Coronavirus-themed domain registrations are 50% more likely to be from malicious actors, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP, +14.16% found in a study. Since that report was released last week, there have been some high-profile examples, most notably an attack aimed at a popular interactive COVID-19 tracking map maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
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Researchers at cyber-security firm Mimecast flagged this scam a few weeks ago. On the morning they detected it, they saw more than 200 examples in just a few hours.
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But Proofpoint says the attachment doesn't contain any useful advice, and instead infects computers with malicious software called AgentTesla Keylogger.
Cofense, the cyber-defence provider, first detected the scam and describes it as an example of hackers "weaponising fear and panic".
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"It's not surprising, we call it the lure de jure," said Adrian Nish, head of threat intelligence at BAE. "I think a lot of these groups have identified coronavirus as something their targets would be desperate for information on."
"Threat actors are savvy in terms of the social engineering side," Nish said. He predicts that there will be many more attacks of this nature during the crisis.
On Wednesday, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) sent out a notice regarding malicious online activities that take advantage of the coronavirus.
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Gall disclosed these issues to the plugin's author, who responded within a few hours. He added that the flaws have been patched in version 3.64.1 and recommended users to update to the latest version available immediately.
" While we have not detected any malicious activity targeting Popup Builder, the stored XSS vulnerability can have a serious impact on site visitors and potentially even allow site takeover ," he wrote.
This is an example of the importance of enterprise security programmes, where organisations understand their i nformation a ssets and have an up-to-date a sset m anagement Inventory, said Niamh Muldoon, senior director of Trust & Security at OneLogin.
Cybercrime related to coronavirus information spreading widely online - The Washington Post
As the novel coronavirus has moved across the world, cybercriminals and spies have taken advantage of the growing demand for information by loading malicious software into tracking maps, government reports and health fact sheets in numerous languages. New websites with variations on "coronavirus" in their Internet addresses also have exploded, with many of them masking online scams.
Among the most sophisticated efforts has been a campaign by a group of Chinese hackers, dubbed Vicious Panda by cybersecurity researchers at Check Point, an Israeli-based technology company. In its report Thursday, Check Point called Vicious Panda an "advanced persistent threat," a designation reserved for the most technically adept and well-organized attackers, often having government backing.
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Hackers have sent phishing messages posing as the CDC and the WHO, purporting to offer information on the coronavir… https://t.co/9lM10qtsld business (from New York and the World) Thu Mar 12 22:05:06 +0000 2020
Hackers are using coronavirus fears to target people looking at information and infection maps https://t.co/YHraEJ78Rp washingtonpost (from Washington, DC) Thu Mar 12 15:44:15 +0000 2020
Get an URGENT email about your kid's coronavirus school closures? Make sure it's legit before you click on anything. https://t.co/HPbFWD5T7H MarketWatch (from New York, NY) Fri Mar 13 22:06:27 +0000 2020
NEW: Undeterred by the coronavirus, Chinese hackers are using the outbreak to go after Mongolia, according to resea… https://t.co/OGjxPuWK8k JaneLytv (from Toronto, Ontario) Thu Mar 12 17:14:56 +0000 2020
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