"Hackers Exploit Covid-19 Vaccine Interest As Cover For Attacks"

Researchers at Check Point discovered that phishing emails with subject lines related to COVID-19 vaccines are now being used to trick recipients into downloading malicious files typically in file type forms of .exe, .xls, or .doc.  The researchers also discovered that the number of new, vaccine-related coronavirus domains doubled in June and July 2020.  1 out of every 25 malicious coronavirus-related websites’ landing pages is vaccine-related.  They also discovered that email (82%) dominates web (18%) as the attack vector of choice for malicious files in the last 30 days.

Information Security Buzz reports: "Hackers Exploit Covid-19 Vaccine Interest As Cover For Attacks"