COVID

States Spent Millions On Deloitte’s ‘Anti-Fraud’ Covid Unemployment Systems. They Suffered Billions In Fraud.

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States Spent Millions On Deloitte’s ‘Anti-Fraud’ Covid Unemployment Systems. They Suffered Billions In Fraud.

Deloitte has provided systems to states across the U.S. to try to prevent Covid fraud, but nationally the losses are at $45 billion and could be as much as three times that, according to government estimates. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images The Big 4 accounting giant promised states AI-powered anti-fraud detection systems in return for hundreds of millions in Covid unemployment contracts. Fraudsters abusing those same systems likely earned…

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New malware seizes on COVID-19 to target Android users

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New malware seizes on COVID-19 to target Android users

A new form of malware that experts are referring to as “TangleBot” is relying on interest in COVID-19 to trick Android users in the U.S and Canada into clicking on a link that will infect their cell phones, according to analysts at the mobile and email security company Cloudmark.  Cloudmark says the “clever and complicated” malware sends Android users a text message claiming to have the latest COVID-19 guidance in their area or informs them…

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