republic, has become the victim of a cyberattack, causing it to abruptly cancel all of its planned operations, and shift patients to other medical facilities.
The attack occurred on Friday at around 2:00 a.m. (local time) in the morning and the computers at the hospital were shut down after the attack.
The nature of the attack is yet unclear but it is suspected that the attack could involve
ransomware . There is little information shared by the news outlets in the country. It is, however, reported by the Czech News Agency (ČTK) that the hospital’s computer systems started malfunctioning slowly, due to which they were all shut down.
Quoting the hospital’s director Jaroslav Štěrba, the news agency further reported that the systems that hosted other laboratories including microbiology, hematology, biochemistry, radiology, and tumor diagnosis were on another network, which is why these weren’t unaffected by the attack and are operating normally.
The hospital can function and patients are being inspected but medical data collection is being carried out manually since the lab systems aren’t working. Staff members are documenting the data in writing, which has made the examination a time-consuming process.
The country’s main cybersecurity agency the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) and the National Organized Crime Center have been roped in to investigate the cause of the attack and resolve the problem. Unfortunately, the hospital has been attacked at a time when there is a health emergency declared in the country.