Yesterday (Tuesday, 14th April), it was reported that approximately 530,000 Zoom accounts had been compromised. Cybersecurity firm Cyble had purchased the Zoom credentials from a hacker on the dark web. In speaking to website BleepingComputer, Cyble bought these accounts for only US$0.20 (RM0.80) each, with the intention to warn the users of the potential breach. Source: Getty via...
Prior to the Covid-19 crisis, another pandemic that shook the globe back in 2009 was the swine flu or better known as H1N1. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), H1N1 was first uncovered in Mexico and the United States in March 2009. At that time, H1N1 was one of the biggest crisis that people had faced...
It’s truly hard to understand the extend of how much people are struggling during the Covid-19 outbreaks, movement restrictions and lock downs all over the world. But the longer we sit at home, the more time we have to recognise and appreciate the simple luxuries we’re given. For example, food. One man in Phuket, Thailand, decided to...
South Korea has confirmed on Friday, 10th April that at least 116 people who recovered from Covid-19 were tested positive again. According to Reuters, Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told in a briefing that the virus may have been “reactivated” rather than the patients being re-infected. Source: nature Currently, it’s still...
Singapore recorded 386 new Covid-19 cases on Monday (13 April) bringing the total number of infections to 2,918. According to the Straits Times, this is the highest daily spike in the country to date with 280 of them linked to known clusters. Most of the infected patients are said to be foreign workers living in dormitories, reported...
With the Covid-19 outbreak growing more rampant all around the world, we’ve all been trying to be as hygienic as possible. Even young kids are given hand sanitisers to stay clear of the virus. However, this can potentially be really dangerous. A three-year-old girl from Jakarta suffered severe burns on her face, arm and leg after...
About two weeks ago, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the United States had surpassed Italy, becoming the country with the most number of cases in the world. As of this morning (12 April), the total number of cases in the United States was recorded at 529,887 according to John Hopkins University. The death toll...
New York state, epicentre of America's coronavirus crisis, set another single-day record of Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, as veteran doctors and nurses voiced astonishment at the speed with which patients were deteriorating and dying. The number of known coronavirus infections in New York state alone approached 150,000 on Wednesday, even as authorities warned that the official...
LONDON – Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday evening (April 9) as he continues to recover from Covid-19, but he remains under close observation in hospital, his office said on Thursday. Johnson, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital on Sunday evening with a persistent high temperature and cough, and was rushed to...
While we may be complaining about staying indoors and coping with the Covid-19 Movement Control Order (MCO), we still have to admit, our Malaysian government is handling this situation really well. In Ecuador though, unfortunately it seems like the panic over the coronavirus has taken over as people are dropping dead in public while families are...
