"Attackers Adapt Techniques to Pandemic Reality"

Recent studies by Palo Alto Networks and Mimecast highlight threat actors' continued exploitation of fear and interest surrounding the coronavirus outbreak to increase the success of phishing and social engineering attacks. According to Palo Alto Networks, there has been a significant rise in the registration of malicious domains, with almost 1,800 coronavirus-related domain names being registered every day. Mimecast found that the number of COVID-19-themed spam messages increased by 26% within the first 100 days of the outbreak, while impersonation attacks related to the disease surged by 30%. In addition, since more employees have been working from home and overlooking proper cybersecurity practices, the success of attackers has grown as indicated by the increased number of clicked URLs blocked by Mimecast. This article continues to discuss observations made by cybersecurity firms of changes in techniques used by attackers during the pandemic. 

Dark Reading reports "Attackers Adapt Techniques to Pandemic Reality"