No, the head of the World Health Organization has not emailed you – it's a message laced with malware

No, the head of the World Health Organization has not emailed you – it's a message laced with malware

On the other hand, these Pwn2Own results are legit


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Scammers impersonate WHO boss


As happens every time there is a major news event, the scammers are preying on public interest to spread malware. This time, it's the World Health Organization's handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Researchers at IBM X-Force report the HawkEye malware is being spread under the guise of an email from WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.


Victims are asked to open an attachment to the email, launching the password-and-Bitcoin-harvesting Windows malware.


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