Americans anxious over the spread of COVID-19 could be forgiven for falling for an email that purports to provide information on the pandemic from “The Federal Government, President Donald Trump,” but is instead a phishing scheme originating from a Russian email account.
In a company blog post and research report, email security company INKY reported its discovery of the campaign, was designed to infect victims with an unspecified malware program.
Hackers have been busily turning out phishing campaigns impersonating the likes of the WHO and CDC ever since the coronavirus began its frightening spread.
“Mushrooming phishing attacks are now fairly trivial to launch as they do not require any in-depth technical knowledge, even for large-scale campaigns,” said Ilia Kolochenko, founder and CEO at ImmuniWeb. “Exacerbated by working from home, and thus less protected users, phishing is now a formidable arm in the hands of unscrupulous cybercriminals profiteering from the virus and highly susceptible victims.”
INKY’S report includes two phish examples, both of which are dated April 2 and contain me ..
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