The online stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic. APT41’s backdoor campaign. Contact-tracking and privacy. Virtual court is now in online session. Zoom’s fortunes. And tax-season online fraud.

Demand for online services during the pandemic stresses government providers. APT41’s backdoor campaign aimed at information theft. Contact-tracking apps and privacy. Some courts move to hear cases online. Zoom’s continuing mixed success. And did you file your tax return? The crooks might have done so for you. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on Microsoft’s reaction to Washington State’s new facial recognition law, guest is Francis Dinha from OpenVPN on remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2020/April/CyberWire_2020_04_14.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Lydbog: 14. april 2020