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by Swarajya Staff - May 11, 2021 02:39 PM
Maria Van Kerkhove of the WHO (Twitter)
Snapshot
What WHO said, what Indian media reported, and what the truth was.
The double-mutant or the B.1.617 coronavirus variant that has emerged in India is now classified as the âvariant of concernâ by the World Health Organization.
The health bodyâs technical lead on Covid-19, Maria Van Kerkhove said during the organisation s press briefing: âWe are classifying this [B.1.617] as a variant of concern at a global levelâ.
Additionally, she said: âThere is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility , going on to add that there is also some evidence for reduced neutralisation .
A ransomware group that claimed to be retiring after an audacious attack on Washington DC’s police department appears to be back in action after reportedly targeting a Japanese firm.
Yamabiko, a Tokyo-headquartered manufacturer of power tools and agricultural and industrial machinery, was apparently added to the data leak site used by the Babuk group.
Although official confirmation is still pending from the firm itself, reports suggest the Russian-speaking threat actors have already released some of the data on their naming-and-shaming site.
This includes personally identifiable information (PII) on employees, product schematics, financial data and more, according to
TechNadu.
The group reportedly claimed to have a total of 0.5TB of data in its possession.
New Android malware targeting banks in Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands ZDNet 5/11/2021
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A new Android trojan has been identified by security researchers, who said on Monday that once it is successfully installed in the victim s device, those behind it can obtain a live stream of the device screen and also interact with it via its Accessibility Services. Security
The malware, dubbed Teabot by security researchers with Cleafy, has been used to hijack users credentials and SMS messages to facilitate fraudulent activities against banks in Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands.