Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has been one of the most trendingtopics in 2020’s overall media. The virus’ first registers dateback to December 2019 in China, and its spread has affected morethan 50 million people around the world. Since social distance is themost advisable recommendation by health organizations, companiesmassively adopted remote work. The Internet became a hugeallied for several jobs maintenance, but it also increased social engineeringattacks based on the COVID-19 topic to steal sensitiveinformation and/or spread malicious code. In this paper, we reviewthe literature about phishing, malware and fake news that takeadvantage of COVID-19 to distress users and organizations in orderto accomplish cyber attacks, and discuss their implications.
Women have always fought for their place in the Information Technologyarea’s job market. This paper presents a survey conductedwith the male gender of different IT organizations from the southof Brazil. The survey aims to identify their perceptions about genderinequality, the valuing, treatment, opportunities, barriers anddiscrimination, and/or prejudice women suffer in the workplace.The results indicate that 45% of participants consider women in ITcompanies most frequently face those social barriers, and only 19%witnessed some prejudice and/or discrimination.
Women have always struggled to hold their own in the employmentmarket. In computing area is not different as men are stillthe majority of professionals.Thus, this paper presents the resultsof a survey conducted throug female public in different computingorganizations. The survey aims to identify their satisfaction,fellings, challenges and perceptions about the role played in thisarea. The initial results are promising and indicate low participationof women in comparison as men, highlighting the importance of tocreate political to promote the women participation in the industryand courses of Computer.
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