DefenceTalkIt may look like an email from a supervisor with an attachment on the new “work from home policy.” But it could be a cleverly designed scheme to hack into your network. The abrupt move of millions of people to working remotely has sparked an unprecedented volume of attacks to trick people into giving up […]https://www.defencetalk.com/surge-in-coronavirus-covid-themed-cyberattacks-74847/

DefenceTalkUS President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on calling the coronavirus spreading rapidly across the world the “Chinese Virus,” despite protests from Beijing. “It did come from China, so I think it’s very accurate,” Trump told a news conference, defending tweets in which he used the label for the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump indicated that another […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-and-china-trade-barbs-over-coronavirus-74842/

DefenceTalkThe US Navy reported its first suspected case of the new coronavirus aboard a ship, saying a sailor had tested positive for the disease but the result needed to be confirmed by health authorities. It came a week after another US Navy sailor stationed in southern Italy contracted COVID-19, which has killed more than 3,700 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-reports-first-suspected-coronavirus-case-on-ship-74854/

DefenceTalkNine people working on U.S. bases in South Korea — service members, family members and contractors — have been diagnosed with COVID-19, said the top U.S. general there. Army Gen. Robert B. ”Abe” Abrams, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, told Pentagon reporters that all are recovering. He updated reporters by telephone on USFK’s response to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-protective-bubbles-bases-in-south-korea-74824/

DefenceTalkUS Defense Department has issued instructions to the armed services and department heads on how to respond to the implications of the growing coronavirus outbreak. The department issued memos responding to the need for operations to continue during the outbreak. The DOD documents build on messages from the Office of Personnel Management issued Saturday. Signed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-defense-issues-flexible-instructions-on-response-to-coronavirus-74732/