Coronavirus stimulus payments offer tempting target for cybercriminals

While many industries are struggling to continue during the lockdown, the cybercrime business is gearing up to exploit the economic stimulus and relief payments being offered around the world. Researchers at Check Point have seen COVID-19 related cyberattacks rise to an average of 14,000 a day this month, which is six times the average number of daily attacks compared to March. Between April 7 and 14 the average number of daily attacks increased sharply to 20,000, 94 percent of which were phishing. Since January, a total of 4,305 domains relating to new stimulus/relief packages have been registered globally. While some… [Continue Reading]