Security News > 2020 > February > Phishers impersonate WHO, exploit coronavirus-related anxiety

The latest example of the latter are fake emails purportedly coming from the World Health Organisation, which is, ironically, engeaged in fighting an "Infodemic" of fake coronavirs-themed news online.

It also shows a simple pop-up asking the potential victim to "Verify" their email by entering their email address and password.

Those who fall for the trick are redirected to WHO's legitimate page, while their email login credentials end up in the phishers' hands.

As Sophos' Paul Ducklin pointed out, most English-speaking recipients will likely notice the spelling and grammatical mistakes in the email.

There are always some recipients that are too distracted, panicked or simply haven't yet learned to be careful when it comes to unsolicited emails, and those might end up handing over their credentials.

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