Coronavirus malware
2021 Marred by Aggressive APTs; RDP Attacks up 897%
While much of the world tried to regain some semblance of normalcy in 2021 after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the year before, cyberattackers were hard at work ushering in the ...
Coronavirus-themed Threat Reports Haven’t Flattened The Curve
With the Coronavirus pandemic still going strong, cybercriminals have continued leveraging this crisis by pushing threats designed to compromise victims’ data and security. If during mid-March we’d already seen a five-fold increase ...
UK Cyber Body Offers Practical Guidelines on Dealing with Coronavirus-Themed Cyber Threats
The National Cyber Security Centre, the UK’s independent authority on cybersecurity, has released practical advice for individuals and organizations on how to deal with coronavirus-related malicious cyber activity. In a joint announcement ...
5 Times More Coronavirus-themed Malware Reports during March
Government, Hospitality, Healthcare, Education & Research, and Retail are among the verticals most targeted on the Coronavirus heatmap. As the Coronavirus pandemic continues, cybercriminals have started piggybacking news of the crisis to ...
Coronavirus Phishing Scams Exploit Misinformation
A series of phishing scams have exploited the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to either spread malware, trick victims into giving away sensitive information, or raise funds that they falsely claim will help ...
Live Coronavirus Map Used to Spread Malware
Cybercriminals constantly latch on to news items that captivate the public's attention, but usually they do so by sensationalizing the topic or spreading misinformation about it. Recently, however, cybercrooks have started disseminating ...
