Security News > 2020 > February > Coronavirus “safety measures” email is a phishing scam
2020-02-05 17:51
Sadly, cybercrooks love a crisis, because it gives them a believable reason to contact you with a phishing scam.
Of course, if you put in your email address or your password and click through, you'll be submitting the filled-in web form to the crooks.
What to do? Never let yourself feel pressured into clicking a link in an email.
There is no reason for a health awareness web page to ask for your email address, let alone your password.
The crooks who run phishing sites typically try out stolen passwords immediately, so the sooner you react, the more likely you will beat them to it.
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