Fake Zoom alerts and dodgy medical freebies among COVID-cracks detected by Taiwan's CERT

Fake Zoom alerts and dodgy medical freebies among COVID-cracks detected by Taiwan's CERT

Taiwan's CERT detected cyber-crooks impersonating medical authorities to attack the country's tech industry during the early stages of the COVID pandemic.


Since the beginning of the pandemic, the organisation noted an uptick in the number of attacks using malicious domain names to confuse victims, it said at the APNIC 50 conference. Hackers also impersonated trusted bodies such as the World Health Organisation or America's Centers for Disease Control and sent phishing emails offering free protective equipment such as face masks.


Local supermarket chain PXMart had its Facebook fan page copied and a free mask offer added in the hope of doing something nasty to those who fell for the scam.


"Attackers used COVID-19 social engineering to increase the success rate of their attacks," said TWCERT/CC director Chih-Hung Lin.


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