COVID-19 Phishing Update: Threat Actors Abusing Utility Concerns

COVID-19 Phishing Update: Threat Actors Abusing Utility Concerns

| | COVID-19
In response to the financial difficulties resulting from COVID-19, many utilities have announced policy changes to suspend disconnects and provide relief to customers. As a result, many people are uncertain about what will happen should they be unable to pay their utility bills during the pandemic. As our latest example ... Read More
COVID-19 Phishing Update: Bad Actors Use Stimulus Payment Delays to Capture Banking Credentials

COVID-19 Phishing Update: Bad Actors Use Stimulus Payment Delays to Capture Banking Credentials

| | COVID-19
With many U.S. citizens still waiting to receive their government-mandated stimulus, we are again seeing cyber criminals shift their tactics in accordance with the news cycle. Below is one example of a lure abusing access to an undeliverable stimulus payment ... Read More
COVID-19 Phishing Update: Voicemail Attacks Surface Targeting Office 365 Users

COVID-19 Phishing Update: Voicemail Attacks Surface Targeting Office 365 Users

| | COVID-19
Cyber criminals are using coronavirus-themed voicemail notifications in the latest efforts to act on pandemic fears and steal credentials. The example below shows how they are doing it ... Read More
COVID-19 Phishing Update: Workplace Concerns Exploited to Distribute Malware

COVID-19 Phishing Update: Workplace Concerns Exploited to Distribute Malware

| | COVID-19
In recent efforts to deliver attacks that abuse the novel coronavirus, threat actors are exploiting workplace concerns about outbreak prevention and shipment delays. Below are two examples sent with the intent of delivering malware ... Read More
COVID-19 Phishing Update: Promise of Payments Fuel Financial Fraud

COVID-19 Phishing Update: Promise of Payments Fuel Financial Fraud

| | COVID-19
Cyber criminals are using the stimulus bill and relief payments to exploit growing concerns about financial security. The examples below are impersonating financial institutions ... Read More
COVID-19 Phishing Update: Nigerian Prince Lures Evolve with Crisis

COVID-19 Phishing Update: Nigerian Prince Lures Evolve with Crisis

| | COVID-19
Threat actors are repurposing Nigerian Prince or 419 lures with novel coronavirus messaging to capitalize on the current pandemic. Today’s examples demonstrate how they are doing it ... Read More
COVID-19 Phishing Update: Infected Coworker Email Targets Enterprise O365 Credentials

COVID-19 Phishing Update: Infected Coworker Email Targets Enterprise O365 Credentials

| | COVID-19
Threat actors are exploiting employee concerns about infected colleagues. Our latest example targets Office 365 accounts at a large Canadian company by falsely claiming a colleague has died from the virus ... Read More
COVID-19 Phishing Update: Email Posing as Scam Guidance Delivers Malware Instead

COVID-19 Phishing Update: Email Posing as Scam Guidance Delivers Malware Instead

| | COVID-19
The novel coronavirus is giving opportunistic threat actors new means of deploying malicious lures on unsuspecting targets. Today’s example shows the attacker leveraging the pandemic by offering guidance on how to avoid coronavirus scams. Unfortunately, it’s also a scam ... Read More
COVID-19 Phishing Update: Your Bank is Not Texting You About Coronavirus

COVID-19 Phishing Update: Your Bank is Not Texting You About Coronavirus

| | COVID-19
Threat actors continue using COVID-19 fears to exploit individuals on a variety of channels. Today we are taking a look at two new, related SMS lures ... Read More
COVID-19 Phishing Update: Threat Actors Impersonating CDC, WHO

COVID-19 Phishing Update: Threat Actors Impersonating CDC, WHO

| | COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to spread, we are seeing an increase in threat actors impersonating public health organizations and luring victims in with fake links to government agencies. The four examples below impersonate the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) using lures we have ... Read More