Covid-19 related phishing campaigns increase 30%

Covid-19 related phishing campaigns increase 30%

The security firm Check Point warns of a significant increase in the number of cyber-attacks that take advantage of the search for information about the Covid-19 to infect more and more users. During the last three weeks, there have been 30% more threats, specifically about 192,000 weekly. 17% of the newly registered domains related to Coronavirus are malicious or suspicious and new phishing campaigns have been discovered that impersonate the World Health Organization (WHO) and popular video conferencing platforms to steal sensitive information.

Remote Working: new section on UDS Enterprise website

Remote Working: new section on UDS Enterprise website

Organizations of all types and sizes have trusted the UDS Enterprise connection broker for years, among other things, to facilitate remote working and distance learning. It is one of the intrinsic possibilities of our software, which allows secure access to any computer tool at any time, from any place and device.

The Covid-19 pandemic has imposed a new reality, in which work and teaching from home have become the only way for companies and educational centers to continue their activity. To help these entities know the best way to solve the challenges posed by this new situation, we have created a new section on our website on Remote Working.

60% of qualified employees could work from home

60% of qualified employees could work from home

About 60% of qualified workers could carry out their professional work from home. The potential number of jobs that could be developed from home amounts to something over 30%. This is data provided by the Banco de España in its report “Remote working in Spain”, prepared after surveying a group of companies. The objective of this document is to analyze how the adoption of remote work has evolved, the current situation, and the possibilities it offers in the future for different groups of workers and companies.

UMA students use university computers from home with UDS

UMA students use university computers from home with UDS

The students of the University of Málaga (UMA) are employing from their homes the same tools they use at the campus to follow their classes during the Covid-19 alarm state. Thanks to the Remote PC project with UDS Enterprise and OpenGnsys they can use the computers located in the educational center from anywhere . To facilitate access, another important development that leverages the great versatility of the UDS Enterprise connection broker also comes into play: the Moodle VirtualPC Plugin. Students enter the UMA Virtual Campus through any device with a web browser and, from there, thanks to the VirtualPC Plugin, they are provided access to a virtual machine or a physical computer.

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