Infosec Industry Shows Compassionate Side Amid #COVID-19 Pandemic

By Michael Hill for Infosecurity Magazine
Friday, March 20, 2020

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The impact this fast, mass move to remote working has had on a great deal of organizations is stark. In working from home, employees are more susceptible to cybersecurity threats, whilst a huge rise in tailored COVID-19 cyber-scams - that seek to take advantage of the current situation - has only added to the risks being faced.

Asked how cyber-criminals are exploiting people working from home at this particular time, Ilia Kolochenko, founder & CEO of web security company ImmuniWeb, said:

“It is a convoluted mix of infrastructural unreadiness and overly susceptible human physiology during the spiraling crisis. Some cyber-criminals mostly exploit uncertainty and aptly forged emails or SMSs from state authorities, imposing or demanding certain actions such as sharing confidential data or clicking on a malicious link to infect victims with malware."

Others exploit an overall lack of security hardening of home, or home-placed, computers, he added, and deploy various well-known attacks, ranging from large-scale spear-phishing campaigns to sophisticated BEC targeting C-level executives.

“Sadly, all these vectors are highly efficient, while breach investigation is hindered by suddenly disorganized IT and security teams trying to adapt themselves to the new reality.” Read Full Article