Hacks

Since the coronavirus became a worldwide health issue, the desire for more information and guidance from government and health authorities has reached a fever pitch. This is a  golden opportunity for threat actors  to capitalize on fear, spread misinformation, and generate mass hysteria—all while compromising victims with scams or malware campaigns. Profiting from global health concerns,  natural disasters , and other extreme weather events is nothing new for cybercriminals. Scams related to SARS,  H1N1 (swine flu) , and avian flu have circulated online for more than a decade. According to  reports from ZDnet , many state-sponsored threat actors have already started to distribute coronavirus lures, including: Chinese APTs: Vicious Panda, Mustang Panda North Korean APTs: Kimsuky Russian APTs: Hades group (believed to have ties with APT28), TA542 ( Emotet ) Other APTs: Sweed (Lokibot) Recently, the Red Drip team  reported  that APT36 ...