Cybercriminals target healthcare professionals with phishing emails about 'coronavirus awareness' amid wave of scams attempting to capitalise on pandemic

By Ryan Morrison for Daily Mail Online
Friday, March 13, 2020

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The criminals are getting smarter as well, a study by security company ImmuniWeb found that they were providing real, live information on the pandemic in a bid to spread Malware that infects people's computers.

Ilia Kolochenko from ImmuniWeb said coronavirus was a 'formidable, unprecedented opportunity to trick panicking people amid global havoc and mayhem'.

'The more emotions and personal matters the attackers leverage, the more successful their campaigns will likely be,' Kolochenko said.

'The human factor remains the most burdensome to mitigate by technical means among the wide spectrum of organizational cyber risks, and the COVID-19 connection makes victims particularly susceptible to thoughtless actions.'

The organisation urged companies and other groups to consider implementing a central process to communicate information on the pandemic. Read Full Article