Cybercriminals seek to capitalize on COVID-19

Starting in March and continuing through most of the spring, there has been a significant increase in malicious emails utilizing various COVID-19 issues as a lure to manipulate users into exposing themselves to various email attacks and scams. The latest Attack Landscape report from F-Secure shows COVID-related emails range from attempting to trick users into ordering face masks from phony websites to infecting themselves with malware by opening malicious attachments. Three-quarters of attachments in these emails contained infostealers, attempting to obtain sensitive information. Lokibot being the most common malware family employed. "Cyber criminals don't have many operational constraints, so they… [Continue Reading]