Coronavirus-themed malicious emails were the standout feature of online naughtiness in the first half of 2020, according to infosec firm F-Secure – though overall volumes of phishing did decrease a touch.
"Cyber criminals don't have many operational constraints, so they can quickly respond to breaking events and incorporate them into their campaigns," said Calvin Gan, a manager with F-Secure's Tactical Defense Unit, in a canned statement. "The earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak left a lot of people confused or worried, and attackers predictably tried to prey on their anxieties."
Spam and other email-dependent lures mostly switched to using coronavirus-themed messaging in the first half of 2020, with finance being the most frequently spoofed industry in phishing emails seen by the Finnish company.
Observed attack attempts included an Emotet banking trojan campaign targeting Japan in January after the nation confirmed its first coronavirus infection. The email sp ..
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