Do You Know That Cybercriminals Are Now Exploiting The Coronavirus Scare To Infect Global Targets?
Today’s cyber threats ride on real virus threats. Emotet, a
malware gang notorious for taking advantage of trending current events is
exploiting the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic by scaring potential victims
into opening malicious attachments, camouflaged as official notifications from
public health centers and disability welfare service providers. This tactic has
already been observed in Japan, where the gang is actively distributing malware
payloads via emails that warn targets of coronavirus infection reports in
various cities.
Using stolen emails from previously
compromised accounts as templates, this campaign leverages footers containing
the addresses of legitimate institutions for added authenticity, capitalizing
on the coronavirus’s wide impact and the fear of infection surrounding it. The
potential ramifications of receiving malware through such malicious emails are
grave: as seen in 2017’s WannaCry attack, ransomware cost the UK’s National
Health Service £20 million while resulting in 19,000 medical appointments
canceled and 600 clinics left ineffectual without running IT systems.
Faced with ever-evolving malware and
ransomware threats that are becoming harder to distinguish from genuine public
service messages, companies are only slowly waking up to the scale of the risk.
Contact us today to find out how
we can help you to address and mitigate this risk with the latest counter-cyber
tools and strategies.
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