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COVID-19 themed attacks December 19, 2020– January 02, 2021

This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from December 19, 2020– January 02, 2021.

25 December, 2020 – North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the COVID-19 research

The North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has recently launched cyberattacks against at least two organizations involved in COVID19 research.

30 December, 2020 – US Treasury warns of ransomware attacks on COVID19 vaccine research

The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warns of ransomware attacks on COVID-19 vaccine research organizations.

January 1, 2021 – Alleged docs relating to Covid19 vaccine leaked in darkweb

Experts from threat intelligence firm Cyble have found documents relating to Covid19 vaccine of European Medicines Agency in the Darkweb

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, Covid19)

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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”.

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