Commercial spyware mounted on Covid-19 tracker app

By Chandu Gopalakrishnan for SC Media
Thursday, March 19, 2020

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In the latest instance of cyber-criminals hacking legitimate Covid-19 service, the interactive coronavirus tracking map created by Johns Hopkins University has been used to deliver Android spyware, found Lookout researchers.

Criminals are bound to make the most of the Coronavirus situation, a formidable and fairly unprecedented opportunity to trick panicking people amid the global havoc and mayhem, noted Ilia Kolochenko, founder & CEO of ImmuniWeb.

"The more emotions and personal matters the attackers leverage, the more successful their campaigns will likely be. The human factor remains the most burdensome to mitigate by technical means among the wide spectrum of organisational cyber-risks, and the Covid-19 connection makes victims particularly susceptible to thoughtless actions.” Read Full Article