As Covid-19 spreads across the globe and countries do their best to slow down the infection rate, cybercriminals’ onslaught against worried users is getting more intense by the day. The latest scheme includes a malicious Android tracker app that supposedly allows users to keep an eye on the spread of the virus, but locks victims’ phone and demands money to unlock it.
Also, as many have already discovered, the spread of potentially very dangerous disinformation is reaching massive proportions.
Ransomware disguised as Fake Covid-19 tracker app
The DomainTools security research team is warning about a discovered a malicious domain (coronavirusapp[.]site) distributing a fake Coronavirus outbreak tracker app (Covid 19 Tracker), which will purportedly provide users tracking and statistical information about Covid-19 and heatmap visuals.
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