Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 15 to March 21, 2020.

Threat actors exploit the interest in the COVID19 outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week.

March 21, 2020 – New Coronavirus-themed attack uses fake WHO chief emails

Day after day the number of COVID19-themed attacks increases, fraudsters have launched a phishing campaign to deliver on users’ PC.

March 19, 2020 – Coronavirus news used by Emotet and Trickbot to evade detection

Threat actors exploit the interest in the COVID19 outbreak while infections increase worldwide, new campaigns aim at spreading TrickBot and Emotet Trojans.

March 19, 2020 – Is APT27 Abusing COVID-19 To Attack People ?!

Security researcher Marco Ramilli analyzed a new COVID-19-themed attack gathering evidence of the alleged involvement of an APT group.

March 18, 2020 – Thousands of COVID19-related malicious domains are being created every day

The COVID19-themed attacks continue to increase, experts warn of thousands of COVID-19 scam and malware sites are being created every day.

March 17, 2020 – Attackers use a new CoronaVirus Ransomware to cover Kpot Infostealer infections

If you are interested in COVID19-themed attacks from February 1 – March 15, 2020

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/99682/cyber-crime/coronavirus-themed-attacks.html

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – COVID19, cybercrime)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.